Nutty Fisherman Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Just wondering? My brother in law asked if the male or the female stays on the nest? I told him I think the male does, After I got to thinking I was not sure, but I think I was right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palisade1kid Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 The males stay on the nest ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutty Fisherman Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 Thanks thats what I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
half-dutch Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 The same for bluegills. In both cases the parental care involves cleaning and aerating the eggs and only a couple of days of herding the fry or only until they are about mobile enough to disperse. Then the fry are on their own, and the sunfish may even spawn again, if the weather has been warm and stable enough, something crappies almost never do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south_metro_fish Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 So well catching the bluegills with the nice orange belly's this last weekend, I realized the ones with the really orange belly were the males and the ones with a faded orange belly were females. I could tell after cleaning the males and seeing the females belly all huge, witch I would through back. But my question is how do you tell if a crappie is a male or female? Also how do you tell with other sunfish and perch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budboy Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 The males are real black right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott M Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 males guard nests in fathead minnows, sticklebacks, bass, bluegill, crappie, and catfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south_metro_fish Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Here is another question for the panfish fishermen. If you know a crappie or sunny has eggs and it is a decent fish do you through it back or do you keep if? I have been putting the ones with eggs back. So what do you guys do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzie Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 me personally......I have been putting them back.......any fish that I have kept or the boat I am in have kept try to make sure fish with eggs get returned as with anything over 12.5" for crappies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Cat Pete Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I fish in central wi and was very suprized today to find outthe crappies have not spawned yet! water temp was about 65f.when do they spawn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherdog19 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Should drop their eggs now, they do in the mid 60's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Cat Pete Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Thanks,I've had a tough time catching them this year until today.I figured they must be done spawning so i kept 1/2 dozen today but some had eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzie Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 they will spawn in the mid 60's but if the weather isn't right sometimes they won't drop their eggs and instead absorb them....the way the weather has been this spring I think we might see some of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherdog19 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I think we'll see alot of it like we did two years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott M Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 The spawn is very messed up with that run of cold weather the last 2-3 weeks...I caught some crappies last week that hadn't spawned, heck I got some bass that hadn't spawned yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Cat Pete Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 I kept 4 today and all had eggs in them.water temp at 73f.Must mean they are not gonna spawn this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
river-rat4 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I kept 4 today and all had eggs in them.water temp at 73f.Must mean they are not gonna spawn this year You might be using the temp on your sonar. That would be the surface temperature, deeper at 6-8 feet would be more accurate.I am assuming.river-rat4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreverfish1 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I've caught a few lately that still had eggs in them. I think that just these fish didn't spawn, but since the whole crappie population doesn't all spawn at the same time I am sure there were a few if not lots of crappies that did spawn this year. It was a very inconsistant spring in terms of temps (Cold May and first 2/3s of June then HOT last 1/3rd of June)from how I remember it.Just my 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Cat Pete Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 You assumed right river rat,But i am fishing a small river.Doesn't the temp in a river stay pretty close top to bottom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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