Not necessarily .... could be a naturally occurring crossbreed. See the pictures from Action Fishing Trips .com : CRAPPIE
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I heard that lake Weiss in Ala. had them stocked ? Anyone hear that?
A Proud member of Lake Allatoona and Lake Weiss (Team Geezer)
BigKyd & liftbite56 ..... are you guys talking about the same fish as pictured by the author of this thread ??
Commonly known as "Arkansas Blacknose" ... Black Crappie with stripe
Commonly known as "Magnolia Crappie" ... sterile triploid hybrid (White Crappie side pigmentation with black stripe)
Hybrid Crappie ... naturally occurring cross between a Black Crappie, or a Blacknose Black Crappie, with a White Crappie. (side pigmentation may be hard to distinguish between looking like a White Crappie's saddle stripes or a Black Crappie's speckles) Blacknose/White Crappie cross may or may not have stripe down back/nose, even though the stripe pigmentation gene is a dominant gene.
No disrespect intended, but ....
"liftbite56" -
I believe there are Ark. Blacknose in Weiss ... but doubt they'd stock Magnolia Crappie.
"BigKyd" -
I know TWRA stocks Blacknose, but unless those two lakes mentioned are very small, there'd be little point in stocking a sterile fish.
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