Is this a baby Crappie?

[FishMan]

So as most of you know, Tommy love him his fly rod, especially when there a toowater bite. I caught about 30 or so of the one in the first photo, with the dry fly in his mouth, a basic run of the mill ordinary bluegill. And then I had only one of the second photo, different fins, different tail, no stripes, much larger protruding mouth......so the million dollar question, is it a Crappie or just a misfit bluegill. Bruce, your thoughts?

[sandman]

Looks like a crappie to me.

[Piscolli]

Hard to tell since all my Crappie are 15 to 17 inches. Poo hee

[Fishless]

caught several little crappie through the years and they looked just like a crappie just little, that one is hard to tell? I will send the pic to Curt at g and f and see what he says. Was that at Green valley lake Payson?

[FishMan]

Nope, this was out of my local fly fishing honey hole behind Greenfield library in Gilbert. It's the fishable lake next to the Riparian no fish lakes. All the ones I catch up in Payson are all in the 8 to 10 inch range and are definetly Crappies.

[KINGFISHER]

For what it's worth, I see stripes and a dark spot on the gill plate which makes me lean toward bluegill or perch.

[KINGFISHER]

On further investigation I believe that could very well be a white crappie.  I don't see that many around here.

[Fishless]

From Curt G.



Not a crappie. Looks like a hybrid sunfish, probably a bluegill x redear hybrid.

[FishMan]

Well in that case mark another species off my list. I'll take it!!!!