Quote Originally Posted by 1448 View Post
Reports of shocking up numerous 5 lb crappie here are grossly exaggerated. MDWFP fisheries biologists collected 100 crappie electrofishing Arkabutla last fall; the largest was a 2.0 lb White Crappie. No crappie over 5 lb have been seen in any sampling method (shocking, netting, angler creel, etc.) by MDWFP biologists from any of the 4 flood control reservoirs in the last 30 years. That is not to say there are none, just that a fish that size is so rare as to not show up in the many, many thousands of fish that sampling represents.
DARN!!! Don't tell me that...I want to believe the Park Ranger... Oh well, even if he exaggerated, just dreaming of a 5lb water monster on the end of my 6lb Stren makes me smile...