I think TJ has hyb crappies.
Hold on there...Cecil are you saying the largest crappies you see are naturally occurring hybrids? Is this consistent?
Yes at least 90 percent of the time and mostly from one lake chain. They look more like a black crappie but with less intense spotting (but not the bar pattern of a white crappie), and will only have 6 dorsal and anal spines like a white crappie. I've done a good number of 17 to 18 inch fish like that over the years.
Hybrid vigor?