Is This Really A Crappie?

[moturkey]

I'm a long-time lurker that has enjoyed the discussions and tips here as I re-discover a sport I loved as a kid and try to get my own kids hooked. I'm hoping you all can help me confirm whether the attached is a crappie. I was down at LOZ from 4/17-4/20 and caught a bunch of 7"-11" crappie from the docks of my family's condo at the 33MM. On Sunday, we took a cruise up the main channel when my son said he wanted to stop and fish. We were near the cliffs on the south side of the lake at about the 34MM. Water depth ranged from 50-70 feet, so I dropped a 1/3 oz little cleo spoon and jigged it along the cliff at a depth around 30 feet when this thing hit. I didn't measure it as my wife and daughters were anxious to get moving again, but guessed it to be about 13" and 2.5-3 lbs. Given the depth, tackle and size I assumed it was a smallmouth (it was much bigger and darker than the crappie I was catching under the docks), but looking at the picture again the markings and fins suggest crappie. Can anybody help confirm?

Thanks!

[ScottK]

Crappie. Nice one.

[Blazerman]

Definitely a crappie. If you said it was only 13” I doubt it was 2.5-3lbs. but it looks longer than 13”.

Here is one from LOZ I caught earlier in April and it was 14” and it was probably 1.5 lbs.

[Old plug]

It is a female white crappie in full spawing colors.

[conorsixtakc]

I'm a long-time lurker that has enjoyed the discussions and tips here as I re-discover a sport I loved as a kid and try to get my own kids hooked. I'm hoping you all can help me confirm whether the attached is a crappie. I was down at LOZ from 4/17-4/20 and caught a bunch of 7"-11" crappie from the docks of my family's condo at the 33MM. On Sunday, we took a cruise up the main channel when my son said he wanted to stop and fish. We were near the cliffs on the south side of the lake at about the 34MM. Water depth ranged from 50-70 feet, so I dropped a 1/3 oz little cleo spoon and jigged it along the cliff at a depth around 30 feet when this thing hit. I didn't measure it as my wife and daughters were anxious to get moving again, but guessed it to be about 13" and 2.5-3 lbs. Given the depth, tackle and size I assumed it was a smallmouth (it was much bigger and darker than the crappie I was catching under the docks), but looking at the picture again the markings and fins suggest crappie. Can anybody help confirm?

Thanks!

Let me know what you find out, may help explain my profile pic