NOTE this yawl

back when I met a fella with an almost limited out stringer one night on the bank.
told me he had a stringer full of BLACK crappie ! Thought WOW , there is about zero "black" crappie in that lake and strolled over to have a look at them ....
He drags out stringer full of male white crappie and says "see there all black crappie" ! :yikes
I tried to tell him he had a stringer full of white crappie boy fish and man boy howdy we about got in a scuffle over it . Got told several not so nice things , including how he been fishing there 35 years and knew the ding darn dang difference between a "black" crappie and a white crappie ....:Rofl :banghead
Saw a post on Fakebook yesterday EXACTLY like it from the SAME lake yesterday ....big ole record breaking "black" crappie .....
different fellas , but the exact same verbage ....
below are some "blackened" up white crappie , they ARE NOT BLACK crappie ....
just saying :Rofl:crazy:

Maybe they needed glasses? :Rofl

I usually run into several people each year that say the same thing ! Some will allow education some want! :biggrin

seen another ding dong post a double limit of "sandbass" aka white bass from another lake boasting about how fast they ketched them too .....
right on top in the mix was a well under the legal minimum size striper ....just WOW ! :banghead
pretty funny unless the GM shows up and or trolls Fakebook ,,,,that one fish would cost ya close to 500 greenbacks on ice in these parts .....:yikes

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Originally Posted by Slabprowler

I usually run into several people each year that say the same thing ! Some will allow education some want! :biggrin

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this is fact , most pf the seasoned folks get all kinds of sideways if you try to educate them .....:bash

I just let it go and then chuckle to myself later.

I admit I'm not choosy if it's white or black. The fish warden and I had that discussion last week. Told him I had a couple of blacks, when he looked he picked out one he though was white. Both whites and blacks are legal as long as they meet the size limit. We then counted dorsal spines, turns out he was correct. He did have to google how many spines for white and black though. :Rofl

This warden is actually what a consider a pretty friendly person, it's not the first time I've talked with him. Of course I'm not doing anything sketchy, so that helps with good interactions.

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Originally Posted by SuperDave336

I just let it go and then chuckle to myself later.

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Probably the best policy….not worth the hassle or whatever.
Bob

I try not to correct folks about anything to do with fishing- and don't even get me started about folks and snakes! :banghead

I will admit that I've "corrected" people, on various platforms & in person, that the "black" Crappie they're so proud of having caught was in fact a spawning male White Crappie. I've also interjected a question on several occasions, as to the conflicting conversation about pictured fish being a White Crappie or Black Crappie ... when the only defining trait is the markings. In a alot of those interjections, my question was ... could it be a hybrid. Biggest problem in that regard is dorsal spine count, and most of the pictured fish have the dorsal spines flattened to their backs to where a count isn't possible. :Doh:

Oh, and don't even get me started on conversations about Blacknose Black Crappie !! :Rofl I can't begin to tell you how many times that verbal tussle has occurred. :hatchet:

As has been stated, some people are appreciative of being corrected, while others consider it a personal affront.

Funny how those "Black Crappie" disappear after the spawn and don't show up again until next year. Same thing happens when I'm fishing for bluegill and talk to other people about their luck. The giant bluegill they caught are always redear which they insist are the same thing.

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Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS

Funny how those "Black Crappie" disappear after the spawn and don't show up again until next year. Same thing happens when I'm fishing for bluegill and talk to other people about their luck. The giant bluegill they caught are always redear which they insist are the same thing.

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yep giant red ear are always monster bluegill , this is also a well known fact .....:Rofl
had a fella that actually is a pro , send me to the best monster "bluegill" lake ever back when ....
we hammered monster "red ear" never saw a single bluegill .....:Rofl