How to Use black crappie in a Sentence

black crappie

noun
  • The club moss, or the beaver, or the chipping sparrow, or the black crappie, or wild rice?
    — Pamela Miller, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021
  • White crappie spots are less dark and distinctive than black crappie spots.
    — Popular Science, 1 June 2020
  • McCord even caught world-record shoal bass and black crappie while taping the video.
    — Steve Waters, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 May 2018
  • White and black crappies are nearly identical in shape, habits, and size.
    — Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 11 May 2020
  • Small numbers of crappie have been caught along with catfish, white bass ,and black crappie.
    — Tyler Mahoney, kansascity, 18 Apr. 2018
  • An osprey hovered and dived into the still water and emerged with a black crappie clutched in its talons.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2018
  • Idaho is home to both white and black crappie — they are distinguished by lighter and darker markings.
    — Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Others that might end up on a stringer include tilapia, bluegill, bigmouth buffalo fish and white and black crappie.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Many of the fish were young black crappies, freshwater fish that like to live in flooded vegetation.
    — USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Largemouth bass, yellow perch, bluegill, black crappie and bullhead, several dozen in all.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Fish include smallmouth bass, black crappie, pike, channel catfish and largemouth bass.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2020
  • But Eric Allee may change that notion after catching a slab of a black crappie that broke the state record a few months ago.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The black crappie that Burruss landed this month isn’t the first monster slab that’s been caught in Clear Lake.
    — Tom Keer, Field & Stream, 19 Feb. 2021
  • At one time, this huge 5-pound black crappie was the IGFA all-tackle record.
    — Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 22 Apr. 2020
  • Anglers with a freshwater license can opt to bring a fishing rod to catch up to one channel catfish, five bluegill and 25 black crappie per day.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Walleye is the marquee species, but Poygan also has yellow perch, white bass, black crappie, lake sturgeon and freshwater drum.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2018
  • Species generally present in the lake include bluegill, black crappie, largemouth bass, northern pike, walleye, yellow perch and bullhead.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Seasons for panfish such as bluegill and black crappie, for example, are open 365 days a year in all waters of Wisconsin.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2022
  • Similarly, black crappie mean length increased in 15/5 lakes only, with a mean increase of over 2 inches.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 May 2022
  • The major sport species caught by anglers here include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, bluegill, redear sunfish, catfish, white crappie, black crappie, sauger, and white bass.
    — Allison Kiehl, The Tennessean, 30 June 2025
  • White crappie spots are also loosely arranged in a series of vertical bars along a fish’s flanks, while black crappie spots are irregular and scattered along the fish’s side.
    — Popular Science, 1 June 2020
  • The trout fishing is particularly good—thanks to those cooler waters—but anglers also have the chance to catch smallmouth and largemouth bass, black crappie, and bluegill.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2026
  • The trout fishing is particularly good—thanks to those cooler waters—but anglers also have the chance to catch smallmouth and largemouth bass, black crappie, and bluegill.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The chain is stocked with walleyes at least every other year, and has strong, naturally reproducing populations of largemouth bass, black crappies and bluegills.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2018
  • Fishers have the opportunity to catch a variety of species from largemouth bass, sunfish, bluegill, yellow perch, channel catfish and black crappie.
    — Carroll County Times, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 30 July 2021
  • The 2016 trawl also showed a record high black crappie hatch, above average yellow perch hatch and strong production of trout-perch and gizzard shad, key forage species.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2018
  • The goal is to reduce the lake's population of centrarchids (which includes largemouth bass, bluegill, pumkinseed sunfish, black crappie and rock bass) by 80%.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2018
  • Fishing enthusiasts are drawn to Monee Reservoir for its 46-acre lake stocked with bluegill, black crappie, largemouth bass and channel catfish.
    — Jessi Virtusio, chicagotribune.com, 6 May 2021
  • As a result, June suckers face an array of predator species, including white bass, walleye, largemouth bass, black crappie, black bullhead, northern pike and channel catfish.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Certified weight records will be available for black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, channel catfish, common carp, flathead catfish, lake trout, northern pike, smallmouth bass, walleye and yellow perch.
    — Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025

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