The only true way to tell the difference:
White=6 hard dorsal spines
Black=7-8 hard dorsal spines.
Color of the fish alone is not the best ID..especially for fish under 10 inches
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The only true way to tell the difference:
White=6 hard dorsal spines
Black=7-8 hard dorsal spines.
Color of the fish alone is not the best ID..especially for fish under 10 inches
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To me they are very distinctive differences ! A white is going to be longer slender fish blacks get chunky from go ! Attachment 333922
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It amazes me how many long time crappie fishermen have no idea how to tell the difference. Last year one told me he'd caught a big mess of white crappie and 2 black crappie. I saw the bucket of fish spread out and there was only one white crappie in the bucket. He calls every pale colored crappie white crappie and every dark fish a black crappie. Until I got serious about crappie fishing I didn't know the difference but they're very easy to tell apart.
I've seen guides the don't know the difference so don't feel bad.
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Yeah, a former roommate of mine used to call male White Crappie in their spawning colors a "Black" Crappie. :Doh:
And don't forget ... they can hybridize in the wild :
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