It is actually a black stripe running down their nose. After a long hiatus from the water, my son and I hooked to the boat and went for an afternoon trip on Sunday. Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.4. Maybe it was my fish goggles, but the blacknose I caught was pushing 15" and wasn't skinny to my untrained eye. There is documented research/study verifying that small GSF jumped up to 15 feet in the air to reach an inflow pipe then swam upstream some distance to get to a new source of water (another pond). Live bait has been the ticket 2-3ft off the bottom. So I was fishing my pond and the bass are spawning right now. [that sounded pretty interesting!]. Got into a school of hybrids on crank baits. The end results are a fast growing agile gamefish that spend most of its life cruising in schools and pursuing forage fish. Even with some reproduction, bass can easily control those small numbers of potential baby crappie. So I am not sure you can be 100% sure you are only gonna get males... Not like you can actually see the male sitting on the nest. Check out the latest fishing report from Bob Bates covering white bass, hybrids, and crappie! The water is lightly stained in the Osage and slightly colored to stained in the Grand Arm. Crappie are good with jigs and minnows in … Mark Twain . Hybrid bass are a crossbreed of true-strain striped bass and white ("sand") bass, they were first produced by mixing the roe of a hen striper with the milt of a buck white bass. Heartland Guide Service catches em all with ACC! The crappie on PK have been staging along timber, and the sand bass have been school- ing out in open water. I tossed in a runt BG just for experiment sake and he's grown from 4 to around 9" and very robust. My son and I caught a couple last August from his pond. Guess I'd better learn how to determine crappie sex... With shipping I almost paid $4 per lake chubsucker! Fishing Notes; fished in the a.m. until lightening talked me off the water. As we have seen, Hybrid crappie has a black-nose trait. I was thinking the same thing as you Travis. GSF are very at home in small streams and I could seem them utilizing very shallow very fast moving water to colonized new homes. Docks with lights are giving up some good hybrids in the 3-10 pound range at night on ‘Traps and square bills. All fish were caught on a 1/4 oz jig head with a Zoom Super Fluke Jr. However, we are starting to see several bass conjugating on humps and points in 10-16ft! Anglers can expect these young hybrids to be 22-24 inches in length and weigh 4-6 pounds. However, heavy-duty equipment is needed to fish these waters. Closest guess to the weight of this giant crappie wins a prize!! Crappie should start turning up after the first deep cold snap. Asked how big they can grow, he’s still studying that potential. Steve Blake’s outing chasing white bass, hybrids, and crappie Daily Fishing Log For November 5, 2020 To access this page, you must purchase one of the following memberships: Pro - Crappie, Pro - Wipers/White Bass, Pro+ They will reproduce but it is believed that their numbers will be less and their offspring inferior. Rex has access to hybrid crappie. Moderator White Bass/Striper/Hybrid Forum * Crappie.com Supporter. I think it takes a few people out here to do this to get the results we need. Water Lightly Stained; 58 degrees; 0.55’ high. Crappie fishing is somewhat spotty in the mid-lake area. TJ, crappie usually spawn a little deeper than you can see at least IME. Hybrid stripers are good with live bait in the main lake from 22-35’. At $4 per fish, that's $200 to $400. The bass and the black fish would kind of rub up against each other and one would swim off and eventually come back, they were doing that all day. I could stock regular Crappie - but would have to select Female only, and I can only sex them on beds. So I saw an ad for Fish Wagon pond stockers out of Arkansas. All it would take is one mistake and you got a mess! We are the largest & most experienced Guide Service Cedar Creek Lake TX . Do the hybrids still show that classic line like pure blacknose black crappies do? BigCrappie.com Fishing Guide & Instruction Service, Mabank, Texas. Alan HenryGOOD. � 2014 POND BOSS INC. all rights reserved USA and Worldwide, Chairman, Pond Boss Legacy award; Moderator; field correspondent. Hybrid bass are slow. One lake that is an exception is Kinkaid Lake in Southern Illinois. Young Hybrid Bluegill are putting their growth into body size, not reproduction, so allowing large males to survive lets them eat the smaller fish, thereby increasing their growth rate. Lake level is 704.36. Hybrid Crappie Vs Natural Crappie. The typical crappie will measure around 9 inches and weigh about 1/3 of a pound, but larger 1 to 2 pound slab crappie will be pulled from Allatoona's waters this year. For instance, a hybrid crappie does exist but doesn’t involve another species of fish. Maybe positive or negative but at lease us as Pond Boss members can share the experience. 