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    Default Bloody Tails on Spawning Crappie


    When crappie spawn does their tails get ragged and bloody from fanning the nest or is this a sign of fin and tail wrot or some sort of disease?

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    They are doing their spring cleaning for the spawn.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RetiredRR View Post
    They are doing their spring cleaning for the spawn.
    So I assume the ragged and bloody tails is normal?

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    definitely
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    yep, it would be like waving your hand over gravel for hours.....

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    Yep, bout this time of year the crappie gets a bad case of the Red A_ _.

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    Very common.
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