Black and white crappie

[carpinator]

ANYBODY KNOW IF THIS IS A WHITE OR BLACK CRAPPIE ? COMPARING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TWO SPECIES WOULD LEAD ME TO BELIEVE IT'S A WHITE, BUT I'M NOT 100%
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/carpinator_photos/054.jpg
THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE A BLACK CRAPPIE
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/carpinator_photos/045.jpg

[Frenchy]

if im counting right they are both vlack crappie you can tell by the number of hard spines it has a white only has 5 or 6 while a bvlack has 7-8

[City Dad]

...and the spots on a white crappie tend to be arranged in vertical bars

[Fat Tony]

Good catch man real nice fish

[Troutman65]

The first is a female and the second is a male

[Frenchy]

The first is a female and the second is a male

thats not what he asked tm65

[Natural Lefty]

I think the answer is that they are both Black Crappie (which are by far the more comon kind in California) but the first is a female, and the second is a male in spawning colors.

[Troutman65]

thats not what he asked tm65


I am right though Frechy .:Finger: :Smack:

[Frenchy]

never said you werent right but that was not the question lol

[Thisfool]

I heard on you tube the best way to tell is that if the space from the noise to the first spine of the fin is the same length as the fin its self it is a black crappie. But if the space is longer than the fin it is a white crappie.

[BackReel909]

I am right though Frechy .:Finger: :Smack:
I love the icon usage on this one that is guts

[fishmounter]

Black Crappie have 7 to 8 Spiny Dorsal Fin spines (your fish has 7), and White Crappie have less, 5 to 6. White Crappie also usually have some vertical bars on their sides, while the Blacks have more speckled marks. Not too many White Crappies in California. Used to be some in Puddingstone.

[Troutman65]

I love the icon usage on this one that is guts


Frenchy & I know each other and thats why I used the icons.