First Cast species profile
Black Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Freshwater
Also called: speckled perch, calico bass, papermouth
Overview
Black Crappie is a schooling panfish that relates to brush, timber, docks, bridge pilings, and creek-channel edges.
- Family
- Centrarchidae
- Typical habitat
- Brush piles, Standing timber, Bridge columns, Docks, Creek-channel edges
- Takes
- Minnows
- Seasonality
- Fish deeper in heat or cold and shallower around spawning cover.
Identification
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