Originally Posted by
jlwilkens
I produce the Magnolia crappie at the North MS Fish Hatchery, Enid, MS (owned/operated by MDWFP). This is a sterile crappie designed for stocking into small impoundments where normal crappie would quickly overpopulate and ruin quality fishing. The Magnolia crappie is a cross between a female white crappie and male blackstriped black crappie. A high percentage of the hybrid offspring retain this blackstripe making it easy for biologists to monitor stocked populations and unique for anglers to catch. These fish may display both white and black crappie charateristics. This crappie is typically stocked into state lakes or state park lakes.