Thread: Crappie with eggs

Originally Posted by Dustin Harris

These eggs are gonna be this springs spawn. Most female crappie will have eggs as early as October for the following spawn. And yes 95% of the crappie I have cleaned in the last month has had eggs in them.

This is correct. Crappie start developing there eggs in the fall for the following spring. The ones you see this time of year without eggs and with small whites sacks are males.