Looking at the post on my blog prior to the one on crappies, I really like Hellkom's image I got from their site.  I think I'll post it again.


It looks very professional.

A few months back, smut was killing the sugarcane in Australia.  Now bacteria are killing the crappies near Ashby, MN, USA.

Most crappies were small, "but 10- to 15-inch crappie were also observed."

It's not all bad news:

"Assuming good numbers of adult crappie remain, they'll be very successful in producing lots of young crappie in 2008 to fill the void ..." - ProMED-mail, 15 Sept 2007