Lake record ALERT !

I want to start off saying "potential" lake record alert . This fish got to be set free after a few photos . The lake I was on has no black crappie lake record and very few black crappie in it . So you see a pretty nice one just under 14 inches could be a lake record if I had the mindset to do so .
The local authorities that oversee the fishery used to tell me 4 or 5 years ago there wasn't any black crappie in that lake . I told them I had managed a few tiny ones occasionally even though they never seemed present before that . They told me I was likely confused and they were probably just male white crappie . I tried to explain to them I for sure at a glance can tell the difference but none the less it persisted until ……
I took a 10.5 inch one about 2 years later to the office and had them do the 14 color glossy photos and fin ray counts and have it sent to Austin to have it verified :yikes
So fast forward to yesterday , The black crappie that are present in there are rather elusive and many trips back to back produce zero black crappie in there .
The fall and very early spring seem to have them show up for a bit here and there and the rest of the year they go missing in action .
So even though on some social media sites there are them hater keyboard commandos with all kinds of sideways comments and ugly remarks where I made the mistake of posting the story and telling a bit about it are out there with even "professional" crappie fishing trolls in them ….
( I might mention I am leaving those sites daily due to the administrations lack of keeping them friendly )
I thought this story and fish might be accepted well here :highfive
This fish I think was a male fish due to its slender build and was in around 12 foot of water about 10 foot down and hit the jig like a mad black bass . It fought really well and it even got to do selfies and such with me and then on its way it went back to hiding out in the lake like they do so well .
I managed another one that was much paler and about 12 inches long and very deep bodied I would think was a female about 25 feet away right before I hooked this one as well .
have a great day and yes KABOOM is the word .

p.s. I was dropping this bait ( in case you wondered ) and for sure it was the magic bait that trip ,the black and whites both hit it really hard :highfive

one more thing , it was taco Tuesday at my house last night and the crispy crappie tacos were NOT the fish I managed yesterday :Rofl

Nice fish, Taco Tuesday U eat well.

don't let the haters and trolls get you down Outlaw. They have so little to do in their pitiful lives but to trash those who try and contribute something useful. Is why this site is so awesome.

Yeah not hard to tell a white from a black but if they have their minds made up hard to change it. Nice fish and story as always and yes Kaboom IS the word!

Good ern thanks for sharing !

Darn, sorry but the tacos look better to me then the fish pics....:Rofl. Nice catch and continue doing what you do. Haters gonna hate.

It is an awesome looking Taco

Those tacos look tasty.....

Nice catch on the black that's not suppose to be....

That is a nice looking Black Crappie, they may start hybridizing with the White Crappie though, happens here a lot. The Tacos look good as well.

Gotta agree with SuperDave, love the fish pics but those Tacos have me salivating. Great post, thanks for sharing.

Was this on Joe?

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Can you verify that the said crappie in aforementioned fish tacos were of legalized statute.[emoji3]

Thanks for your post. I know dang well you have help put me on fish and I live Alabama.

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Great job Ketch. Nice fish, even nicer looking tacos. Luckily we're having tacos tonight too! doh

Oh and heck with the haters; we love you here on crappie.com, c'mon down....

That is a nice looking Black Crappie

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Was this on Joe?

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No sir it was west of ft worth , boy howdy did SK and EZ whack some dandy whites pm yesterday before dark . Big ole super fatty slab quality crappie ....whale certified no doubt , I couldn’t tune up to any any whales myself and just kept the numbers in check and never managed even one whale , man did we hoot it up ....rotfl
I was even foul hooking fish there were so many down there .....
One small crappie was in the gill plate and gave me heck and was whirling around and whirled right upside EZ’s head .....it was all fun and games until someone got hurt you know .....but it was just his feelings :Rofl

For sure a fun trip with several true BAM's and Thick Backs coming aboard......
EZ stepped up to the plate hit some home runs with those Great Big Ole Good'uns he pulled in...... And you know I'll stick'um when they're available.....
This was a great shot of how aggressive those fish were yestdy.... Two thumbs, a jig and still a lot of room in that big ole mouth....
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Yeah they sucking it down for sure. Hungry hungry. You guys always seem to have the most fun. Love the reports.

I was waiting for Ez or Sk to write up something about the short boat ride ….man did we have a super fun crappie slinging adventure after work ….all 4 of us ripped em right good ….fish was a flying and GRAB THE NET was getting hollered often rotfl
I was like well ok but someone got their tackle box in the net ...…
give a few minutes to untangle it and I will be right over there ….:yikes

That was an aggressive bite. Must have been tons of bait down there they were feeding on

Ez was having to use pliers to get his jigs back out them slabs ,every one of them .
they were killing his blue and chart handtie to beat the band just like Sk showed on his fish on the axe head jig he used
no sauce no nibbles no minnows ,just a jig :highfive

Always have a pair handy. When they are bitting that good I don't want to spend a lot of time messing with getting at hook out