It's been mentioned here before that crappie sometimes hybridized naturally and every now and then we catch one that makes me wonder if it's a hybrid.


The biggest crappie in this picture had six dorsal spines, the shading of a white crappie but no typical vertical bars (like the one on the right) and its body shape was more typical of our black crappie. I'm just wondering if it could be a hybrid. It sure was nice and fat - 15 and 1/2-inches long and weighed 1-pound 12-ounces.

Sure was a nice fish to finish a long slow day with.