Difference between black and white crappie

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Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

No ... but that is the most common misconception & misidentifying factor. Black Crappie are spotted on their sides, and White Crappie have vertical bars down their sides. When White Crappie males put on their spawning colors, they "can" become marked so heavily that the black pigmentation runs together and the bars are not as discernible as they normally are. Male Black Crappie can also have their black spot pigmentation cover so much of their body, that they can be confused with the over-pigmented male White Crappie.

Here's an article that has some good identification pics/info : http://www.tnfish.org/SpeciesFishInf...latus_TWRA.htm (and, yes ... I do have permission from Jim Negus to post those pictures)

... cp :kewl

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I've had a couple of instances where I have had to go to the dorsal fins for a spine count to be sure during the spawn. Those males can fool you at times

I know them as soon as I see them. Kinda like catching a Kentucky. There is a look you get to know, and no color change is going to confuse that.

^^^^^^ what he said!!!!!!

biggest question you should ask is whether you are going to fillet them with an electric carving knife or a manual knife :Rofl

I catch a bunch of both, but people say u never catch any blacks!! I see the difference and think I do

Sometimes it seems the whites are deeper and the blacks shallower.

Hard to tell when they come out of muddy water IMO

I have noticed the blacks are in the brush/grass and the whites are in the open water for some reason. Don't know why.

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Originally Posted by jig rig

Hard to tell when they come out of muddy water IMO

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Originally Posted by Tracker123

I have noticed the blacks are in the brush/grass and the whites are in the open water for some reason. Don't know why.

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Thats just the way they roll:biggrin