7,2 K J’aime. Crappie, White Bass & Hybrid Striped Bass on Cedar Creek Lake Texas; Make your reservation Book your Adventure today! I had never seen anything like it. - Duration: 18:00. Hybrids and sand bass are fair off main lake points and humps with slabs, swimbaits, and jigging spoons. And I think males don't get as big as females, so you really would wanna get all females. Hybrid striped bass is a stunning fish that is created by crossing male white bass with a female striped bass. They are mostly found in midwestern rivers, lakes and have been stocked into reservoirs too, in the Southern and Midwest United States. … Crappie remain slow. TJ, have you caught any of these "overflow" crappies out of your main pond yet? https://fishinmoney.com/how-to-catch-hybrid-striped-bass-in-lakes Hybrid striped bass do not spawn in pond environments and thus by stocking a few each year we can control their numbers. Caught this in Yates Mill Pond today when I went out there to check it out. A hybrid striped bass, also known as a wiper or whiterock bass, is a hybrid between the striped bass (Morone saxatilis) and the white bass (M. chrysops).It can be distinguished from the striped bass by broken rather than solid horizontal stripes on the body. Went out on Sunday on Sinclair and caught an official "mess o fish". Prospect: The DNR stocks hybrid striped bass every year at Carters. Honestly didn't believe it until I caught one myself...no offense Josh - just hard to conceive. Be sure to tune in at 1 pm CST, and learn all “The Hype Mans” netting secrets. In a ten year study conducted in Illinois, ponds stocked with hybrid crappie, bass and bluegill, the hybrid crappie were unable to maintain their population (take over the pond). I always had FHM circling the pond edges, but I'm not experienced with raising BC and they may just always appear more on the light side. Steve Blake’s outing chasing white bass, hybrids, and crappie Daily Fishing Log For November 5, 2020 To access this page, you must purchase one of the following memberships: Pro - Crappie, Pro - Wipers/White Bass, Pro+ I honestly think there would be a market even if the fish cost $3 or $4 a piece because of the labor intensive methods used to create them. The HSB were also the smaller, most inferior of all my 120+ stocked in the main pond and I didn't have much hope for them. Water Lightly Stained; 58 degrees; 0.55’ high. TJ, if Todd is willing to experiment with chubsuckers, maybe you can beg him into experimenting with triploid crappies. Hybrid Crappie. Catfish are fair on stinkbait, live, and cut bait in deeper water. I know I would pay that to have a healthy AND manageable crappie fishery in my pond! Hybrids and sand bass are off main lake points and humps with slabs, swimbaits, and live bait. Not nearly like pure parents, but they will reproduce. This can be a difficult time to find the bite. Crappie/Bluegill Hybrid? Nothing left to do but Smile Smile Smile. Hybrid Crappie are a cross between a black Crappie and a white Crappie. I wanted to release these into the main pond EVENTUALLY, but only after verifying they posed no risk of overpopulation. We will have question and answer giveaways along with tips and techniques. Black bass are good using topwaters, crankbaits, spinners, craws, and worms staying close to timber and some deeper points near the dam. Crappie remain slow. I have feed trained crappies in my aquarium before. The Hybrid Bass and Sand Bass are hot right now. Hybrid populations are controlled when stocking them alongside the bass and bluegill which feed on their offspring. Therefore, when stocking hybrid crappie in ponds with bass and bluegill very few baby crappie will survive, preventing overpopulation. Totally agree, Travis. Although Hybrid Crappie are not sterile, they display limited recruitment (recruitment is a fancy term for young fish which make it to adult size and begin spawning). "...but don't see the investment paying off for myself in reasonable time.". The temperature is heating up, and fish are in a transition into summer patterns. Tag: #barrenriverlake #KY #bass #crappie #catfish #hybrid #fishing Drop a Line. Skip to the content Book Trip (469) 630-1780 “Every day is different, and targeting a variety of species has helped us stay on the fish, day in and day out,” Kuhn said. He … Getting