Crappie

[coastal bend]

Some of the crappie I caught yesterday had their tails worn down . I haven't noticed this on the crappie I have been catching. Is this from the spring spawn or something else. There is one at the bottom of the picture
RW

[FisherMike]

To me, it looks more like a disease then a spawning issue. Also, I've never seen a tail worn off starting at the top.
Besides that, I believe the spawn would be over where your at.

[minnowsoaker]

fungi

[wrwest]

That is still a nice bunch of fish ya got there.

[CrappieLips]

nice mess of fish RW

[coastal bend]

Thanks , maybe it has something to do with no rain and it is really hot. The lake is down 4 feet. Yesterday was the first time that I noticed it. The crappie spawn in March. I didn't think it would take that long for them to heal up. I'm going back tomorrow maybe there will be little breeze it was almost unbearable wednesday. RW

[stinkies daddy]

That is called fin rot it can be treated but also can be fatal if it spreads to the other fins on the fish

[crappie bug]

It looks like it was fatal to them anyway. Nice catch!

[CastandBlast]

Good catch coastal....Thanks for the pic. and report.

[TapOut64]

For comparison, here's one I caught in the spring.