Reply With QuoteAs you read there is a Blacknose (color variation of black Crappie) which are simply a natural color stripe on a Black Crappie. Some fish farms are crossing them with White Crappie creating hybrids for ponds.
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Also call the Black Nose Crappie here in Tenn. I usually always catch 1 each time I go out. Ive never seen them get real big here either. They are usually around 9in. or so. However last trip i caught one that was pushing 11 1/2in.
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As you read there is a Blacknose (color variation of black Crappie) which are simply a natural color stripe on a Black Crappie. Some fish farms are crossing them with White Crappie creating hybrids for ponds.
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We got em in powerplants Here in Illinois. have caught many in the 10-15" range.we just call em hybridsOriginally Posted by xXBurnUnitXx
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We call them Mustangs! They are a hybrid crappie created with the black stripe gene for sportfishing and population control!
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We're talking about two "different" fish, here.
If it's a Black Crappie & has a black stripe from dorsal fin to mouth ... it's a Blacknose Black Crappie, and has a naturally occurring genetic pigment marking. The Blacknose is a naturally occurring fish in lakes of several states, and has been stocked in many other lakes. It's not a hybrid, and it can & does reproduce.
If it's a White Crappie & has a black stripe from dorsal fin to mouth ... it's a Magnolia Crappie, and is a triploid hybrid fish, that has to be "grown" by DNR biologists. It's sterile & cannot reproduce, so it grows faster & larger than normal. It is stocked in only a few lakes, as far as I know.
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Pretty common down here as well to see the Black Nose Crappie.
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I have caught them from nearly no coloring (just dirty white) to almost completely black, with every variation inbetween and from the same spot on the same trip.
I caught one once that looked like it was a spliced crappie (will try to find the old pic(poloroid) this thing was a black crappie in the back half and just a few specks on the front half, very weird pattern, we thought it might be sick at first, but it wasn't, so we ate it..lol
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