Here are the current IGFA and AGFC current record holders for a white and black crappie. Like it or not? This is what you got to beat to go down into Crappie Fishing Folk Lore HISTORY!!!

World Records
White Crappie
2.35 kg (5 lb 3 oz) Enid Dam, Mississippi, USA 31-Jul-1957 Fred Bright

Black Crappie
2.26 kg (5 lb 0 oz) Private Lake, Missouri, USA 21-Apr-2006 John R. Horstman

AGFC Records
Crappie, Black 5 lbs., 0 oz. Lake Wilhelmina 6/6/2011 Donivan Echols Mena, Ark.

Crappie, White 4 lbs., 7 oz. Mingo Creek 4/12/1993 Shelby D. Cooper Bald Knob, Ark.