Victoria, Tx Slabs!

[BKillian]

Here's some nice'in's we caught this morning, the top fish had a wide black stripe that ran from its bottom lip all the way down it's back, what is that?

[Baditude]

That would be a blacknose crappie - i catch 'em here in Tn. all the time. I believe they are only native to Arkansas , but introduced pretty much everywhere.

[camofish]

AWESOME slab's. WTG, looks like they will make a great fried crappie sandwich.

[TapOut64]

I don't think that the tape measure does them justice. With crappie that nice you should have a pic of you holding them. Nice catch.

[chaunc]

I don't think that the tape measure does them justice. With crappie that nice you should have a pic of you holding them. Nice catch.

I agree.:D

[jstlovtofish]

Great fish. Thanks for sharing the pic with us.

[RagflyJigMan]

I have heard from a bioligist that the crappie that has that black strip on him is called a triploid crappie.

[Darryl Morris]

Very nice SLABS!!! The racing stripe, as I call it, you're talking about is an Arkansas Blacknose Crappie. It's a black crappie where a recessive gene has become primary, a double recessive. Many game and fish departments raise them for stocking and studies. Of course, it's a one time shot because once they are introduced to a body of water they're there from then on. Do a Google search on "blacknose crappie" and you'll get a wealth of info. Mississippi is engineering a crappie they call a Magnolia Crappie that has the same mark and is suppose to be sterile and good for stocking in small ponds.

[crappielimits]

We call them "Mustangs" around here!

[DENNIS BOWERS]

The Blacknose are more aggresive, grow quicker, and fight like Brown Fish here!!I have seen alot of them break water and do the Bass Dance!!!