Biology question

[dblevens]

Caught a few crappie today that were full of eggs. They were the color of cornmeal. Nowhere near what you see when they are spawning. The water temp was 73 and has been for a while. Think these fish will spawn in a few weeks?

[D10]

My guess is that they probably won't. They will probably absorb the eggs. How big were the fish? Where did you catch them?

[Crappie Greg]

females will usually have some eggs in them year around , id say they are not going to spawn this year for what ever reason, finding them with eggs this late is common though

[dblevens]

My guess is that they probably won't. They will probably absorb the eggs. How big were the fish? Where did you catch them?

They were good sized fish. (3/4 -1lb) They came out of a bar ditch in Greene County. Had 8 of em like that. Lots of eggs in em, but pale yellow almost white.

[tonyjohn]

just mix some of em in your bowl of hushpuppy batter !!!! MMMMmmm of course with peppers an onions !

[JigginPoleJoe]

just mix some of em in your bowl of hushpuppy batter !!!! MMMMmmm of course with peppers an onions !

Roll em in cornmeal and fry em...
Little crispy critters!

[Rees Guide]

Not uncommon at all, been catching them that way down here as well.

[BoarBuster]

Rees I think I learn something from you everytime I read your post.