Thump, that's a common misconception people have about the grey substance sometimes seen on a crappie's belly, it is actually shad poop, they must have been gorgeing themselves. I've seen it lots of times but mostly in the winter during a shad kill.
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I have been catching them 10 or 12 ft and the fish will have mud on there bellys . I ain't never seen them with mud on there belly .