I release a lot of larger crappie that I never weigh . I have measured a few ...length and girth and been called names for the estimates .
one fish in particular is my avatar ....she had a girth larger than her length (spring fish)and was estimated from 3.8 to 4.4 .....
now mind ya at the time I thought she was over 3 for sure and to this day I still wonder ....but for sure this ....
like the fish in my signature ,,,,,,I will never know what she weighed either .....just put it back in the water I did ...LOL
I seen a ton of fish that were well under 2 being called over 2 and so on and so forth ....
so if you really want to know what one weighs I would buy a 20 dollar digital fish scale .
it will surprise you to see how little a big crappie weighs for sure
last fish I weighed was back in the early fall and both of us thought easily 2 and she came in at just over 1.5
and my mate on that trip regularly fishes crappie tournaments ....they are very deceptive on a .....
guesstimate for sure