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There's always an exception, isn't there?

I've never fished for them there.  Caught a bunch down south...and while I lived in Arizona.  But a couple of the DWR biologists from Utah have made some noise about them being in Gunnison Bend and I have heard a "fairly reliable" report from another BFTer about catching some a few years ago.

The white crappies we caught from a couple of lakes in Arizona coexisted with black crappies.  The whites seemed to grow slightly larger.  And in my opinion, fought a bit harder.  But as in most matters of fishing such things are always a matter of personal opinion.

Also, have never made a run to Garrison Reservoir (Pruess) to fish for the Sacramento perch.  Heard tell of locals catching good numbers of them on plain old worms in good years.  I caught lots of them while living in Sacramento and fishing some of the lakes and tributaries along the Sacramento River.  They were fun to catch and good eating.  And the young made good live bait for stripers (legal in California).