Crappie Or Speckled Perch

Any fisherman who has not found a school of Speckled Perch when they're really biting-has missed one of the real delights of a lifetime. Being a school fish, usually when one is taken it can be readily depended upon that a good "mess" is in the immediate offing, for they bite readily, with rapidity, and with it all provide a great deal of sport.

A fresh-water panfish of unexcelled food value, they are found in slow-moving streams (usually near the bends), and near or under logs, stumps or under-water vegetation, and in deep-water pockets in lakes and ponds.

The Crappie is a member of the sunfish family, and is dark olive green in color, bears darker spots which seem in some cases to appear almost black. They usually weigh from Y2 to 1 pound, but the record catch approximates 3Y2 pounds.