Thread: Crab Orchard 11-01-09

What a fantastic day to be outdoors. Fish bit fairly well today. Keeper fish were below the little ones...no shallower than 8 feet and some nearly 10. Biggest fish today was a really pretty 13.5 incher that may have been a black crappie....im not sure. Ill post a pic of it. It was overly tall and had more black in it than im used to seeing. Im not an expert at telling the difference...i just catch em and throw em in the cooler. Sure was pretty. Hope everyone got out and caught them today!

Great catch! Makes me really hungry!

very nice lookin fish CP. The first two pictures look like a black. Last picture is definitely a white

Great looking catch!! I knew yesterday was a good day to fish.....aren't most days? I installed the new transducer over the weekend and re-wired the system, too much interference and bad display info. I really don't think Crab Orchard has 65-75 feet of water, anywhere.
So, I'll be back to perfecting my crappie technique Monday morning.
Once again, great looking catch!

CP - I am counting at least seven dorsal spines in that second pic which would make it a black and only 6 spines in the third pic which would make it a white.

Once again. Nice catch CP!

Good looking mess of fish CP!

Originally Posted by crappieken

CP - I am counting at least seven dorsal spines in that second pic which would make it a black and only 6 spines in the third pic which would make it a white.

Yep - black crappie on top, white crappie on the bottom.
The black crappie in cold water really have some of the best coloration you'll find on a fish in my opinion :D Just really cool looking.

-T9

nice catch

I guess it is a black then. Ill tell you what..it was a dandly fish. Im not sure the picture does it justice. But i think the pic does show how tall it was. Much rounder. I just dont catch many on Crab like this that are black crappie. Thanks for the help with identifying it for me.