have yall talked about the Triploid Crappie on here?

[sac-a-lait]

Am I late with this subject?

We have a hybred Crappie here. He/she/it is sterile. I think it just eats and craps. Ole Miss made the fish for us some years ago and they are starting to really produce some meat slab fish. The're only in one "test" lake for them that I know of here in our entire state (Mississippi) Lake Charlie Capps. The name has been adoped as the Magnolia Crappie or the Rebel Crappie. The state record for this fish is already 3.46 in 2004 and the fish hadn't even been in the lake but a few years. When we have new recodrs released it should be interesting to see how much the record has grown.

[Eager Beaver]

What does it look like?

[crappieseeker]

Too bad the life span of a crappie is only about 5 to 6 years, or so I read that in a crappie book.

[crappieken]

Here is a website that talks about triploid crappie.
http://biology.usgs.gov/news/96-03.htm

[bhodges]

yeah, I'd love to see what one looks like

[izzysfishin]

Hey ck, what in the wide wide world of sports did that link mean ! i know I'm a little slow in the learn-in department but that just made me feel plum stupid. LOL. Don't tell me you actually understood what ever it was they were talking about. If so don't tell me, I couldn't handle the strain hehe. You ought to post that link on the off topic board and take a poll to see how many can read it without getting a migraine LOL.

[DENNIS BOWERS]

Hey ck, what in the wide wide world of sports did that link mean ! i know I'm a little slow in the learn-in department but that just made me feel plum stupid. LOL. Don't tell me you actually understood what ever it was they were talking about. If so don't tell me, I couldn't handle the strain hehe. You ought to post that link on the off topic board and take a poll to see how many can read it without getting a migraine LOL.

LOL-It Started to give me one!!!Had to quit reading it,Felt like a pre-schooler tryin to do Graduate work!!

[sac-a-lait]

I'm working on getting a pic from our Department of Wildlife.

[crappieseeker]

I remember when they first introduced grass carp to certain bodies of water. They said they were sterile and didnt reproduce, or atleast that was the public talk and understanding. Them suckers definately reproduced.

[Jerry Blake]

The process is only supposed to make them sterile so I doubt they look any different. If the process isn't done exactly correct some or all of the fry will be fertile and that can be a real problem with certain species in some fisheries. It may only take a few that survive with their fertility intact to reproduce and for their descendants to eventually overpopulate a lake.