A Lunch date

[bkgooch]

good read thanks

[fishervet]

because of you I caught catfish....really appreciate your stories...keep em comin.

[Ketchn]

thanks so much for the nice comments and reads yawl ....
it is my pleasure for sure to tell fish stories ....
glad yawl enjoy them

[Cray]

Love your stories, keep them coming.

[cause]

Good story and excellent photos. enjoyed the read.
In the photos, the fourth one down from the top on the left hand side, is that a trick of the lighting or is that a black nose crappie with the black strip from the dorsal to the lips?
If that is a black nose crappie, is that typical of what you usually catch?

[Ketchn]

my photos display different on my computer but i would assume you are talking about the fish with the black stripe down the front . I ketch them in some spots pretty often and in other spots i never see them . i hear they are a genetic coloration thing found only in the black crappie . a recessive pigmentation gene i think is what they call it . Cedar creek lake is loaded with them and we find them often in other lakes as well. i always thought they were possibly a third strain of crappie but have read and been told thats not the case. one thing for sure the "mohawks" (what i kawl them) hit like a freight train everytime and fight rather well also . i almost didnt get to take a photo of the larger one as it went around several different logs and was fighting like a black bass minus the jumps ...
these 2 came from Lake Worth near downtown Ft Worth
here is another photo of a smaller one i managed on that lunch date as well ....
and YES sir they are some mighty handsome fish