View Full Version : Lake Perris after the storm 8/1
QB7940
08-01-2011, 04:13 PM
Fished with my dad from 7 till 11. Fish were active early on, tomorrow should be good for you bass guys. That last thunderstorm has em hungry. Heres the best fish of the day, 16.5'' If only I could catch these guys at puddingstone..
ityperx
08-01-2011, 04:42 PM
Nice going with that white crappie there(or is it black) w/e...I haven't seen one that big in awhile. Love that last pic with the Arizona. Good Job.
:EyePop:Very nice crappie!!.....nice pics.
TheAsianGuy
08-01-2011, 11:21 PM
Nice crappie! Man, those puppies bite hard during overcasts and a few after the storms, known that there are plenty of bugs getting knocked down by the rain.
bassgrabber1
08-02-2011, 07:03 AM
Awesome crappie.....were you guys targeting them ?? WTG man!
fishmounter
08-02-2011, 11:29 AM
Beautiful crappie! LP has some huge crappie (yes that is a Black Crappie, I've never seen or heard of a White at LP). I think the reason for their big size is because of all the shad in the lake. Perris is just a huge food factory for all it's fish species.
Kelster
08-03-2011, 07:59 AM
Beautiful looking fish. It will be a couple of weeks before I can get back out there on the tube so I will have to just look at fish porn until then.
tagg27
08-03-2011, 11:47 AM
Nice Crappie! Were you fishing deep or topwater?
SpinnerBaitKing
08-03-2011, 12:56 PM
To be honest guys, that is a white crappie. There would be no question to a black if it was. You can go up to lake Gregory and find blacks all day long. You got one thing right, That lake is awesome for all species. I wish I was closer or I would go more. 2yrs ago I caught the biggest crappie of my life! I thought it was a 5 pound bass with no fight! Turned out to be a good eater. In fact, some of my biggest gils were caught in here as well.
mister c
08-03-2011, 01:34 PM
To be honest guys, that is a white crappie. There would be no question to a black if it was. You can go up to lake Gregory and find blacks all day long. You got one thing right, That lake is awesome for all species. I wish I was closer or I would go more. 2yrs ago I caught the biggest crappie of my life! I thought it was a 5 pound bass with no fight! Turned out to be a good eater. In fact, some of my biggest gils were caught in here as well.
White Crappie, black markings, form loose vertical bands down it's body. Where black crappie have black spots evenly distributed s across the entire side. Of course the surefire method is to count the dorsal fin spines. These are the sharp spines on top of the fish that tend to poke the heck out of me when I'm trying to retrieve them from my live well. White crappie have 6 of these spines where blacks have 7 or 8 of them. Blacks also have a more rounded body when viewed from the side while white crappie are more elongated.
When spawning. White Crappie well turn very dark, and so will the Black Crappie.
Therefore Fishmounter, you are correct! It's a Black Crappie! And a nice one at that. WTG!
smokehound
08-03-2011, 01:55 PM
To be honest guys, that is a white crappie. There would be no question to a black if it was. You can go up to lake Gregory and find blacks all day long. You got one thing right, That lake is awesome for all species. I wish I was closer or I would go more. 2yrs ago I caught the biggest crappie of my life! I thought it was a 5 pound bass with no fight! Turned out to be a good eater. In fact, some of my biggest gils were caught in here as well.Nope. This is a black crappie. White crappie have their mottling in bars.
Also, black crappie have an orange-ish eye, white crappie have silvery eyes.
fishmounter
08-03-2011, 03:16 PM
SpinnerBaitKing- There is no question. That crappie QB7940 is holding is a Black. Now when they spawn and in certain water conditions, some Black Crappie are very dark, almost black. White Crappie have vertical barring that the Blacks don't have. There's other physical differences too, but this is the main obvious one. But if you want to call it a White Crappie, that's fine. Let's just say it is a very nice Lake Perris crappie.
TheAsianGuy
08-03-2011, 04:39 PM
SpinnerBaitKing- There is no question. That crappie QB7940 is holding is a Black. Now when they spawn and in certain water conditions, some Black Crappie are very dark, almost black. White Crappie have vertical barring that the Blacks don't have. There's other physical differences too, but this is the main obvious one. But if you want to call it a White Crappie, that's fine. Let's just say it is a very nice Lake Perris crappie.
Nice diffusion method Jeff :Wink: Any big crappie is a good crappie, which turned into filets. Simply accompanied by good seasoning with cooking methods, down the hatch, then out the chute :Envious:
bassmeister
08-03-2011, 07:47 PM
SpinnerBaitKing- There is no question. That crappie QB7940 is holding is a Black. Now when they spawn and in certain water conditions, some Black Crappie are very dark, almost black. White Crappie have vertical barring that the Blacks don't have. There's other physical differences too, but this is the main obvious one. But if you want to call it a White Crappie, that's fine. Let's just say it is a very nice Lake Perris crappie.
Ditto that is a black crappie. The males are the ones who turn black during the spawn. El capitan in the spring has some of the most beautiful male black crappies the colors are phenominal. As does Isabella, piru, san antonio, castaic lagoon, diamond valley, and lopez.
QB7940
08-03-2011, 10:12 PM
Yep perris only has black crappie. The fish is a little more green and gold in person, the pic makes it appear a little lighter.
Yep we were targeting crappie, we fish em from spring till mid duck season sometime in november.
Fished about 15 feet deep. over a brush pile. using soft plastics. If they arent there keep moving folks.