Hey yall,

After watching the Texans snatch a victory at the last second (10-3 now, woo!), I decided to hit the creek for an hour.

I was really targeting bass and cats, however Ive hooked and landed 2 crappie on lipless crankbait and a jerk bait.

I couldn't tell if these are black crappie or white crappie.

Can anyone help?
They a pretty good size?

[img:left][/img]
[img:left][/img]

They are white crappie. Note the bars on the sides.

Besides the stripes, white crappie have 5-6 dorsal fins compared to 7-8 that black crappie have....

Those are whites

Besides the stripes, white crappie have 5-6 dorsal fins compared to 7-8 that black crappie have....


RowndyRankin is correct, that is the only way I determine the difference. Some white crappie males look as dark as female black crappie. Just my two cents.

Okay, thanks.
White it is.

I couldn't determine it, since the water was pretty stained (giving fish a pale color) and its probably the 2nd or 3rd time Ive caught crappie.