Question on BULLNOSE Crappies and Sunfish

[primetime49]

A couple of lakes {sloughs] we fish have both bull nosed species that seem to be larger than other lakes and all have adopted this big body regular snoot configuration.

Is this common or does it just have something to do with size?

[Corey Bechtold]

It might have something to do with growth rates of the fish. Sometimes lakes that have ample supplies of baitfish will have fast growing fish in them. These lakes might also be prone to winterkill. Check with your local fisheries department and they might be able to offer a little more insight.

Good luck,

Corey Bechtold

[fisherman-andy]

Could be the strain of DNA or type of fish stocked. I noticed some tiny crappies having larger front body and eye on some lakes while on other nearby lakes them Crappies look normally proportioned. Each lake could be different how the fish develops. Like Corey says forage is a factor and type of lake.

[primetime49]

Corey,lake or sloughs as we call them are shallow and fast warming in spring.They are very suspect to freeze out,but with extremely mild winters they have not done such in 4 years.

Also they are not edible,taste like the slough they come from,but the action is incredible.I would imagine we will lose some of them this winter as water is down over 2 feet[but maybe we wont get winterGLOBAL WARMING.