Hey matt can you provide us with what an average growth rate of the crappie in the Arkansas area is and i sometimes catch crappie with cauliflower looking growths on them. Any insight. Thanks
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Hey matt can you provide us with what an average growth rate of the crappie in the Arkansas area is and i sometimes catch crappie with cauliflower looking growths on them. Any insight. Thanks
I can only speak to the growth of crappie in m district. I will have to get back to you on this. I will have to look up the info tomorrow afternoon when I get back into the office. I am not sure about the cauliflower looking growth. It kind of sounds like a parasite of some kind. Next time you catch a fish with it, take a picture and send it to me. This will help me figure out what you are talking about.
Ok thanks, send me a number and i will get some picts next one i catch. I primarily fish the river and my local lake at pine bluff. If i Release a small 8-9 inch crappie, would like to know approx what age they are and how long before would be a slab.
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good question jw, I would like to know the age also
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This is Lymphocystis. Lymphocystis is a common viral disease of freshwater and saltwater fish.
Aquarists often come across this virus when their fish are stressed such as when put into a new environment and the virus is able to grow.
The fish starts growing small white pin-prick like growths on their fins or skin and this is often mistaken for Ich/Ick (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis) in the early stages. It soon clumps together to form a cauliflower-like growth on the skin, fins, and occasional gills.
There is no known treatment for this virus, though some aquarists recommend surgery to remove the affected area if it is very serious.
Eventually the growths inhibit the fish's ability to swim, breathe or eat, and secondary bacterial infections usually kills the fish.
Usually the best cure is to simply give the fish a stress free life, a weekly bacteria treatment and the virus will slowly subside and the fins will repair themselves. This can take many months.
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Seems like I been doing that lately to others on other boards also. :banghead
Here is an example of crappie growth from Lake Conway. Age is expressed as X+. Since we sample in the Fall/Winter and crappie are born in the Spring, all of our ages are half years. You will notice that black and white crappie have different growth patterns. It doesn't take white crappie as much time to reach a given length. However, a 12 inch black crappie will be thicker (heavier) than a 12 inch white crappie. This is just an example of growth. Lake Conway crappie exhibit a fast graowth rate compared to other systems. Unfortunatly I do not have any data for crappie growth outside of my district.Quote:
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Mean Length at Age (inches) Age Black Crappie White Crappie 0+ 3.3 3.3 1+ 6.2 8.6 2+ 8.6 11.4 3+ 11.1 13.9 4+ 11.8 13.7 5+ 13.6 15.1
I am not smart enough to read this.
Interesting. Kind of like deer. They don't get to their growth potential until age 5.
The table did not copy and paste well. Basically a one and half year old black crappie from Lake Conway is 6.2 inches long and a one and a half year old white crappie is 8.6 iches long, on average. White crappie have faster growth rates than balck crappie. It takes a black crappie an extra year (2+) to reach the same length (8.6 iches) as a 1+ white crappie.
That clears it up, thanks.
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I read somewhere a long time ago that the average life expectancy of a crappie was about 4 years.
Most crappie that we see in District 10 are 4 years or younger. However, this is not always the case. This year I aged three crappie that were 9 and half years old from Harris Brake Lake and two crappie from Lake Cargile that were eight and half years old. When they get this old, their condition begins to decline. All of these fish appeared to be on the way out.Quote:
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And these fish ball park weight?Quote:
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Man good stuff so when we catch a 14-16 inch white 2.5lb crappie how would they be approx. if i interpret that right then a 1.5lb would be 2.5 years old.
Here are some weights (in pounds) for crappie in Lake Conway. These weights are taken in the Fall and Winter, so most of these fish would weigh a little more in the Spring time. After about 14 inches the crappie really start putting on the weight.
Length --Black Crappie-- White Crappie
9------------0.44-------------0.42
10-----------0.62 ------------0.64
12 ----------1.10 ------------1.01
14 ----------1.85 ------------1.68
15 ----------2.50 ------------2.31
16 ----------2.90 ------------2.75
Is there a correlation with length to age there say on the 2.5#
Here is what I can come up with quickly. These estimates are not exact. Length is in Inches and Weight is in Pounds.
Age --Black Crappie-- White Crappie
------------L------W-----------L-----W---
1+--------6.2----0.30-------8.6----0.40
2+--------8.6----0.40-------11.4---0.95
3+-------11.1----0.85------13.9----1.65
4+-------11.8----1.05------13.7----1.70
5+-------13.6----1.50------15.1----2.31
So a white crappie from Lake Conway caught in the fall/winter that weighs 2.5 pounds would be about 5 or 6 years old. A black crappie from Lake Conway caught in the fall/winter that weighs 2.5 pounds would be around 6 or 7 years old. Hope this helps.
Thanks for the info D-10.
Thanks D10 , What size fish do you'll stock in Conway and what bring you to the number of fish you'll turn loss at any time.
there is a known cure for this disease.........,..Quote:
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Every other year we raise a crop of crappie in the nursery pond. We put around 300 to 500 crappie in the pond in late winter. They reproduce that spring and we release them the following October/November. We estimate that we release around 300,000 to 500,000 crappie. The crop that we released this past November averaged 5 to 6 inches. That is pretty good growth for a crappie that is only half a year old. For comparison, crappie that we sample in the wild are more like 3 to 4 inches at this age.
Man thats is awesome info thx
Keep it up D10....that is good to hear
We asked this same question to a state biologist on the Arkansas boards and this was his response:
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This came from the Arkansas board...good info from a state biologist.Quote:
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Yeah that did not work like I had imagined. The question was posed on the main forums and I tried to copy and paste a quote but it didn't show up there so I tried again...guess I know where it was going sorry
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