closer and closer...Hopefully soon I'll find a source. Best Bets: SPOTTED BASS, HYBRID STRIPED BASS, ... Crappie numbers will be around or slightly lower than average this year. Crappie, bass, catfish, hybrids. Blue Catfish are at their peak on Lake Lewisville from November through February. Nothing like catching Hybrid Striped Bass in Cold Water! I'm really disappointed they escaped my exp pond - total waste of my project and now I may be facing another species that requires intensive management along side my BG. Beautiful fish. However, these are hard fighting fish that are worth targeting! I simply want a chance to grow 15-18" fish and bring friends and tell them to throw a tube jig and hold on. I stocked FHM and GSH regularly into my experimental pond with the hybrids, but they were all around 7-8" and pretty low WR from my GUESS [never did the actual weight/length conversion] which I couldn't understand as I thought I had ample forage. STAMFORD: FAIR. STAMFORD: FAIR. . Join Date Feb 2006 Location Highland, IL Posts 2,270 Post Thanks / Like Likes (Given) 644 Likes (Received) 590 Thanks (Given) 33 Thanks (Received) 21. That lone male BG must be awful lonely... Are you pellet feeding the pond? Color options are bone, bubble gum, firetiger, foxy momma, foxy shad, silver black, silver blue, and Tennessee shad. Recently the bass, crappie, and hybrids have been consistent with an occasional tough day. The crappies are moving off the brush piles … Multiple test ponds in Illinois have had the Hybrid Crappie stocked...not one pond was ever overpopulated and many needed to be re-stocked after being fished out of originally stocked fish. Striped bass hybrids fair on slabs in the main lake. This is a species that will rarely be caught unless they are being targeted. Didn't have a camera but they were catching several nice White Bass below the damn at Carlyle lake in IL this past weekend Personal Best 17 1/2"" Let us … Hybrids and sand bass are off main lake points and humps with slabs, swimbaits, and live bait. caught a good number of largemouth verticle jigging with spoons and drop shot rigs. The water temp 55 degrees in the Osage and Grand. Walleye slow. Honestly didn't believe it until I caught one myself...no offense Josh - just hard to conceive. Topwater plugs, crankbaits, and swimbaits are effective with surfacing schools of hybrids and white bass. I agree ewest...there is a woeful lack of interst and rigid studies to have better information...but it's all there is that is published anyway. Hybrids and sand bass are fair off main lake points and humps with slabs, swimbaits, and jigging spoons. Lake Hopatcong in the Fall: Hybrid Stripers, Walleye, Crappie, and Bass Lake Hopatcong good for walleyes and hybrid stripers yet . Hybrid Crappie are a cross between a black Crappie and a white Crappie. Anglers should expect to encounter an abundance of … Prospect: Hybrid striped bass fingerlings are stocked annually in Allatoona. The state record hybrid crappie is on display at the Peoria Bass Pro Shop. Hybrid striped bass is an awesome fish to catch and can be elusive at certain times of the year and bite in frenzies other times of the year. Much of the water below the no-fishing zone is accessible to bank fishermen. If anyone is going to make triploids for us it will be Bobby Glennon at Malone's Fish Farm in Arkansas. I can report my experience albeit limited... From one study ... a valid assessment IMO. Still it only one reputable person's word. Crappie, White Bass & Hybrid Striped Bass on Cedar Creek Lake Texas How-Tos; Crappie, White Bass & Hybrid Striped Bass on Cedar Creek Lake Texas with BigCrappie.com and DallasFishingCharters.com Latest Posts. Mark Twain . Mille sayr ist i s not unusua folr first-generation fish crosse tso gro exw - ceptionally large bu, t since th e Lake Min - netonka hybrids looked almost identica tlo their black-crappi parentse th,e difference wasn't noticeable to even a trained eye. I love whites Personal Best 17 1/2" " Let us endeavor so to live, that when we come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry." Went out to a local reservoir that was 30 feet above normal and was able to find some white bass, hybrids, and crappie. Thanks for the nudge-nudge. Join Date Feb 2006 Location Highland, IL Posts 2,268 Post Thanks / Like Likes (Given) 642 Likes (Received) 590 Thanks (Given) 33 Thanks (Received) 21. October of 10 they were 7-9" but low WR - probably a function of lack of forage on my part. They already have the high pressure chambers for making triploidy and they have the ploidy testing equipment as well. Walleye slow. For example, a hybrid bluegill is a cross between a male bluegill and a female green sunfish. Giant Lake Eufaula Hybrid Crappie!!! Easy Rex � one set of ponds may not make a universal truth. 