Monster male crappie

[crappiekeith]

I've just recieved this pic from Mike Schaumber who started off this winter with T.H.E. Jig and is now fishing open water with it.
congrates on catching this monster male crappie.

[Glowgood Jigster]

W. O . W.!!!

[FishnLine]

That's a nice one, how much did it weight?

[Buffy]

NICE. I would not be able to speak for days.....

[joejv4]

Just a sanity check for me here.... Males are the ones that turn "blackish" in the srping, right? The females tend to keep a lighter color?

That's what I always thought, and that photo would tend to confirm it, but just want to be sure.

[CrappiePappy]

Just a sanity check for me here.... Males are the ones that turn "blackish" in the srping, right? The females tend to keep a lighter color?

That's what I always thought, and that photo would tend to confirm it, but just want to be sure.

That's a Male Black Crappie in his "courtin tuxedo" alright !!

..... cp

[joejv4]

That's a Male Black Crappie in his "courtin tuxedo" alright !!

..... cp

Thanks CP.... that's what I've been going on for years, just never asked anyone if I was right. I know I don't recall ever finding eggs in the black ones, but when I'm busy with the fillet knife, I don't pay a whole lot of attention to what color fish I pull out of the pail, because I'm focused on my cuttin'.

[NIMROD]

Thanks CP.... that's what I've been going on for years, just never asked anyone if I was right. I know I don't recall ever finding eggs in the black ones, but when I'm busy with the fillet knife, I don't pay a whole lot of attention to what color fish I pull out of the pail, because I'm focused on my cuttin'.

There are two species of Crappie , Black and White. But the male of both turn darker during the spawning season.

[joejv4]

There are two species of Crappie , Black and White. But the male of both turn darker during the spawning season.

Thanks. I can tell the two species apart, no problem, and always thought the male black crappie (what we catch around here - white crappie are rare here) turned dark in the spring, while the females (generally larger than the males) stayed their normal lighter color year round... just needed someone to confirm that for me.

Thanks for the reply.

Joe

[wwwUncle]

There are two species of Crappie , Black and White. But the male of both turn darker during the spawning season.

For additional help in telling them apart count the spines in the dorsal fin. The White has six whereas the Black has seven or eight.