Identification. The Kazakh steppeland, north of the Tien Shan Mountains, south of Russian Siberia, west of the Caspian Sea, and east of China, has been inhabited since the Stone Age.
Black crappie have seven or eight dorsal spines, while white crappies have only six Common names: Specks, White Perch, Sac-a-lait, Croppie, Papermouth, Slab. Size: The world record black crappie is 5 lbs, and the record white crappie is 5 lbs, 3 oz.
Indiana's current state record crappie is 4-lbs. 11-oz. and was caught back in 1994. About 2 weeks ago, a gentleman fishing out at Geist Res. caught what might have been a new state record crappie. 'Might have been' being the key as the fish was weighed and then supposedly released.