Quote Originally Posted by jig rig View Post
IMO it's their environment, not genetics that gives them the gold/yellow.

They are not rare in brackish waters. Catch em all the time.
But are they the solid gold color, with no black or white coloration on them, whatsoever ??

I know they do, sometimes, exhibit a golden hue over their lower body ... where they'd normally be mostly white. But, if you look at images of "Gold Crappie" (Google Images) you will only see two pictures of "solid gold" colored Crappie. One was caught in Kerr Reservoir, NC ... the other from the Chippewa Flowage in MN. By a dorsal fin count, both fish are likely Black Crappie. And I don't think either one of the waters that these fish came from would be considered "brackish".

... cp