Quote Originally Posted by Slab Junkie View Post
Your scales might be off a little. I would think any 18.75" fish should weigh a little more than 3 lbs unless it was paper thin.
I think our ditital scale is accurate to within and ounce.

If this fish would have been caught two months ago - before they started spawning - there's no doubt it would have been over 3-pounds. We've had several 3-pound black crappie that were less than 18-inches long but they were all pre-spawn fish.

Crappie can vary considerably in weight and girth for any given length but for any given length and girth there's a limit to what a crappie can weigh.