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a very highly pronounced lateral line in crappie ? I see this in fish from specific locations and wonder why ? I know its a 6th sense thing and actually a hair like structure . it is typically used for the detection of prey and predators . but what I have not come to understand is why it is so bold and raised up on the crappie in mostly those locations .
both species are involved and neither spot has much in common . any ideas yawl ?
Beats me buddy I've noticed some lakes have different conditions. Some lakes I fish the fish have softer mouths are will have more slime are different colors. I would like to know myself.
I think it's so the tartar sauce will stay on better ...
:yikes
Rickie
Interesting. Curious if the water in those locations are muddy/murky, might be an evolutionary thing if so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
^^^ what he said was my thoughts.
I don't recollect having seen that before and I fish some in four states.Do see a lot of parasites now in some fish maybe something like that caused it?? Or maybe it is just an abnormality or trait to that local and fish.
I could be wrong on all that,and my memory stinks anymore half the time.
New to me.
thank you all for the replies .
one water body is really shallow and turbid
the other is really stained and has dark water
I think it may be something like mentioned before and the fish have evolved and or adapted to be better equipped to forage
interestingly enough years ago the first time I hit one of them I was trying to ketch catfish. I landed several and one in particular had a bold lateral line .
and get this .....it was hard fight and water was super warm . when I landed it its lateral line had droplets of blood coming out up and down the fish ?
Never seen that before or since on any fish .....
I think y'all hit the nail on the head. More than likely it is a genetic trait that was advantageous to the crappie with the higher than normal lateral line. These fish must of had a competitive advantage over the others, resulting in better fitness and reproductive ability. Originally it was a genetic mutation (accident). Over time, this trait must have became the dominant lateral line condition in your water body due to the competitive advantage. Very interesting, I will keep an eye out for this trait in Arkansas while we are sampling this Fall/Winter.
we see several forms of genetic color mutations in the one pond ......Quote:
Originally Posted by D10
so i would venture to say you are right about that as well ....
Matt, I've seen it on Overcup twice this year, once as recent as last Saturday just shortly before kickoff.... If I had read this thread sooner I would have taken a pic before I fileted the evidence ! I have seen it several times in the past as well, so I have never thought much about it as being an abnormal feature. Seems in my cases that I've only seen it on smaller (less than 12") fish. I don't recall ever seeing it on any large fish, but I could be mistaken or have forgotten.Quote:
Originally Posted by D10