Harris Brake Lake Slab

Since it has been a little slow with the crappie fishing (for most of us). I wanted to share some pictures with yall of a REAL SLAB that was caught on Harris Brake Lake this past March. Tommy Baxter caught this fish from the bank somewhere on Harris Brake fishing with minnows. It was 18.5 inches long and weighed 4 pounds 2 ounces. Stories like this are what get my blood pumping and give me the hope that evern I could catch a thumper like this. The owner/opperator of Coffee Creek Landing verified this story and sent me these pictures. It was weighed on his scale. Enjoy!
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There are slabs and there are real slabs this one is a REAL SLAB !!!!

What a fish...

Can't see the dorsal fins....but that looks like a black crappie??

Wow!!!!!!!

Wow, caught in AR and not MS, who da thought it. Great fish.

Looks like a black crappie to me too.

That is exactly why the CACA championship is likely to be on Harris Brake. There is a picture of a 4.4 at Bates that came out of there last year. Very nice Speck!!


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that a big boy there

Thats a MONSTER!

True giant! Must have been the last fish in Harris break , hard to catch em on that lake few and far between!

I have not fished it much but ones I've caught there are good fish. I only hope to catch one that big one day.

Man I cant wait to catch a slab like that!

D10, it is a black,,female. That fish is a game changer! Wow! Thanks for sharing!

That is the fish of a lifetime. I wonder how old that fish is?

Just a big ole fish, no long arm needed. Awesome.

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Originally Posted by craftshaw

D10, it is a black,,female. That fish is a game changer! Wow! Thanks for sharing!

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I think that I could.count 7 or 8 dorsal spines, which is a black crappie and it more than likely is a female at that weight. It could have been a male though.

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Originally Posted by arkcrappie

That is the fish of a lifetime. I wonder how old that fish is?

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I tried to get a Mr. Baxter's contact info for a couple of weeks so that I could ask him if I could remove the otoliths for ageing. I could never get his number. If anyone catches a 3 pound + crappie and you are somewhere fairly close to central Arkansas, I would really like to get the otoliths out of your crappie for ageing (really good and rare data). Especially if the fish was caught in one of lakes in my district, D-10 (Cleburne, VanBurren, Conway, Faulkner, White, or Perry counties). I can even remove one after it is frozen, when the taxidermists starts to work with the fish.

And here I am still trying to get a 3 lb'er :(

Wholly crappie! That's a whopper!

I got to get over there and catch me one of those.

That one aint from water valley its from AR. Comin back with the help of D10.