about the new Arkansas State Record Black Crappie.

While fishing with Carlos yesterday, Jerry Clark from NE Arkansas caught this 18.75-inch hybrid crappie that had a girth of 15-inches and weighed 2-pounds, 6-ounces.

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Over the years, we've had several 18 to 18.5-inch crappie with girths in the neighborhood of 13-inches but none of them have been over 2.5-pounds.

I'm still trying to figure out how an 18-inch crappie with a 13-inch girth could weigh 5-pounds.