I'm not from KS but I'd like to ask a question or two about fish physiology. Do female crappie "lay out" all the visible eggs in the egg case or will there usually be some left? My training is in avian and mammalian physiology so I'm not sure if eggs in fish are the same or not. I don't know if fish have a finite number of undeveloped eggs in them like mammals and birds do.

The reason I ask is that at least half the crappie that my son and I caught yesterday had eggs in them. Most were either undeveloped or being absorbed. I couldn't tell which. If they were being absorbed I was curious to know if that particular fish did not spawn at all, or if they can partially spawn.