04-08-2010, 06:00 PM #2. pete. Recent DNR sampling and angler reports suggest hybrid striped bass abundance is above average. I love whites Personal Best 17 1/2" " Let us endeavor so to live, that when we come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry." View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Articles Crappie.com Legend * Member Sponsor. Hybrid numbers had been relatively modest and stable, but their abundance has been increasing following strong survival of stocked fish in recent years. One of the crappie we caught, the larger one, had a very distinct black line down its nose. Fishing guide Jason Barber says white bass and hybrids are good on humps and points. I'd say 75% have the black stripe, the others as Josh says looked like classic BC. For in-pond spawning, usually the female black crappie is crossed with the male white crappie, as the reciprocal cross is very inconsistent with regard to offspring production. That also means that the state record black crappie is still the fish taken from Rend Lake nearly 40 years ago. We prefer to use hybrid striped bass as the predator instead of largemouth bass. Hybrid crappie can be produced by in-pond spawning or by manually stripping the gametes and crossing the two species in the hatchery. Trees at water's edge should I remove them? Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass have been mated to create the meanmouth bass. He's hard to catch, though. I stocked 150 Hybrid crappie from Rex in a .15 acre experimental pond October 09 at 3-4". I hope TJ doesn't mind me fielding questions about his pond. Sounds like once they got into the main pond with more forage they blew up! So I saw a bass on its bed, but it was with a jet black fish, it looked like a crappie. The bass have been biting on topwater lures, crankbaits, spinnerbaits and soft plastics in 2-8ft. No clue on how many actually made the trip? Crappie are best around brush piles in 18 feet and around deeper docks, all on jigs. But I'm told that doesn't necessarily mean it was a straight BC. Dad has only been out fishing once since his quadruple bypass heart surgery back in January (2020). "My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives. Unlike pure striped bass that prefer cool water, hybrid striped bass flourish in Allatoona's warm summer water temperatures. Well Todd, as long as someone out there breeds them. It is hard to tell from the picture, but it had a fat belly that looked full of eggs. Crappie are fair on minnows in brush piles in 15-28’. Clean and Pan Fry Whole Bluegill (Like the good ol' days!) Features include a skirted rear treble hook, spitting sound, and lifelike appearance. This way the hybrid crappie numbers are controlled since they cannot overpopulate. I'm pretty leary of introducing mixed sex crappie into my watersheds regardless of whether they're hybrids or not...can anyone confirm or dismiss my fears of overpopulation in regards to hybrid crappie? To access this page, you must purchase one of the following memberships: Pro - Bass, Pro - Crappie, Pro - Wipers/White Bass, Pro+. If you are and you aren't seeing any HSB, it would seem they didn't make it. Black bass are best around docks and rocks using jigs, Texas rigs, square bills and spinnerbaits. "My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives. Hybrid bass are common across the United States and can be found in dozens of lakes and streams. These are very high $ pieces of equipment. 2 Black Crappie 2 Northern Pike 2 Hybrid Striped Bass. Water clear 58 degrees; 3.84’ low. Hybrids and sand bass are fair off main lake points and humps with slabs, swimbaits, and jigging spoons. The resulting hybrid displays limited reproduction and increased growth. Hybrid striped bass are artificially propagated by crossing striped and white bass. This black … TJ, you create a diversion and I'll snatch the fish! However, at Eric said the will to survive is amazing! This is a classic lure that works to catch bass, crappie, pickerel, striped bass, and hybrid striped bass. For this reason, they need to be restocked every so often. Hybrid bass are slow. Join Now. 100-200 to the acre in a traditional Bass Pond 200-500 to the acre in a Catfish or Bream only pond When you fish for them do not take the largest males. Crappie slow. ", http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=151690&page=1, http://www.pondboss.