Crappie still have eggs?

[impdog]

Here i middle of ohio some of the females still have eggs in them? is this weather related or what? thanks

[CrappiePappy]

The last batch of Crappie I cleaned had eggs (late June), but that's normal around here since they spawned back in late April.

I don't think your fish "still have eggs in them", but more likely they are developing new eggs for next Spring's spawn.

[Alphahawk]

I’ve found eggs in crappie caught in every month of the year here in TN. This is not something new…been observing this for decades. I see it in bass also.

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[M R Dux]

I’ve never seen a post-spawn female crappie that didn’t contain some left over eggs. Those will be reabsorbed and next years eggs soon to follow.


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[DockShootinJack]

I have seen them also

[Ketchn]

as mentioned above ,they seem to always have eggs in them , in various forms of development in most cases .
it isnt uncommon though to see a few with eggs that look viable all year long .
the one thing that has always interested me about these fish is there seems to be very small ones around all year long , that leads me to think they might be spawning A LOT longer than the traditional observations and supposed factual scientific things I have heard and read about them .

[Les Young]

as mentioned above ,they seem to always have eggs in them , in various forms of development in most cases .
it isnt uncommon though to see a few with eggs that look viable all year long .
the one thing that has always interested me about these fish is there seems to be very small ones around all year long , that leads me to think they might be spawning A LOT longer than the traditional observations and supposed factual scientific things I have heard and read about them .

I've saw this in other animals too. Things like raccoons having very small babys in november & december when they traditionally have very small ones in May. I've often wondered if they were either late or raised a second littler?

[Ketchn]

I've saw this in other animals too. Things like raccoons having very small babys in november & december when they traditionally have very small ones in May. I've often wondered if they were either late or raised a second littler?

possibly a second litter on the coons or quite possibly a very young mother coon who came from a late litter herself , crappie spawn multiple times in most cases each year , most females visit the beds more than once best I can tell. one of the reasons there are so many of them ,is that they are really good at the reproduction part of their existence.

[Rojo]

I just cleaned 5 Hammers day before yesterday and one had what looked like a second crop of eggs. I'm on the Gulf Coast.

[skeetbum]

I got a decent one yesterday that had a swollen belly like she was carrying eggs. She got a pass and still swims today.