Afternoon on The Bar

Had a few hours to burn so I fished brush in 20ft of water. Fish were suspended 8 to 15 ft. Caught 17 with 9 keepers . Had 7 of 9 blacknose
with one 14 inch blacknose

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Good fer you, TC !! :HandsClapping

Doing better than I here lately

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Wow.....thats a lot of blacknose....good job

Awesome! My results have not been as good. Glad you got em!

I have heard that the black nose crappie are stocked fish. Anyone know of this is true?

Congrats on a fine trip

Congrats! That is a lot of Black Nose Crappie. WOW

Congrats, I have noticed that the black nose, tend to grow fast. I hope that's true.

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Originally Posted by FishAddiction

I have heard that the black nose crappie are stocked fish. Anyone know of this is true?

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Yes, it is a "stocked" fish at Watts Bar .... and hundreds of other lakes. The Blacknose Black Crappie does occur naturally in some lakes/river systems in 20 or so different states. They're just regular Black Crappie with a marker gene that creates the black stripe.

Biologists are unsure about the evolutionary design for the black stripe. But, I wonder if it's not something on the order of what football players do by making black marks under their eyes to cut down on the glare of lights. :scratchhead

Nice catch

Great catch ... above Theftneck or below?