> They're all bream . . .
>
> I have never heard anyone in these part say that crappie and bream are the
> same fish.  Bream is a southern term and when used here, is used to
describe
> what we call blue gill.
>
> Blue gills, sunfish, goggle-eye perch all fit into bream but I have never
> heard a fisherman equate a crappie with bream.

Now you have.  Of course, I was attempting to be a bit humourous.  Down here
in the far south, just about everthing that is shaped like a bream, is
called a bream, crappie included.  Typically, freshwater fish include bream,
minnows, shiners, bass, gar and catfish.  Further distinction is rare.

Lee