Food Habits of the White Crappie, Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque, in Branched Oak Lake, Nebraska

Authors

Terry R. Maret, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Edward J. Peters, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

1979

Comments

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences- Volume VII, 1979. Copyright © 1979 Maret and Peters

Abstract

Food habits of adult white crappie, Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque, in Branched Oak Lake, Lancaster County, Nebraska, were studied by examination of stomach contents from 170 fish. Specimens ranging in size from 194-330 mm were collected by creel census and electro-fishing between April 17 and May 5, 1977. Collections were confined to the area along the dam to determine whether crappie prey on newly-hatched walleye larvae.