how to identify a white crappie: An elongated profile and mottling arranged in bars identifies a white crappie. The most conspicuous difference is the pattern on the sides of the fish. The white crappie has dark blotches arranged in bars. white crappies also have 5 dorsal spines where black crappies have 8.
the white crappie is native to Southern Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and Mississippi River basins from New York and southern Ontario west to Minnesota and South Dakota the average size of a white crappie is 9-10 inches and the record is 21 inches long.
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