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    Cleaned some fish, and snapped a couple pics of the eggs. Do these fish appear to be spawning, or have they gave up and started absorbing the eggs. I don’t have a clue!Name:  IMG_0885.jpg
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    I’m wondering the same thing.
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    I cleaned some recently, and the eggs were that beige color.
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    I think they are absorbing the eggs. I believe most areas of the country lost the spawn this year.
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    I catch gills in a cold water stream every year in June and their eggs look just like those ! And I know those gills are spawning I do know folks say when the are faded looking like that they are going to absorb them And I’m sure they do to some extent but they still have blood running to them so I would like to know for sure ! I caught lots of crappie 2-3 weeks ago and they looked that way and I am still catching fish in that same area that have spawned out !
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    My thinking is the top fish is spawned out and the bottom one is still good to go.
    Tell'em I'll be there.
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    I would like to know this also. Maybe if you ask the Biologist on the Kansas forum they can tell everyone. Here is where to post:

    http://www.crappie.com/crappie/ask-the-biologist/
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    Something is up, i hadn't caught many at all on the bank this year, they should have already finish spawning, I hadn't caught any with wore off tales or bleeding tales, I hadn't found any beding, when they are beding you will see the mud clouds where they are fanning the beds out, can't find any. The fish we cleaned yesterday still had there eggs. plus they are scatter so bad, one here and one there. This time last year I was catching 60 to 80 a day on the banks, that was just in the afternoons, 4 or 5 hours of fishing, now I can't catch 20 fishing all day!
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    Here in NC, all the ones I have caught have already spawned from the ones I am catching. The higher water levels here have spread fish out. Still catching some, but are scattered in the trees as the water is up 2-4' in some places.
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    I think the higher population of comrads and cranes had the feesh in my lake mostly spawning at night.... very few folks catching them shalla during daylight hours....
    However myself and anyone else that's been fishn just out from the spawning grounds has been wacking good females during daylight hours....
    I doubt very seriously the feesh absorb their eggs.... just my opinion ...I don't think nature will allow them to go without reproducing....
    Feesh On.....
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