white crappie
noun
: a silvery North American sunfish (Pomoxis annularis) with five or six protruding spines on the dorsal fins that is used as a panfish and often for stocking small ponds
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The previous waterbody record for white crappie on the Concho weighed .82 ounces and measured 12.5 inches.
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Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2024
The department also has put about 1,200 Florida largemouth bass, 8,000 red-ear sunfish and 10,500 white crappie into Bundick Lake.
—Chron, 8 Feb. 2021
Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2024
The department also has put about 1,200 Florida largemouth bass, 8,000 red-ear sunfish and 10,500 white crappie into Bundick Lake.
—Chron, 8 Feb. 2021
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