Does anyone know the angler who was on last night's Big Old Fish on WPSD (Paducah) who claimed he caught a 4 1/2 lb Crappie? He was holding a nice fish, but 4 1/2 lb ??
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Does anyone know the angler who was on last night's Big Old Fish on WPSD (Paducah) who claimed he caught a 4 1/2 lb Crappie? He was holding a nice fish, but 4 1/2 lb ??
Then he flew away on his unicorn
I mounted a 4 pound black crappie from west KY several years ago. I weighed that fish and it measured almost 21 inches long. It was legit. I didn't see that particular fish pic on WPSD but lots of times fish are way overspoken, many times when alcohol is involved. I've mounted dozens of 8 pound largemouths (according to the owner) that weighted 5-6 pounds before skinning. I've also mounted several 3+ pound crappie that were barely over 2 pounds. The person can call it whatever they like, just don't ask me to back it up.
That would be a state record, right?
Our current state record crappie was a hybrid black/white that weighed 4lbs 14ozQuote:
Originally Posted by John Doe
It did not appear to be the giant that he claims. Agree it was a nice fish, probably a nice 2lb slab, but far from a 4lb trophy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clint
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Here's a "reported" 4lb crappie ...next to a "reported" 2lb crappie ...
IIRC ...this was reported in Kerr Lake some years back ...
Did the fish in question look this big ...??
http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...psrrvbhin3.jpg
Rickie
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here is a "real" 4 1/4 pound black crappie , 19 1/4 inches long, its unfortunate that pictures NEVER do justice to what a fish looks like in person, this fish was caught in a Callaway county ( Missouri ) farm pond
I talked with a fisherman here in Kuttawa just last week that claimed there was a 4 1/4 pound fish caught very recently in the Tennessee River, very near Ky Dam.
This guy said he saw the picture and there were several slab, 2lb fish next to this freak fish...I think they were caught around the barge moorings in the Tennessee River.
That fish is a pig! If I ever catch one 3#+ it's going on my wall.Quote:
Originally Posted by rnvinc
I saw the pic of it. It was a nice fish but no way to judge it's size in the pic.
hasn't this been around a few times before??
I caght 1 day with a cast net that would have stuck out of a 5 gal bucket, had to release them.
Over the years I've 5 that would have been over the 4 lb mark, all in a cast net.
All were caught I Feb while looking for shad.
Crappie nd shad were found in the presence of Carp in shallow water.
The carp had the water muddied (clear water all around)
I know they're here but I've never saw one over 15-16" caught, where do they go?
Water temps had to be in the low 40 's
When the watr is clear and cold I looked for shallow areas where carp had it stirred up, only way to find gizzard shad when it's cold, I always find crappies with them
Only thing I can think of is the really big ones stay deep most of the year.
I don't know as they "stay deep" most of the year, as much as they're likely "loners" once they get up to that size. They don't have as many predators, but they also don't have as many "schoolmates" as smaller fish. There's just not that many of them that survive to get that big, so they're kinda left all alone.Quote:
Originally Posted by algenco
As to "where (do) they go" ... pretty much anywhere they want, but they're likely out cruising in open water more often than not, except during spawning season.
And thanks for being a true sportsman & releasing those fish. That's the epitome of a Crappie.com member :ThumbsUp
I've fished live bait exclusively for Stripers on Cumberland for over 30yrs.
Most of of that was using large gizzard shad, but I've spent a few thousand hrs using Alewifes (4-6")
primarily in opn water from the surface to over 100'.
I've had incidental catch's of everything in Cumberland except crappie(except in a cast net)
Now that I'm old and decrepit it's hard on me to Striper fish as much as I once did.
I've decided to devote more time to Crappie and Walleye.
I hope to solve the mystery of where the really big crappie go.
Cumberland is a different Lake after the Dam repairs, it has gone from a deep open water lake with very little cover to one with hundreds of acres of trees/brush.
pictures without certified scales are meaningless when claiming weight. move the fish close to the camera and it grows exponentially. based on hand size comparison of the ones above, the little one does not impress me as being a 2 pounder either.
It's amazing to me that people travel from all over the country to fish here in Mississippi but I rarely here of a 4 pounded here, like very rarely, maybe twice since I have been a crappie.com member. Yet I here of 4 pounders being caught in other parts of the country.
Biggest I have seen on the scales was a 17.5 inch beast caught by Feesherman on Lake Washington at our Fruit Jar several years back, fish weighed 3.77.
I have caught and ate a good many 3 pounders over the years, not sure really how many because we just throwed em in the cooler and kept on fishing without weighing them. In 2015 caught 4 over 3 pounds that we released and in 2016 only had 1 that was real close, weighing in at 2.99 at the Crappie Masters on Grenada.
The scales make em shrink most of the time but a good fish is a good fish and if the angler is happy I am too. Be surprised how many come to the scales in a tourney expecting more than it really is.