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.
Lake Arrowhead is recognized as a premier white crappie lake. Be prepared to share the water with many other anglers in spring, when limits of nice-size crappie are caught in the lower half of the reservoir. Arrowhead also contains channel, blue, and flathead catfish, with blue cats being most harvested. All three species can get big here: the lake record for channel catfish is 12.9 pounds, and for blues, 74.7 pounds. Flatheads over 40 pounds are not uncommon with the lake record at 70 pounds.