Thread: PB Black Crappie

I started the day tying more little duck feather jigs, chubs and shad darts and made plans with headhunter to fish a little park lake that afternoon. I live closer so I got an early start and tied on one of my new creations. Caught several small fish and then it happened. Cork went under and I set the hook. Fish took off strong pulling drag and my first thought was that it's a bass. Using 2lb. Maxima I worked it in slowly and OMG, it's a big crappie. Tiny jig did it's job and I lipped it. I had to show it to headhunter who wasn't there yet so I put it on a stringer until he arrived a couple minutes later. No tape measure or scale, it stretched from the tip of my middle finger all the way onto my bicep, probably 17.5-18 " in length and thick too. Took a quick picture and put it back so hopefully she will make a bunch of babies this spring. Jig I used in the pic.