Black Nose Crappie

[Boondock]

This past week i hooked into a 13" black nose crappie. How rare is it to catch a Black Nose, and what would you consider a "trophy size" fish?

[Wiskers]

The first fish I caught the other day was a Mohawk (black nose). Seems like I catch more every year on Ky.

[olducker]

Ok ,,need to see a pic

[CrappiePappy]

Ok ,,need to see a pic

This is a pic of a Blacknose Crappie :



Kokomo Bob's wife, Zenna (friends of mine) is holding this fine specimen ... a 15.5" fish, caught from Watts Bar Lake, E TN this past Spring (4/25/10).

... cp

[CrappiePappy]

A 13" "Crappie" of any kind, is a big ol goodun :p ... congrats on the catch !!

Trophy Size is somewhat a relative term ... but, is generally thought of as being way bigger than the normal largest sized fish that are caught from a body of water or area/region of the state or country. So, it would/could vary quite a bit.

Here's how I break them down :

<9" = throwbacks, dinks, winkies
10-12" = eaters
12-15" = Slabs
15-18" = wallhangers
>18" = trophy fish

But, that's just my own personal measuring chart :p

As to Blacknose being "rare" to catch .... yeah, they are, to some degree. Not all Ky lakes have them. I've only caught Blacknose from one lake in KY ... and that's Cedar Creek Lake. KY Lake/Barkley Lake obviously have them. They're not a "naturally occurring" fish, in KY waters ... so they'd have to have been stocked, in any waters they occur.

... cp

[Tracy Swanson]

never heard of a black noes crappie is it just another name for a blackcrappie their is only two i know about the white and black crappie thanks

[Boondock]

I caught this one in a creek that runs into the ohio

[wannabe fisherman]

never heard of a black noes crappie is it just another name for a blackcrappie their is only two i know about the white and black crappie thanks

Black nose is a mutant strain of crappie, it has a black stripe that runs from it's nose down it's back, could be some kind of cross breed, but I don't think anyone is sure what causes it.

[CrappiePappy]

Black nose is a mutant strain of crappie, it has a black stripe that runs from it's nose down it's back, could be some kind of cross breed, but I don't think anyone is sure what causes it.

Blacknose Crappie are a naturally occurring strain of Black Crappie, that have a recessive gene ... a genetic marker ... that causes the pigmentation stripe. Most of them were originally discovered in a section of the White River, in Arkansas. Since then, there's been some other states that have claimed to have a naturally occurring population, as well.

They were originally used for stocking purposes, because they could be identified easily (for catch rate purposes).

When they breed with each other, the offspring have the stripe ... when they breed with a regular Black Crappie, the offspring do not have a stripe (gene is recessive, so it's not transferred).

Aside from being used for stocking purposes, they've also been used in artificial crossbreeding. The result is a sterile hybrid (due to the way the artificial fertilization is done) ... and it's known as the Magnolia Crappie. It's a cross between a female White Crappie & a male Blacknose Black Crappie. Sterile crappie much better for ponds - Mississippi Sportsman .... also read this Untitled Page

Here's a link to a discussion we had, back in 2006, about the Magnolia & Blacknose : http://www.crappie.com/crappie/missi...a-crappie.html And it looks like at least one other state has gone to hybridizing Crappie ... using a slightly different method to create a triploid hybrid, and using normal White & Black Crappie (& not a Blacknose) : Commission testing fast-growing hybrid crappie

... cp