Bait fishing: Amazing Fishing Information On Crappies And Papermouths Details Here!
Posted: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
by Mark Fleagle
oldfishinghole.com
Bait fishing: article 84
The crappie has more aliases then you can shake a stick at. They are commonly called calico bass, speckled perch, speckled bass, white perch, pole crappie, strawberry bass, and papermouths. The name paper mouth is very fitting for the crappie. This nick name is very fitting of a crappie that is caught while bait fishing because there mouths are paper thin and the hook can pull out very easy so you need to be very careful to not over do it when you set the hook. This fact alone makes it very difficult to land a large speckled perch.
One easy way to tell the white speckled bass from the black crappie is by counting the number of spines located at the dorsal fin. White crappie will have 5 to 7 spines, while the black crappie will have 7 to 8 spines. The white papermouth will have a have a shorter distance between the dorsal fin first spine to a point between the eyes, then the black speckled bass. The white strawberry bass takes a more "s" or
hump shape then the black calico bass where the back rises from the head. The black papermouth has a more round shape.
Both white calico bass and black pole crappie, are built for speed and maneuverability. They move in cover very easily because of their thin bodies. In cover you catch crappies while bait fishing fairly easy if you use the right crappie baits. The white crappie and the black crappie are not the only speices of crappie. For years white and black speckled bass have been cross breeding to make a very stable hybrid crappie population. Also many hybrids have been raised in captivity for stocking. They have
been stocked in new habitat locations throughout the Untied States to create new papermouth habitat areas.
Well that concludes my article about white perch. We wish you the best of luck on your next fishing trip!
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