Huge Crappie

DadofJolly · 03-05-07, 04:48 PM

Guys,
Caught this crappie Wed. on a orange rattle-l-trap. Caught another one just at 10 inches. We also caught 7 bass, none as big as this freakin crappie though! What a fattie (the fish was fat too!). Anyone else ever catch big crappie on fast moving bass lures?[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/istat/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG][IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/istat/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg[/IMG]

mymomisbecky · 03-05-07, 05:04 PM

damm thats a giant. looks like its 16 inches? what did she measure?

JB · 03-05-07, 05:07 PM

Nice Slab! WTG

DadofJolly · 03-05-07, 05:15 PM

If you squeezed the tail it was almost 19inches, weighed 2 lbs. 9 oz. At the risk of sounding like a poor excuse for a sportsman...she made some damn nice fillets! I always say I'm going to do more crappie fishing but never do. I have even set out for a day to do it in the spring. But once I see a couple of big females cruising around the shallows I can't stand it and have to start flippin. Need more will power I guess.

God Bless.

betursweetbass · 03-05-07, 05:48 PM

That was, a nice fish. I have caught some huge papermouths before, but nothing like that. I have caught them on rattle traps too, and even on crankbaits. I usually catch them on accident, I can't remember the last time I went out to fish for crappie.

bassbooger · 03-05-07, 05:52 PM

I do the night time crappie thing when the heat gets too unbearable to be out on the lake during the day. Catching those babies at night is fun!!!

Oh, darn good eating too!!!

ILfishinman · 03-05-07, 06:20 PM

the biggest crappie i caught was as long as a 2 litre bottle, it was pretty tasty crappie taste awesome

Captmikestarrett · 03-05-07, 06:25 PM

Do not feel bad about eating Crappie. Did you know that you are being a conservationist by eating them? It is true that if the population of Crappie are not culled they will overpopulate, shrink in size and then disappear due to disease.

Since crappie do not eat each other like bass, they have no check system built in. You are the check system. Eat them up. Practice Catch Filet and Remove for the sake of the fish..

Within limits mind you..

Capt Mike

JB · 03-05-07, 06:33 PM

that one has some shoulder for sure. At Kentucky lake in a month you'll be able to get ones near that big in the openings of coves. Like Mike states,
take a limit and fillet them up!
(the hillbillies here eat everything but the swirl rofl)

Captmikestarrett · 03-05-07, 06:59 PM

Six years ago a group of watermen got a bunch of crappie in there pound nets. They took them up to Washington DC Fish Market and sold them to some fish mongers. Big sign said "Crappie 1 buck a pound" and they sold zero of the fish the first day. Second day they sold four pounds out of the 200 lbs they had. Third Day they changed the sign to "Rainbow Perch 1 buck a pound" and sold the remaining 196 lbs in one day to hundreds of customers.

It is all in a name.

Capt Mike

ToPwAt'R GuY · 03-05-07, 08:34 PM

Great fish.

lizardsrule · 03-05-07, 08:43 PM

Yes I used to catch some nice slabs on spinnerbaits LOL. Also on some flukes, and fast moving jerkbaits. I've lost more than caught due to my hooksets though rotfl. Very nice fish, that's a heck of a crappie/speck(that's what they call them here in Florida).

Lizards

JB · 03-05-07, 09:15 PM

I've been bassfishing before and set the hook hard, only to find a pair of crappie lips on my hook when I reeled it in, with no fish attached.
Like they say "paperlips' is so true!

JRL · 03-05-07, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DadofJolly

At the risk of sounding like a poor excuse for a sportsman...she made some damn nice fillets!

A crappie that big competes with smaller sized bass for food. I say eat everyone you catch.

FWC actually recomends NOT stocking ponds with crappie for that very reason.

