Went fishing this a.m. , didn't have a whole lot of luck with the size, but caught a really good female blacknose. How do I know it was a she?The eyelashes silly. Didn't fillet her, let her loose in the neighborhood lake to live another day. Don't get me wrong. If there had been at least three more like her, adios. 21 crappie and 2 keepers. She was 15 and an eighth inches and 1.68 lbs.