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Thread: Difference between black and white crappie

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    must agree about how to truly identify the fish..counting the dorsal fins.....but that fight thing....those big white crappie on the point this week were pulling drag...flying out the water like tarpon...think when they are full of roe..they are sluggish..other than than that...they pull like a freight train...

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    I'm just glad to see a crappie

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    Blacks are a meatier fish compared to whites of equal length.

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    Ive never seen an instance anywhere at any time that the distinct bars vs scattered black spots wasnt a DEAD giveaway.

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    Are black crappies the male white crappie that have turned black because of the spawn

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    Quote Originally Posted by CANDYMAN_AND_POPCORNLADY View Post
    Are black crappies the male white crappie that have turned black because of the spawn
    No ... but that is the most common misconception & misidentifying factor. Black Crappie are spotted on their sides, and White Crappie have vertical bars down their sides. When White Crappie males put on their spawning colors, they "can" become marked so heavily that the black pigmentation runs together and the bars are not as discernible as they normally are. Male Black Crappie can also have their black spot pigmentation cover so much of their body, that they can be confused with the over-pigmented male White Crappie.

    Here's an article that has some good identification pics/info : http://www.tnfish.org/SpeciesFishInf...latus_TWRA.htm (and, yes ... I do have permission from Jim Negus to post those pictures)

    ... cp

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    They all look the same to me after you put them in the grease.
    God bless Charlie Brewer and Bobby Garland.
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    Quote Originally Posted by buckincrazy View Post
    In college I was taught that 5-6 dorsal spines was a white crappie and 7-8 dorsal spines was a black crappie and that it was not reliable to judge off of color alone, especially during the spawning season. With that said, those may very well be white and black crappie. Can't tell by the picture.
    Well I bet a months salary that the top is a white and the black is on bottom I caught enough to know the difference

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    Quote Originally Posted by crappdaddy View Post
    Blacks are a meatier fish compared to whites of equal length.
    Yep

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    Quote Originally Posted by BEAR2010 View Post
    Here is a photo showing the different between black and white crappie.Attachment 59436
    half of a box of both.
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