pond fishing in the woods

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Comment by Adam Rink on May 20, 2015 at 1:28pm

Thanks John. And yes that was an excellent crappie you got. This is one of only a couple of female p-gills I've caught, so it's hard telling if females tend to be slimmer than males. I would think body shape would be relatively similar for males and females that come from the same body of water. I think the biggest differences between males and females are color and physical characteristics such as larger ear tabs on males as well as males generally having darker or more intense colors than females.

Comment by John Sheehan on May 20, 2015 at 8:20am

Nice hen Adam! Got a nice Crappie yesterday , which I think you saw ,  on that color tube jig .

Comment by John Sheehan on May 12, 2015 at 5:39am

Thanks Tony ,I believe you are correct. Nice seed Adam . How about tallness of Girth ? Is that a male indication and slenderness of Girth a female indicator ? Body shape is what I'm wondering about.

Comment by Adam Rink on May 11, 2015 at 3:56pm

John, here's one I caught that I think is a female P-gill. It's lighter in color like Tony mentioned, plus the operculum is smaller.

Comment by Tony Livingston on May 11, 2015 at 3:09pm

I consider a generally dark appearance to USUALLY belong to a male, but color is a fairly unreliable indicator on its own. External influences, such as water coloration and time of year, will also affect coloration.

Comment by carl hendrix on May 11, 2015 at 1:55pm

you guys are great at be able to tell a hybrids !!  great pix here John!!

Comment by Leo Nguyen on May 11, 2015 at 1:30pm

Great looking mutant.

Comment by John Sheehan on May 11, 2015 at 1:17pm

Is the black hue also hinting at Male , pond guys ?

Comment by John Sheehan on May 11, 2015 at 1:07pm

hmmm, "most hybrids are Male "        Distinctive barring , is that a female characteristic? I wouldn't say this fish has "distinctive barring " but barring is noticeable.

Comment by dick tabbert on May 11, 2015 at 1:03pm

Looks like a male to me.

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