Blak nose

Caught my first one today after work. Left my phone in the truck so no pics. Whats the story on these things?

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With the native, non-hybrid, black crappie, the black stripe is just a genetic trait that some inherit, like blue eyes or whatever in humans. I catch one every now and then. From what I understand, one of the hybrid-strains that are bred for ponds are black striped. I think they deliberately used black striped crappie in the cross to produce hybrids with black noses to more easily identify them. I could be wrong about that though.

Congrats Damion! I think it is a real treat to catch one.

It is,been crappie fishing for 20+ years and never caught one,at least to my knowledge

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I almost didnt notice till i was about to throw it back.

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Here's my one and only black nose. I caught it in KY Lake 2 years ago.Attachment 299216

I often get one in Limestone Creek and Indian Creek.

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Originally Posted by Ditch Basser

I often get one in Limestone Creek and Indian Creek.

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Strange,I often fish Cotaco creek since its so close to me and have never caught one.

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I was just off limestone

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They are pretty cool when you find one. WTG