Originally Posted by
CrappiePappy
There's still a bit of a debate on whether the black stripe marking gene is a dominant gene or recessive gene. The most often used idea is that the gene is recessive (comes from both parents) ... but, when people start showing pics of White Crappie with the black stripe, then the idea that it's a dominant gene has some merit.
Those "black lipped" fish could be a few generations down the line from a hybrid cross :dono
I do know that Watts Bar has Blacknose Crappie out the yingyang, and they are periodically stocked. We've been catching them out of WB for decades !! I actually don't remember catching a "regular" Black Crappie from WB, as it seems most of them were Blacknose.