Yellow Fin Crappie

I've heard of yellow fin tuna but not Crappie. Made a trip to Palmetto after the warm up. Got there at 11:00 am and fished until 3:00 pm. All caught on Bobby G about 7' down. Females had something for the chickens.

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Nice catch, very pretty colors for sure. I have never seen one colored that way myself.

That's interesting, not sure that I have seen this mutation or pattern before.

Nice catch, the chickens enjoyed the spoils of my catch today as well.

Nice catch and some pretty coloring on the fins. Thanks for the pictures and report.

No idea why but that is a cool fish!!

what kinda fish is that??? LOL

You said you went to Palmetto. Would that be Second Lake ?

Must have got into some bleach water.:dono

Spike-it did it. Someone threw a bottle of it overboard and he swam through it before it got dispersed.
"gene"

I wonder if it's a cross with a golden crappie?

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Originally Posted by Dapet

You said you went to Palmetto. Would that be Second Lake ?

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The park in Vermilion Parish.

I don't know if there is any truth to this but a friend of mine (lives on Caney) said a couple years ago the weather was all screwed up during the spawn and lots of fish adsorbed their eggs instead of laying them. For a year he would catch Crappie that were yellow tinted and you couldn't eat them because of the taste and smell.

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Originally Posted by Barneyrb

I don't know if there is any truth to this but a friend of mine (lives on Caney) said a couple years ago the weather was all screwed up during the spawn and lots of fish adsorbed their eggs instead of laying them. For a year he would catch Crappie that were yellow tinted and you couldn't eat them because of the taste and smell.

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I didn't notice if there was any difference in the meat. Could have been though.

New to me Mermentau.Pretty colors.Seems like the only one caught.Nice looking catch for the day.Have you been to the Mermentau lately?

Cool fish

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Originally Posted by MacCrappieDad

New to me Mermentau.Pretty colors.Seems like the only one caught.Nice looking catch for the day.Have you been to the Mermentau lately?

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Not in quite a while.

Been a few weeks since I went.Last time fished around 4 hrs and not a bite.Went south towards Lake Arthur and north towards pontoon bridge in Estherwood.Had heard a few fish were being caught so made trip.Guess I will wait awhile before going till I get "confirmed"reports not just "hearsay".LOL.Good to hear from you and hope to see you and the guys soon on the water "suckingemup".:fish:fish

That's a cool fish! Good you got a picture of it.