Mississippi is a long way from Texas, but big news recently surfaced in a local newspaper there that is sure to pique interest among crappie buffs across the Lone Star state and beyond. The story centers on the use of forward facing sonar.
On June 21, Clarion Ledger outdoors writer Brian Broom reported that Mississippi’s Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks voted to cut daily limits at four of the state’s more popular crappie lakes — Grenada, Enid, Sardis and Arkabutla Lake. All are well known for producing big crappie.
According to the story, the main reasons for the reduction hinge heavily on the growing popularity of forward facing sonar (FFS), and budding concerns among state fisheries biologists and anglers alike that the technology has made catching crappie so easy they believe it could damage the fisheries without measures to help curtail the harvest of large fish.
