Thumper Crappie

The past two weeks we have been electro fishing our district lakes to sample the black bass populations. As usual we also see lots of lots of crappie in or around the water willow. Two weeks ago we were early for the bass but saw hundreds, if not thousands of crappie. Talking to anglers in the full parking lots, they were on the crappie too. Last week we didn’t see as many crappie but the bass were shallow and we had some good samples. We did however see some real good ones last week. I won’t say what specific lakes we were on but I will say they were AGFC lakes in my district. Check out this 17” black crappie we saw. It wasn’t real thick but it is possibly the longest crappie I have held. Now is a great time to be after them!
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Thanks for all the hard work you guys do..
Thanks Again, Arkansas fishery second to none....

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That’s a good one for sure. Keep up the good work.

thanks D-10 great work

Wow Matt that is a nice spec and we do appreciate your dedication, to make our fisheries better.

Awesome crappie. We've caught 2 this year that weighed 2 lb 15 oz only measured 1 of them and it was just shy of 17in. They were both white crappie. I always thought black crappie were shorter, if so, that one is certainly exceptional.

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Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

Awesome crappie. We've caught 2 this year that weighed 2 lb 15 oz only measured 1 of them and it was just shy of 17in. They were both white crappie. I always thought black crappie were shorter, if so, that one is certainly exceptional.

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Bobby - typically white crappie are longer in central Arkansas too. The “typical” longest black crappie we see around here is around 15-in. So yes, this was an exceptionally long crappie. Once thing I have noticed is that in shallower lakes where crappie are not roaming large expanses of open water, crappie tend to be a little shorter and a little fatter. In lakes that have more open water where crappie do more roaming to chase down Shad, they tend to be a little longer and leaner. It makes me think this is a genetic adaptation on how they live and feed. In open systems where they are chasing down Shad most of the time, it would be to their advantage to be longer and leaner (more streamlined and aerodynamic). Crappie that sit next to cypress trees most of the time, ambushing prey, don’t need to be so aerodynamic. I don’t know this to be a proven scientific fact, but after weighing and measuring tens of thousands of crappie for the last 15 years, it makes sense to me anyway.


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Great job D10


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