| Crappie fishing is one of the most popular types of | | | | little further. There is the white crappie and the black |
| fishing that there is. The crappie is a fish, actually it is | | | | crappie. They both live and feed in the same way and |
| what most people will call a pan fish. The reason that | | | | also many times congregate all together. Really, the |
| they call it this is because the fillets are usually small | | | | only difference is their color variation. The white ones |
| enough that they will fit easily into a pan so that they | | | | are a little lighter while the black ones are a little darker. |
| will fry up nicely. Oh, and the other reason is that those | | | | Now, if you were to go into any fishing organizations in |
| fillets taste great once you cook them up and begin | | | | stunned amazement about there actually being both |
| eating them. If you belong to some fishing | | | | white and black crappies and inquire where one or the |
| organizations, you will probably learn about fishing for | | | | other can be fished for, you will probably look very |
| these fish. As you have certainly seen, it is not hard to | | | | dumb. This is because their habits are virtually identical |
| catch enough crappies for a good fish dinner. | | | | and they usually school and suspend together. In fact, |
| One of the things worth noting about the crappie is | | | | you have probably caught both kinds of crappie if you |
| their name: there are actually two different kinds of | | | | have fished for them before. The reason you may not |
| them. I'm sure that this fact that there are multiple kinds | | | | have noticed is that the color variation between the |
| of crappies will come as a bit of a shocker to more | | | | two is often very slight. |
| than one crappie fisherman, but please let me explain a | | | | |