Record Crappie?

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Originally Posted by Ragfly Jig Man

I think the lady sold the fish to a local bait and tackle shop but not sure. I got in touch with someone in Macon and they are gonna send me the article that was in the Telegraph. Soon as I get this article I will try to post it here.

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Thanks Ragfly.

sold to tobesofkee bait & tackle, on comubus road up form the macon mail in 84 the store was sold and the fish is some where.

I'm thinking someone told me it's at Trails End Taxidermy, but can't remember for positive.

The crappie was caught in a pond dug to build the interstate 16 between ocmulgee east and the coliseum property owned by the scott family. Property now land locked and posted. The river flooded the lake several times stocking the lake with all species of fish including the white crappie that is still the record. The fish was weighed at mom and pop dyers bait and tackle shop the next day after being caught and the DNR were present to verify species and weight. It was the first white fish i had ever seen looked as big as a football and it was 15 years later that i seen my next white crappie having fished sinclair oconee and jackson all my life i guess there are none in those lakes or has anyone caught any out of these lakes ?

Although this report is hear say it came from someone I consider to be pretty reliable. I was living in Macon at the time Teresa Kemp caught the crappie and a good friend of mine who had a friend who was a bioligist over at Ft. Valley. According to him they did some tests on the crappie and determined it could'nt have come from the pond on I-16 and went back to her and told her they did'nt care other than for their records. According to him she fessed up that they had been sneaking in to the brickyards and that's where the crappie was actualy caught. I know this might not be true but it would'nt suprise me as I use to have access to cheorkee brick yards and I have caught the biggest crappie of my life out of there. Scott

That's what I heard as well Scott, I have seen some huge bass come from there over the years as well.

I love reading about record crappie, I actually meet Mrs Kemp a long time ago she was fishing under the bridge hwy 79 in fishing creek with another lady.

That is pretty cool that you have a good story to go with the state record. Don't mean to hijack the thread, but does anyone know the story of Florida's state record from Talquin? I know next to nothing except that it came from Talquin.

Black Crappie Fish Identification

Black Crappie

3 lbs 13 oz

Lake Talquin

Ben Curry Sr.

1/21/1992

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