Another mystery fish
Caught this guy Saturday at a little urban drainage lake I frequent; a new one on me. He's about 6" long; I'd say crappie but I've never caught one there before, plus the body shape doesn't look right. I've heard that crappies and bluegills can cross breed, but I don't know what a crapp-gill would look like. Warmouth possibly (doesn't look quite right either!)? Any ideas?
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Looks a lot like a white crappie to me.
http://www.fishofohio.com/ohio-fish-white-crappie.htm
Crappie, aka Calico bass
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I agree...White Crappie.
I've actually heard the opposite about Bluegill & Crappie hybrids....Although Bluegills, Redears, Pumpkinseeds, Green Sunfish, etc, hybridize amongst themselves fairly readily, Crappies never interbreed with these other sunfish. I haven't even heard of it being done in a lab.
Black Crappies and White Crappies can and do interbreed.
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
The shape of the mouth and position of the eye look a little strange for crappie, but I'm no expert.
Looks like a white crappie to me too.
Guess I'll go with white crappie. The "stop" (do fish have foreheads?) didn't look as abrupt, the body seemed thinner, and the eye placement seemed a little different. Everything else sure matches though.
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Prairie,
Guess not all fish look exactly alike just like humans. But, be it a White Crappie or Black Crappie, in the fry pan with a little flour and salt and pepper and touch of garlic, they all taste about the same. Yummmmmmmmmmm.
Larry ---sagefisher---
Roger that!Originally Posted by sagefisher
Prairie,
Guess not all fish look exactly alike just like humans. But, be it a White Crappie or Black Crappie, in the fry pan with a little flour and salt and pepper and touch of garlic, they all taste about the same. Yummmmmmmmmmm.
Larry ---sagefisher---
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I would advise you to forget the flour and get out the cornmeal. Some folks think the manna dropped from heaven for the Israelites was probably crappie filets, made with cornmeal.
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