Noon Lecture: Evolution of Crappie Fishing and Management in Mississippi

MARCH FIRST TUESDAY NOON LECTURE: 
"Evolution of Crappie Fishing and Management in Mississippi, 1950’s – 2020’s, with emphasis on the USACE flood control reservoirs"
March 4, 2025
Noon - 1 p.m.

Included with Museum admission or MMNSF Membership.

Join MDWFP biologist Keith Meals as we explore changes over time in crappie fishing technology, methodology, and shifting desires and expectations for anglers, as well as reservoir aging and water management regimes. Impacts and trends will be shown in angler affluence, tournaments, and traditional and social media. 

All these topics will be discussed within the context of MDWFP fish, angler, and habitat sampling and regulation recommendations.

BIO:  BS, North Carolina State University, 1981; MS, Auburn University, 1985.  Started working for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks in 1986 in NW MS with primary responsibility the four USCOE flood control reservoirs. MDWFP Fisheries Biologist of the Year 2013, 2022. Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Fisheries Biologist of the Year 2014. Intentionally avoided promotional opportunities to keep on playing in the mud.