CRAPPIE LOTTERY

MOBERLY -- It's a lot like playing the lottery, but in this instance, you only get a little rich. As part its crappie management program, the Missouri Department of Conservation is giving anglers at Thomas Hill Lake a chance to win cash rewards. All they have to do is catch and report one of 500 white crappie with spaghetti tags marked, "reward."

Each tag is a piece of yellow, tubular plastic 1-1/2 inches long, attached to the fish's back, just behind the dorsal fin. Anglers can receive rewards of $5 to $100 for returning the tags and providing information about the catch.

To collect a reward, anglers must send tags and completed tag return cards to: Fisheries Management, Missouri Department of Conservation, 1110 S. College Ave., Columbia, Mo., 65201.