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.
Additionally, crappie growth rates can be very irregular. Fisheries biologists refer to all the fish spawned in the same season as a year class. Crappies are known for having very irregular year classes, even within the same lake. Some years, a year class may be smaller than average. Every three to four years the opposite may happen and there will be a year class of larger than average crappies. The state record white crappie weighed 1-pound, 5 ounces. It came from Petenwell Flowage in Adams County in 1996. The state record black crappie came from Gile Flowage in Iron County in 1967. It weighed 4 pounds, 8 ounces. The world record black crappie, caught