Black crappie

I read one time that the spine-counting method is the one promoted
by the band-aid company :D

very, very few on grenada, but we sometimes catch a few in the delta lakes around greenwood, bee, horseshoe, mossy and the like, but still not very many. i think they are prevalent on lakes that stay clear all year round, and run into rivers, like mississippi oxbows and such, my 2 cents worth.

LOL J White! I don't like that method myself.

I had the same experience as J White on the Tenn-tom up at Bay springs but seems different further south on Tenn-Tom. I catch a few black crappie in the spring early spawn but in the late fall catch more. The different part is the black crappie are small this far down the waterway. I posed this question to a biologist and he said. Black Crappie do well in clear water and not so well in colored water. That would explain why they are rare in Grenada and Columbus section of waterway.

We always refer to the black crappie as the true "Crappie".....the white crappie are called "White Perch". They are two different species and no...they do not taste the same. The white crappie meat is much lighter, fluffier, and more delicate than the black crappie. We only have black crappie in our home town lake here and we always soak the filets overnite in salt water to draw out the stronger wild flavor.

out of the 100 or so we have caught at Sardis the last 2 weeks only about 5 were true Black Specks.

Biologist told me blacks make up about 1% of the population at Grenada. I saw one get caught last week, and have caught 2 myself...ever.