Quote Originally Posted by JD7.62 View Post
.... have you ever caught a black nosed crappie? The crappie with the "racing stripe" from their chin up and over to their dorsal.
Yes, I have. I actually caught one out of Cedar Creek Lake, a few years back. I also catch them out of Watts Bar Res. (E Tenn).

They are also reported to be in KY Lake & Dale Hollow ... but the cream de la cream lake for Blacknose, is probably Center Hill.

They are simply a Black Crappie, that occurs naturally in some waterways ... with a variant pigment gene that creates the stripe. They were originally used by biologists, to test small impoundments for stocking to see the results of growth & predation ... since they were easily identified vs the native fish. I believe they were originally found & taken from a section of the White River, in Arkansas ... but, there are several other states (13 of them) that have naturally occurring populations.

.... pappy