Printable View
I had a photo sent to me yesterday. This young man caught a World Class Slab from a lake here that i frequent. It was not weighed and it was released. He is not a frequent Crappie fisherman and may have been his first time trying jigging on the ice. It was 19 1/2 long. I think it was in the 5 lb area. Attachment 366427
WOW WOW WOW STUFF WE DREAM OF. GOOD FOR HIM,HE WILL NEVER FORGET ABOUT IT.
Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
Wow!
And if that is through the ice (I’m thinking short growing seasons) then how old is that fish?
Sent from my iPhone using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app
That was a monster
Wow,just wow,I have been looking for that one for many launches.
Sent from my SM-G930R4 using Tapatalk
Wow what a fish.... wondering about the background....:yikes
Thats a once in a lifetime fish,wow!
If that's accurate, he may have released a world record fish. The biggest black crappie ever recorded was 19.3". Not sure about white crappie.Quote:
Originally Posted by bee
Thanks a gaint crappie and a happy fisherman.
Sent from my SM-G935V using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app
Guarantee that was a state record. World record is 5 lb 7 oz. Wow what a fish and through the ice. I was thrilled with my 3 lb 2 oz crappieQuote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
What a slab! Very very very nice! :notworthy
AbsolutelyQuote:
Originally Posted by Frank Cecil
Congrats to the young man. That kid did in one trip what thousands of crappie fisherman worldwide have been trying to accomplish all of their fishing lives.
Like I have known all of my life... You just can't beat beginners luck.
Very well could haveQuote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
Very nice fish! Congrats to the young man!
Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk
I just checked. Maine record is 3 pounds 9.76 ounces.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank Cecil
So, if stats above are correct, he beat state record by almost 2 pounds. :yikes
Some kinda nice, wow doesn’t come close. He’ll remember that for a long time.
Incredible, Congrats to the young man.
Congratulations to that young man! He will never forget that! I wished he could have weighed it. Could be a State or Would record to beat "Jam" in Tennessee!
Thanks for sharing that bee. Unfortunately here in Maine most people don't understand what they have caught when they reel in a beauty of a Crappie. I am not implying anything about this young gentleman in particular. Congrats to him though. Good for him for releasing it also. Maybe you will be the next one to catch it. Not sure where it is but if I fish there it would be awesome to hook into it.
Sent from my SM-G530R4 using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app
That’s so awesome a young fellow caught it!!
Sent from my iPhone using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app
Not true my grandpa told me he only kept crappie bigger than 20 inches and threw all the others back:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
I hope he was fishing with his Dad when he caught it!
Sent from my iPhone using Crappie.com
Talk about a giant! That is one of a lifetime.
Although an unquestionable mammoth for the young man's memory bank, I only ponder the nice porta-shanty/tent he's posing in? NOT the owner's 1st rodeo...how about the other fisherman in the area coming to see what all the excitement was about? Absolutely spot-on picture capture/edit however. Wonder what the young man lost in not qualifying his once-in-a-lifetime trophy? In Maine I have to assume that Crappie WAS a targeted specie for them. Oh well = history now!:yikes
u2s:fish
If really 5# that would be a Maine state record by a good bit.
Totally Awesome.
Mike
Ahhh, now I see the ice hut. Going to have to take a trip to Maine someday.. :biggrin
Wow, what a hog! Like everyone said, this is a once in a lifetime fish! Glad a young guy caught it!
Bob
that is one really large LARGE crappie ! glad he let it swim on , most really large fish don't get that opportunity
:yikes
I would have released him too, I don't have a fry pan big enough:Rofl:yikes Bee- How come you don't catch 'em like that, sir?:dono
u2s
Wow! Beautiful fish for sure!