Croppie

"Bexar" is correct as to the black bass, croppie and wide-mouthed perch, all of which are very abundant in Texas waters, but whether the ...

"Our Croppie," the greatest pan-fish of the West, is highly esteemed by us for the table. We have seen a monster Croppie this spring, weighing over three pounds, taken at Murdock Club Lake, near St. Louis, on the Illinois […]

[page 31:] The croppie usually has only six spines in the dorsal, while the calico bass has seven. [page 34:] Such a rod, while being quite light, is strong enough to lift the fish from the water, for the croppie gives very [little resistance. ...] The croppies, and especially the southern croppie or newlight, rise well to the artificial fly, and […]