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Reply With QuoteYou can call it the spawn. Males make the nest, females come in and lay their eggs, then males fertilize them and stick around to guard them.
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How do I tell if they have spawned?
Ok guys explain how I can tell if the males are making nests or the females have already spawned!
I went Saturday and Sunday to a local lake and caught 20+ black crappie each day in less then a foot of water. Their tails and sides where roughed up. All but one where males. Is that pre spawn, males making nests, or post spawn, males guarding nest? Thanks
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You can call it the spawn. Males make the nest, females come in and lay their eggs, then males fertilize them and stick around to guard them.
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They don't all come in and spawn at once. They'll come in waves over a period of several weeks.
i usually check to see if any of them are smoking -- if they all are having a cigarette, the spawn is over.
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The females always have a headache when it's time to spawn.
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All the females I cleaned Sunday still had their eggs. Today I noticed the males are guarding the nest in shallow water and have turned really black.
AMERICANS: Willing to cross a frozen river to kill you, in your sleep, on Christmas, totally not kidding, we've done it.
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That has got to be one of the funniest things I have ever read on here. Thank you for making me laugh out loud.Originally Posted by brian_w_watson
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jUST THINK HOW MANY CRAPPIES YOU KILLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bruce, I never think about the ones I have killed, I think about the ones that got away. Like today, it must have weighed around six pounds..... I swear to God, on my mother's grave........biggest dang crappie I have ever seen. Eyes were six inches apart and it had false teeth..... I know, because the teeth were the only thing still on the hook.
AMERICANS: Willing to cross a frozen river to kill you, in your sleep, on Christmas, totally not kidding, we've done it.
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