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Crappie Colors.

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I was crappie fishing and catching them in different color variations. I was wondering if the really dark ones were the ones that were spawning.
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some looked like this.
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while others looked more like this
 
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Yep that 1st pic is a male spawner... I heard someone say they put on their "tuxedos" for the spawn and that term just sticks with me.
Bottom pic is also a black crappie, I can't tell from the pic but I may be a male that doesn't have its tuxedo on yet or may be a female. Females are usually easy to tell this time of year because they have a large egg bulge or orange eggs will be spilling out of them.
White crappie have the vertical bars like you mentioned and they aren't as tall as blacks and the top of their heads usually have a sharper slope. You'll know when you get one what I mean.
 
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