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.
The Crappie was 18 inches and had a belly about as wide as my finger is long and also we could have fit our fist in its mouth. The current Indiana State Record is held by Willis Halcomb which weighed in at 4 lbs and 11 ounces. Willis caught his trophy from a private pond in Jennings County in 1994.