Crappie Fry?

[MyOWF'ers]

Hello I am a newbie here and am curious to what a baby crappie fry looks like? I have two very small fry I got from the river that I think may be Crappie but am not sure. If anyone could share a pic or two I would really appreciate it. Thank you.

[DockShootinJack]

Welcome aboard from North Alabama. You peaked my curiosity. I looked it up.the only images I could find looked like crappie. I have seen tons of fry around docks I have been shooting lately. I would think that when they are that small it would be hard to tell what species the fry is.

[BoarBuster]

Welcome Aboard from Southwest Ms

[MyOWF'ers]

Hi Jack. Thanks for the warm welcome. I too looked on the internet for pictures of fry but only found images of larger Crappie. See I have one of those aquaponic indoor garden tanks that I got for a Betta Fish which unfortunately died. I tried another and same thing so I figured it might be the water since where we live the water is so bad that you have to have a major water system on it just to bath in it but that puts salt in the water so I think over a short period of time the Betta fish were not well because of it. I ended up cleaning it all up and was just going to sell it and pass it along when I got a bright idea . . . why not catch a couple fry and enjoy watching them for a while using the river water they live in then set them free and catch new ones to watch and so on.

The two I have now, our first two, I think may be specks since they are speckled with darker spots. But they do not look much like an adult Crappie at all to Me. I tried to take a photo but these little guys seem quite camera shy so not sure it is a very good representation but I will try to get a few more and add them to should they turn out.

BTW: Dock Shooting? Please explain seems you have peek My curiosity too ;-)

[MyOWF'ers]

Thank you for the nice warm welcome ;-)

[MyOWF'ers]

This was the best of the pics I could get. These little buggers are a bit camera shy and fast as all get up!!! If you know what these are please share. Thank you.

[Tony the Tiger]

Can't tell. Welcome from lower Alabama

[vic n]

Try putting a white sheet of paper back there and getting a pic with the fish in front of that.

And welcome to the site!

[MyOWF'ers]

Ok lets see if these pics are any better.

[DockShootinJack]

Dock shooting is holding a jig in your fingers, loading the rod ( bending it back), release the jig and the reel at the same time ( almost like a sling shot) and shooting a jig I to the voids under docks and boat houses. It's a way to get to fish that can't be gotten to in any other manner. YouTube is a good place to see the mechanics of it.