Mounting a Trophy Crappie

[Crappielover]

I believe that I'd want to mount a 2.5 lb crappie. I wanted to hear what everyone else thinks too. What is the weight on a crappie that would make you want to put her on the wall?
Just in case I get lucky.

[Kojak33]

My dad had mine mounted when I was a kid, it was 2.5 too.

[Roy]

I first mounted one over 2, then last year I was lucky enough to get one over 3. I released her and had a replica made. It turned out nice.

[T.C.]

You cant mount a 2.5 lb crappie crappielover, you would mess up the breeding stock, lol. Im getting one mounted that was a little over 2.5 that i caught at Crescent.

[Crappielover]

I hear ya SYG, and I'm cognizant of that too. However, as Roy stated, you can take a picture and measure them to get a good replica.

[T.C.]

yeah a replica is the way to go for sure, expensive but will last forever.. I got my cousin doing mine and its kinda like a let him do it as practice and its free to me kinda thing.

[Crappielover]

Nice idea...and ya got me there too, I must admit I got a chuckle out of your previous comment.

[Crappiegirl1]

i believe that i'd want to mount a 2.5 lb crappie. I wanted to hear what everyone else thinks too. What is the weight on a crappie that would make you want to put her on the wall?
Just in case i get lucky.

heres a little tidbit for ya111

get it mounted for free by bps!!!. Take the fish to them alive and they will transport it to another location up north for whatever and as long as it lives through that trip they give you a mounted one!!

[Crappielover]

Interesting CG. I guess that I failed the test cuz I caught a 2lb 5 oz crappie at Crescent and didn't put her on the wall. Kind of hard to do it when X-Racer comes in with PigZilla!

[huntinslabs]

Without a doubt get a replica mount done. I had 2 bass 12lbs and 10.5 done that were real mounts and after approx 8 years they needed re painting and fins had broken. They went away during a divorce and have no idea where they are now, probably a landfill in Daytona.