Thread: Blacknose Crappie or Black & White Cross

Pappy,
never thought about the difference in the "fight" of these, but you are right. Those black nose do NOT like to be caught. I've always called them "Arkansas" crappie. I guess because that's what I heard someone on the dock call them. Thanks for the info on the species.

You guys are right about the fight. This black nose made the pole do a little dance and then ran under the boat when I set the hook. He was the only fish that pulled drag that day. Thanks for the comments!!!

Originally Posted by tnbirdhunter

Caught this 1.4 lb crappie yesterday in Blood River area on KY Lake.

I've heard other fishermen talk about catching these. Some call it a Black Nose while some call it a White & Black cross.

What's the member's opinion of this crappie?

We use to fish a farm pond that was stocked with copper nose crappie. Which is what we called them but the people who stocked them told the owner they were copper nose bream. Dunno why or if there was a mix up but ive never saw or heard of a copper nose bream. They grew really fast as well some were pushing 2 lbs in 3-4 yrs. Also heard kdfw and other state agencies stock them for research purposes in area lakes. Easier to keep track of.

Originally Posted by AndyMac

Pappy,
never thought about the difference in the "fight" of these, but you are right. Those black nose do NOT like to be caught. I've always called them "Arkansas" crappie. I guess because that's what I heard someone on the dock call them. Thanks for the info on the species.

I was first introduced to them when a life long buddy of mine caught some down at Watts Bar while we were fishing for Smallmouth with jighead/minnow. He called them Arkansas Blacknose. And when I did finally get around to doing some online research about them, the first thing I found was that they were found as a naturally occurring fish in one part of the White River in Arkansas, and many thought that was the first place they were found. Later research showed them to be a naturally occurring fish in at least 13 different states ... and some even claimed as many as 22 states ... and research showed the earliest they had been discovered was in Ohio in 1957. So, maybe they "should" have been known as Buckeye Blacknose But, in all likelihood, the first ones "used" for stocking/research purposes came from the White River Arkansas strain. (but that's just a guess on my part)

And to "crappy101's" point ... they were used by DNR biologists to stock certain lakes, for the purpose of finding out catch rate & fecundity studies. And used them because they were easily identified as "stocked" fish, as well as being able to tell their fry from other Crappie fry, since their fry have the stripe from birth.