Told her to trim a little off the back & sides

[Tal]

oh...i thought crappie meant it was crappie!!!....

 

[Ishrub]

Not bad size for a Crappie but don't tell him that. Usually when you catch one twenty or so more follow. That is when you take the picture. Very good eating. Meat is snow white and tender. Tasty stuff.

So why the hell did they name them CRAPPY?

 

[Ishrub]

Oh he caught that?...i thought it was bait!!!

Size matters to those Chinese conservationists too!

‘These situations are not uncommon’: Endangered whale shark killed and hanged in southwest China

A whale shark was killed and hanged in a harbour in southwest China on Saturday, just hours after having been spotted near an offshore oilfield.

The killing of the endangered animal was sharply criticized online after the Beihai Municipal People’s Government Information Office in China posted photos of it on social media. In the first image, the shark is swimming innocently near the surface of the water; in the second – taken only hours later – the beast hangs slaughtered from a crane.

Whale sharks are listed as a vulnerable species and are protected under Chinese and international law by a number of treaties, including the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and the Convention for Migratory Species.

Yet a 2014 investigation by WildLifeRisk, a Chinese non-governmental organization, revealed that a single slaughterhouse in Wenzhou, in China’s southeastern Zhejiang Province, was killing roughly 600 whale sharks annually.

Although hunting the species is illegal, it remains an extremely lucrative practice: a single carcass can fetch an estimated $30,000, according to

Though whale sharks are a protected species, these situations are not uncommon
In August of last year, footage of a live whale shark being cut into pieces by men in Guangdong, China, prompted a petition to circulate online. The petition called on Chen Jining, China’s Minister of Environmental Protection, to “prosecute those involved in the torturous live butchering” of the animal.

“Though whale sharks are a protected species, these situations are not uncommon,” the petition stated. “Chinese fishermen kill an average of 600 whale sharks per year, most of them facing no legal action. It is imperative that China steps up to stop letting animal abuse and the illegal slaughter of animals go unpunished.”

The worldwide population of whale sharks is estimated to be in the thousands.

Growing up to 18-metres long, it is the largest fish species in the world. But unlike many of its shark relatives, the whale shark is docile and poses little threat to humans. It mostly feeds on plankton and small fish.

11:11 AM - May 8, 2016
Outrageous: rare whale shark seen at offshore oilfield in SW China's Beihai was killed just hours after it was found

 

[sonny]

Have no clue. Lake Eufaula which is the capital Crappie lake in the U.S.A. is a stones throw from the house. During their spawning season you can catch them in numbers that is amazing. 40 to 100 in a few hours is not uncommon. 2 lbs to 4 lbs is average size. Meat is very flaky and not overbearing in taste. Fish fry's which are popular get together's around these parts are considered high class if Crappie is the served.

 

[sonny]

That kind of #hit really irritates me.

 

[barbagris]

Half a bottle of rum !

Mate - he's not THAT pretty!. You're thinking of the Dartmoor Ewes again.

 

[Ishrub]

Have no clue. Lake Eufaula which is the capital Crappie lake in the U.S.A. is a stones throw from the house. During their spawning season you can catch them in numbers that is amazing. 40 to 100 in a few hours is not uncommon. 2 lbs to 4 lbs is average size. Meat is very flaky and not overbearing in taste. Fish fry's which are popular get together's around these parts are considered high class if Crappie is the served.

Good ol' Wiki

Crappie - Wikipedia

The common name (also spelled croppie or crappé), derives from the Canadian French crapet, which refers to many different fishes of the sunfish family. Other names for crappie are papermouths, strawberry bass, speckled bass or specks (especially in Michigan), speckled perch, crappie bass, calico bass, (throughout the Middle Atlantic states, and New England),[3] sac-a-lait (in southern Louisiana, lit. "milk bag", an alteration by folk etymology from Choctaw sakli)[4] and Oswego bass.[5]

 

[Ishrub]

So we all want @Steel 's sac-a-lait (in southern Louisiana, lit. "milk bag") then too huh!

I'm startin' to wonder now with good ol' 'Brawn' being called 'Head Cheese' there too, that lactose intolerance is a problem in Louisiana with all these dairy substitutes.

 

[sonny]

Good ol' Wiki

Crappie - Wikipedia

Around here they are called either black Crappie or white Crappie. paper mouth is true because if you set the hook to hard you will loose them. Black spotted Crappie are the best eaten.

 

[Nat67]

Size matters to those Chinese conservationists too!

‘These situations are not uncommon’: Endangered whale shark killed and hanged in southwest China





11:11 AM - May 8, 2016
Outrageous: rare whale shark seen at offshore oilfield in SW China's Beihai was killed just hours after it was found

So sad !