Crappie Traditional Cache
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This is a Series of caches all about FISH! Each cache listing will provide you with some info on a Fish Species. I have placed in each cache my favorite lure for catching theses fish. Feel free to take and use on your next fishing expedition. (or bring a fishing Lure of yours to trade)
For the FTF is some $ & coupon for a Free Culvers icecream, or if you choose just take 1 FTF item and leave the other for finder #2.
CRAPPIE
Crappies, or calico bass, are a widespread and popular pan fish. There are two types of North American crappie
the black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) and the white crappie (Pomoxis annularis). Both varieties weigh about
four to five pounds when mature and range from southern Manitoba south to the Mexican border. Anglers will be
happy to hear that fishing for crappies and eating the fillets actually helps create a healthy crappie population
by preventing overcrowded areas of growth-stunted fish.
Habitat
Black crappie are found near vegetation in deeper/clearer/cooler water than white crappie. White crappie live in creek pools, slow-moving sand-and-mud bottomed streams and rivers, and shallower water in lakes. Crappie form
schools and feed together near vegetated drop-offs, underwater debris and structure of all types.
Size
Crappies usually weigh about 2 pounds or less but may reach 5 pounds.
Feeding Habits
Crappies especially feed in the evenings and early mornings, on zooplankton, insects, crustaceans, fish, larvae and on small shad, minnows and sunfish. Crappie are known to eat their own young as well as other fish fry, and feed actively throughout the winter.
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