Got a strange looking one... What say you?

[CrappiePappy]

Correct, that is a Magnolia and (incorrect) it is a hybrid, we make them up at the North MS Fish Hatchery in Enid.

Well, chaunc was partially correct ... the Magnolia Crappie does have a Blacknose parent !!

I thought the Magnolia Crappie were only in a few small lakes in Mississippi ??

[Snubby]

Well, chaunc was partially correct ... the Magnolia Crappie does have a Blacknose parent !!

I thought the Magnolia Crappie were only in a few small lakes in Mississippi ??

Heck if I know, by certain standards the big 4 are small lakes, lol. That one was caught in a small public lake. I would like to see photos of a true wild bred hybrid if anyone has them to share, I know they are rare, but do exist. My guess is the fish Clifford has in photo is a male black crappie (the dark one on the bottom) and a female black crappie on the top (lighter in color). But who knows bet they both eat the same

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[Noodle rod]

A Criper

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[dhaire]

Down here we call the one with the racing stipe an Arkansas black nose crappie cause that was where they were first reported. These recessive gene crappie are showing up on Lake Travis and we have caught several here on Lake Austin.


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[jigflinger]

Been catching black nose crappie in Arkansas for over 30 years. Nothing hybrid about it. They reproduce naturally. Mississippi does cross them but they are a natural occurring color phase in the wild.

[CrappiePappy]

Here's the best pic I know of that shows a naturally occurring "hybrid" Crappie :



Many people catch them, and probably more often than they realize, but just don't recognize them as such.

Even our own KY State Record Crappie had to be genetically tested to prove it wasn't a World Record Black Crappie @ 4lb 14oz in 2005:



And it was deemed a naturally occurring hybrid ... so, no World Record, but did qualify as a State Record (since KY does not distinguish between Black/White/Hybrids for state records).

[Ttexastom]

Bet they taste as good as the other crappie. Nice fish!

[jigflinger]

That they do.

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[rnvinc]

We catch a few black nose even up here in KY and Barkley Lakes ...

Altho I haven't seen any reports of the golden hue color here ...

Rickie

[WoodChuck]

I caught a black nose up here in Illinois last week. Didn't notice anything was different until I was starting to fillet it.