Crossbred crappie

[BIGBADDAD]

We caught this big ol crossbreed today. Was 13.5 inches long. Haven't seen very many with the line down their nose!

[Speck-Chaser]

They are called Black Nose Crappie.I caught a couple of those over the years,and a friend caught one in my boat about 2-3 of years ago.They are very rare in Kentucky Lake.I don't think the one's that I caught were keeper size.That's a good one. There are a few articles about them on the web.Congratulations, Mike

[CrappiePappy]

Uhhhh, BBD ... ain't no crossbreeding involved with that fish. It's just a Blacknose Black Crappie ... a regular Black Crappie with a pigment gene that creates the stripe. Commonly found in many states, either from stocking by F&W or naturally occurring populations.

I've caught quite a few of them, on the other end of the Tenn River chain of lakes (Watts Bar), where they've been stocked off & on for decades.

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[Cray]

Catch a few down here. My biggest was a 14 1/2 in last year on Sardis and that bugger put up a fight. Thought I had a big Green carp.

[shorebound1]

We catch quite few here and they seem to always have a bad attitude. Would love to catch a mounter and take good pics for the taxidermy to go by.

[Double D]

Used to catch alot on Reelfoot when I fished it 15 years ago. Caught several on Ky. Lake years ago in Crappie Hollow.

[TigerBait]

Have caught 3 or 4 at Cedar Creek although not that big.

[CrappiePappy]

Have caught 3 or 4 at Cedar Creek although not that big.

I've caught some there, as well. Kind of surprised me, too, as I was under the impression that the Crappie that were put in Cedar Creek Lake came from Taylorsville Lake, and a couple of other local lakes that shouldn't have had any Blacknose in them.

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[Quackrstackr]

Many crappie fishermen have seen black crappie with a black stripe on its back. These fish are sometimes called black nose or Mohawk crappie. I remember even reading an article awhile back that referred to these fish as entirely different species. These fish are black crappie that simply have a genetic trait that produces this black stripe. Interestingly biologists originally believed this trait was recessive but it is now known that it is in fact a dominant genetic trait. I’ve heard a lot of fishermen say that fish with the black stripe are males, but this trait is expressed evenly in both males and females in a population and will be exhibited in about 30% of all the fish.

Crappie Confusion

[kycreek]

I've caught one in this area. Not near that big either.