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Crappies are speckled freshwater fish that, as it happens, taste best fried in a beer batter, which made the beer prohibition even more confounding to some.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2012

Crappies in open water are feeding and usually moving.

From Time Magazine Archive

Crappies in this Coosa River impoundment are plentiful and big, many in the two-pound range.

From Time Magazine Archive

Crappies stage on main lake points in early March and move into coves by early April.

From Time Magazine Archive

Crappies have delicate lips, but I use a barbless hook.

From Gone Fishing by Schmitz, James H.