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=13896&fpart=1. Landed about 60 fish during the day and brought home some for a fish fry. Natural hybrid crappie are found throughout the country, but are extremely rare in most bodies of water. By Bruce Litton Suction cups proved useless to mount portable running lights on one of Dow’s rental boats. Crappie, bass, catfish, hybrids. Chairman, Pond Boss Legacy award; Moderator; field correspondent. Crappie are good with jigs and minnows in brush piles, boat docks, and bridges in 15-28’. Join Date Apr 2004 Location … Had a fun day fishin' with my Dad. Heartland Guide Service catches em all with ACC! book now. Serious hybrid fishermen use fishing rods in the 10-to-13-foot class. Flash powder seems like a good idea now! Hybrid crappie are easy to pick out if you’re looking for them, having characteristics of both species, but varied among individual fish. Trees at water's edge should I remove them? The crappie have been biting good in brushpiles in 10-18ft. Because crappie are such prolific spawners and will quickly overpopulate small bodies of water, hybrid crappie are much more suited for stocking. Report submitted by Eric Puyear, B & K Bait House. Most pond owners will only need to stock between 50-100 crappie per year at most to create a quality fishery. The fact that hybrids can withstand high water temperatures and low dissolved oxygen levels makes them an ideal addition to Lake Norman’s fishery. Lake Bridgeport guide Keith Bunch has been chasing sand bass and hybrid stripers. Bob Bates’ crappie, white bass, hybrids, & bass notes/observations from the last week. Hybrid bass are a crossbreed of true-strain striped bass and white ("sand") bass, they were first produced by mixing the roe of a hen striper with the milt of a buck white bass. ", http://www.ms-sportsman.com/details.php?id=361, http://www.sevenpinesfishery.com/The_Creel.html, http://www.jmmaloneandson.com/hybridcrappie.html. Very cool. Wear a mask, wash your hands, stay safe. The only research we've sourced states they will reproduce, but the F2's do not grow fast and are "inferior" and highly susceptible to predation from BG, YP - and in my case, SMB and HSB. Kinkaid has a healthy population of big, hybrid crappie, along with white, black, and black nosed crappie. Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.4. Hybrid striped bass fishing should be excellent this year. Bob Bates’ notes on the crappie, white bass, and hybrids Daily Fishing Log For November 2, 2020 To access this page, you must purchase one of the following memberships: Pro - Crappie, Pro - Wipers/White Bass, Pro+ The fact that all you have is hybrids and no pure crappies of either species is a good thing from the stuff Eric has posted. Get up to 20% off. 11-13-2020, 07:37 AM #8. They reproduce, a little bit. The one my 11-year old caught looked like any other black crappie. Hybrid Bass, Black Bass, Crappie and Giant Blue Catfish are all great in the winter months. However, crappies are not known to cross breed outside of their core family. White bass are good on the main lake flats, humps, and drop-offs with slabs in 18-35’. Thanks Cecil, this is encouraging news...I was planning on having to feed with tons of FHM for my potential crappie pond...now maybe not. Moderator White Bass/Striper/Hybrid Forum * Crappie.com Supporter. Moderator White Bass/Striper/Hybrid Forum * Crappie.com Supporter. Fished about 2hrs with male black crappie still scattered in spawning locations 6-10ft of water same as day before. Like hybrid sunfish featured in the December newsletter, hybrid crappie aren’t totally sterile. Glennon is striving to minimize or eliminate that issue. Courtesy of trumanlakeguide.com. Catfish are fair on stinkbait, live, and cut bait in deeper water. I aksed Bobby Glennon point blank if there had been a single reported problem since they are the only place crossing Crappie...He didn't hesitate to say "not a one!" The only game fish I haven't been able to feed train are Esox species. Daily Fishing Log For October 6, 2020. hybrids of black-crappie and white-crappie parents. Join Date Feb 2006 Location Highland, IL Posts 2,270 Post Thanks / Like Likes (Given) 644 Likes (Received) 590 Thanks (Given) 33 Thanks (Received) 21. … 11-13-2020, 07:37 AM #8. I wonder how they knew , if at all, that there was another pond upstream. Never underestimate the will to survive (move to greener pastures). While they are not sterile, their fry are undersized and combined with a healthy population of bream and bass, most of their young do not make it … Thread Starter. Wish I had my camera phone on me, but I was a little wet by then. Catfish slow. Shop unique Black Crappie face masks designed and sold by independent artists. 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