Thread: Nice surpise crappie

Fat buggers for sure TJ! One of these years, maybe I'll get a shot at a few of those Hogs. Thanks for the pics!

Good point. I've seen some crappie that were long but lean. A well fatty will make you dig out the scales. A long and fat crappie is a wallhanger. Congrats, beautiful fish.

14 inch black crappie weigh as much as 15 inch white crappie around here.

look around. Everythings heavier in alabama

Got this one on Crecent in Florida. It was 15 inches and was two and a half pounds. My personal best btw.

"Personal Best" crappie are the best kind of crappies to catch, until you beat your own personal best again. Congrats.

Originally Posted by usafret99

look around. Everythings heavier in alabama

That remark resembles my exwife.

This makes me wish when I was younger I would have weighed some of those crappie I caught. I fished one area where I caught many crappie over 16 inches but never had scales to weigh them. I had a friend weigh one he caught with me last year that was 16 inches and it weighed 3.1 too bad that spot does not hold crappie anymore like it once did.

Originally Posted by TJ Stallings

After crappie fishing for 50-years, I thought I'd seen it all.
I always thought 14-inch crappie were about 2.25 pounds. Two fish seemed "heavy" Saturday. So we weighed them on the UPS scale at the office. Both were over 2.75- pounds! I had one two weeks ago that was 15-inches and weighed 3.08. I usually don't excited about a crappie until it is 16-inches long. I'm throwing that theory out the window. These Alabama fish are healthy! What's the heaviest, short fish ratio have you seen?