Thread: biggest crappie

I am one of those fools who in a younger age did not know the gold that I had. When I was about 20 and fished for crappie for some of the first times, I sat in my dad's old 60's model V bottom Duracraft with a bobber and minnow about dusk when it disappeared. It was over 4 lbs. It tasted great. I did catch a 3lber ten years later and my wife caught one 2 1/2 lbs a week later in the exact same place, to the inch. I still get that feeling in my gut about the one that ended up there when I was young and dumb. What I would give for a picture, muchless a mount on the wall.

Originally Posted by jimfish

Took me a while to find the picture of this 4lb 8 oz hog. He was 18.5" long and in diameter. Was 3 inches thick!!!

Nice fish Jim, That had to be a record or close to it in 78' right? I'm assuming that you mounted those, and didn't eat them right......

I'm still hunting the big one. I caught a 15" in a local lake 5 minutes from the house and thought it was nice, then drove an hour to Truman lake and caught a 14" that literally dwarfed the 15. It had at least an inch more thickness and about 4" more girth.

Once I get the one I'm looking for, I'll post it here.

Well this one was from waaaaayyy back. I was 8 at the time and it was a Sunday so we had to head home from Grandpa's that afternoon. I decided that I wanted to go fishing so dad dropped me and my cousin off at a local farm pond. My cousin was tearing up the green fish but i was having no luck on my zebco 202 and ultra extra heavy wt. rod. My cousing told me to tie on this rubber minnow and cast to this dark spot and let it sink. When I started reeling I thought I was hung until the line started going side ways. Finally landed this monster crappie but dad's words were ringing in my ears. "Don't keep any cuz we're not cleaning fish before we leave!" Well I reasoned that if the fish was dead he wouldn't mind. I threw it up on the bank while we fished the last 30 minutes. Dad's eyes about fell out of his head when we walked out with that fish. We drove to the local market after callling the owner (good thing it was small town life back then) and put it on their meat scale. Tipped the certified scale at 4 lbs 13 oz after being out of the water for about an hour!! I think it may still hold the state record if it would have been weighed and certified at the time it was caught. Oh well it tasted great!!

Originally Posted by mduncan62

Nice fish Jim, That had to be a record or close to it in 78' right? I'm assuming that you mounted those, and didn't eat them right......

I'm still hunting the big one. I caught a 15" in a local lake 5 minutes from the house and thought it was nice, then drove an hour to Truman lake and caught a 14" that literally dwarfed the 15. It had at least an inch more thickness and about 4" more girth.

Once I get the one I'm looking for, I'll post it here.

no didnt eat put it back. last one gave to a buddy and he had it mounted.I still want A 5+ POUNER