What I consider big crappie.....

[crappyslayer]

Here is a crappie I caught 4 yrs ago.. These pics are after he was frozen in my freezer for a few years.. He originally measured over 17" and was certified weighed at albertons meat dept. at 2.7/8 lbs.
One picture is one I caught last year that was 14"
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[chrome_junky]

Yeah Buddy! getting me all sorts of excited for some prespawn crappie.
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[Kodiak1]

OK, let there never be any debate on this forum as to whether or not you qualify to own the rights to "crappyslayer". And, no, I have never killed a Kodiak Brown Bear!! Nice fish. Mike
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[idahoron]

This was a big one for me. I don't remember how long it was. Ron



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[SmartWeed]

The biggest crappie I ever saw came out of Lake Lowell about 45 years ago. A guy who worked for me borrowed my rowboat and went fishing for bullhead out in front of our place. He came back in a few hours later complaining that he couldn't get any bullhead, but he did get a decent bass. I found his "bass" to be an 18" giant crappie. He took it home and ate it.
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[crappyslayer]

Too bad he didnt measure it. At 18 inches it might have been a new record. Yet mine was longer than the kid who caught the record vack in 2000
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[crappyslayer]

That is a nice one ron..
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[mudsucker]

Those are nice crappies.

When my boy was about 5, we were at Strike and I was rowing our little boat back to camp. He was trailing his lure and got a big hit and fought until a huge crappie showed up. I've caught them all over the country and knew this was a great one. And of course, he got rough and the lip let go and away swam the fish. My boy still talks about that one.
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[StacyR]

I saw one come out of Strike last year that was just a hair short of 16". I've caught several there myself that were over 13" but have yet to break the 14" barrier. That's my goal for this year.
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[hulapopper]

i have caught a few pretty long ones and have seen some caught. but i haven't seen any numbers of consistantly BIG crappie like we used to have in paddock res in the 70's and 80's 12-14"+ and thick. filets looked similer to the fish and chips at skippers restaurants.
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[TexasTransplant]

Excellent crappie, slayer! I don't imagine crappie like are very common here in Idaho.

Used to jig up white crappies that size (2-3 lbs) fairly often at my favorite fishing hole in Texas. They are such strange fish--fight hard for about 15-30 seconds and then just give out. And those fragile mouths ...
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