Blue Tailed Crappie ....

**Ketchn** · 10-08-2025, 08:25 AM

might be a new subspecies , who knows for sure ......

if you google the possible causes of this type of coloration , it might surprise you .....
really handsome fish in the sunlight and a large number of them ...around 50 / 50 exhibited the blue tail scales .....
one thing for certain , just beautiful in the sunlight bigtime ....
so let's here what you folks think causes this scenario ?

**SuperDave336** · 10-08-2025, 09:28 AM

It's pretty though. Looks like the last photo has the blue scales on back up near the head too.

**J White** · 10-08-2025, 10:22 AM

I’ve seen that on our fish before, seems more prevalent in colder months. Sometimes it’s more purple than blue, at least to my eyes. Off to google now

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**wc870** · 10-08-2025, 11:38 AM

Pretty cool!

**DWILL** · 10-08-2025, 07:41 PM

I'm not a scholar by any means but I think that's a marker. It there to show where to change direction in the filet process.

**wannabe fisherman** · 10-09-2025, 05:27 AM

Maybe they've been eating too many "BLUE TAIL FLIES"

**Ketchn** · 10-09-2025, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by SuperDave336

It's pretty though. Looks like the last photo has the blue scales on back up near the head too.

good observation bro , after the boat ride I had about 15 minutes to get rid of and went to the "fishing" dock .
I managed 6 over there really quickly , only 2 were keepers and I gave them to whoever the guy was that only had 2 .
one of the short fish was in that there "blue" mode all over itself ....
very attractive crappie for sure

**Ketchn** · 10-09-2025, 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by J White

I’ve seen that on our fish before, seems more prevalent in colder months. Sometimes it’s more purple than blue, at least to my eyes. Off to google now

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according to some research a bud did ,the possible cause of the "blue hues" could be cattle growth hormones . that is for sure cattle country out there and it does not seem like a big stretch to me .
that said , pretty much EVERY body of water nationwide has some form of something in it , that should not be in the water , mankind doing what we do , it seems to me
one lake north of me , used to be my favorite lake to hit for a variety of species , about when I was slacking up on visiting it , a rather large article came out about the water being full of antidepressants, Prozac in particular was the medicine of concern , when a human consumes chemicals that are not actually intended for humans to consume , often times they pass thru the body chemically unchanged in large amounts , up 75% in some cases the first time they go wee wee ....
my grandpa, the doc, had a PDR that explained this occurrence, to me in fine detail, way back when ....

**SuperDave336** · 10-09-2025, 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by Ketchn

good observation bro , after the boat ride I had about 15 minutes to get rid of and went to the "fishing" dock .
I managed 6 over there really quickly , only 2 were keepers and I gave them to whoever the guy was that only had 2 .
one of the short fish was in that there "blue" mode all over itself ....
very attractive crappie for sure

Beautiful colors.

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