Thread: MOHAWK alert .....

ketched a really pretty one yesterday again , sure are something to look at ......

Some interesting articles on line as to how they came to be. If I remember correctly they were bred to be sterile so they could be put into ponds without over population concerns. The stripe was a way to identify them. Article called them Magnolia Crappie. Being a product of a Mississippi University

Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

Some interesting articles on line as to how they came to be. If I remember correctly they were bred to be sterile so they could be put into ponds without over population concerns. The stripe was a way to identify them. Article called them Magnolia Crappie. Being a product of a Mississippi University

those are NOT these fish , these occur naturally and were used to make those fish , it is interesting how some say it is just a genetic pigmentation thing , but in the end it ,there likely more to it than that , the original versions are very possibly a subspecies of some sort .
if it were just a genetic mutation it would seem they would occur wherever black crappie reside , but this is not the case . i have argued with some of the best and read and read about them and to this day none have convinced me that it is just a pigmentation genetics thing on the original versions .
p.s. magnolia are not the only hybrid version of them , there is a local fish farm that has another strain of them for pond stocking too ....
by the way , did you ever see the one SK ketched that was a white crappie with a stripe ?
this in turn tells me they can do the hybrid thing by themselves and not just in a petri dish ......just saying

They do seem to be a harder fighting fish. Couple years back I pulled a 13" one from under a dock. Soon as if came out into the sunlight. It exploded into a drag screaming fight. Thought it was an LMB

Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

They do seem to be a harder fighting fish. Couple years back I pulled a 13" one from under a dock. Soon as if came out into the sunlight. It exploded into a drag screaming fight. Thought it was an LMB

they seem to have a much more poor attitude about being ketched and often hit harder than a real mean fish .
we see them with rarity in a few spots and quite often at others and in some spots not a one , not sure exactly what is up in that area , but for sure they hold a spot in my heart for making it a fun day .
AND in one spot we ONLY see them and not any other crappie and they WERE NOT stocked in that spot ?

Never seen one or caught one that I know of.

Originally Posted by RJR

Never seen one or caught one that I know of.

this furthers my agenda to get them recognized as an actual subspecies and NOT just a coloration thing

Good story and theory. Biologists need to do some research, but I’m sure funding would be mighty scarce.
Bob