HOG Ranger · 03-05-07, 09:47 PM

I very rarely keep any fish but in panfish I will usually throw the really big ones back and keep the medium sized fish. I read somewhere that this keeps the population balanced because they spawn better, have no idea if that is true or not?

brushhog · 03-05-07, 09:50 PM

While visiting cousins in Charlotte NC- I was reclining on the couch after a long day of beers and BBQ when the cousin I was staying with disappeared out the back door. when I asked his wife where he was she told me he was out getting the boat ready. We went crappie fishing all night and had a ball. It was either lake norman or lake wiley - I can't recall which. I'll have to ask him. We caught a mess of crappies and spent the next morning filleting them.
FYI - The same cousin just won a striper tournament on Lake Norman - I didn't realize there were striper there, but he emailed me the link to the Charlotte paper article - so I had to believe it!

brushhog · 03-05-07, 09:53 PM

winning fish was just over 8lbs- I guess the tournament was just largest fish. They troll for them with planar (sp) boards? doesn't sound like as much fun as a spinner bait or some topwater rig!

K-Driz · 03-05-07, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JB

that one has some shoulder for sure. At Kentucky lake in a month you'll be able to get ones near that big in the openings of coves. Like Mike states,
take a limit and fillet them up!
(the hillbillies here eat everything but the swirl rofl)

Yeah, down here at KY Lake, you can fill out a limit of 14"+ crappies in no time using shad raps and Little N's. My biggest was 19.75" long, but not from KY Lake. It was from a big lake in my neighborhood, caught on a 5" tube.

FlyRod · 03-06-07, 10:31 AM

I've caught 'em on...lemme see...1/2 oz spinnerbaits, Gay Blades, Spots, Tiny Torpedoes, Mann's Blueberry Jelly Worms, all while in pursuit of the wily bass.
Some were large, some were not. Dat's OK, de grease was hot

. Mmmmmmm...I loves me some crappie.

FR
Will work for crappie.

zooker · 03-06-07, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by FlyRod

I've caught 'em on...Gay Blades,

that them hot pink and purple shirts you wear??

zooker

JB · 03-06-07, 03:40 PM

i catch them on rogues while bass fishing, surprising at it seems...
zooker, ya have the day off? and how's it feel to have the big motor back

weaverml34 · 03-12-07, 09:11 PM

The last time I was at the Louisville BPS we were there at feeding time for the fish in the aquarium. They tossed in dry food as well as live shiners. The crappie were by far the most aggressive fish in the tank and they weren't messing with anything but the shiners. They had some nice stripers and a 10 lb large mouth in the tank.

texasbasser · 03-13-07, 02:15 PM

thats a nice one! I always catch them on crankbaits, they bite just like a bass it seems.

HockeyDood · 03-14-07, 06:03 PM

that is a nice crappie, the biggest one i caught was 13 1/2 inches on a crawler.

fun2fish · 03-18-07, 04:10 PM

I caught a 14" crappie on a spinnerbait last summer. Didn't even know that they were in the pond I was fishing.

03-05-07, 04:48 PM	#1
DadofJolly BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West TX Posts: 47	Huge Crappie Guys, Caught this crappie Wed. on a orange rattle-l-trap. Caught another one just at 10 inches. We also caught 7 bass, none as big as this freakin crappie though! What a fattie (the fish was fat too!). Anyone else ever catch big crappie on fast moving bass lures?[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/istat/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG][IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/istat/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg[/IMG] Attached Thumbnails __________________ I hooked her first!

03-05-07, 05:15 PM	#4
DadofJolly BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West TX Posts: 47	If you squeezed the tail it was almost 19inches, weighed 2 lbs. 9 oz. At the risk of sounding like a poor excuse for a sportsman...she made some damn nice fillets! I always say I'm going to do more crappie fishing but never do. I have even set out for a day to do it in the spring. But once I see a couple of big females cruising around the shallows I can't stand it and have to start flippin. Need more will power I guess. God Bless. __________________ I hooked her first!

03-05-07, 05:52 PM	#6
bassbooger BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dallas, NC Posts: 316	I do the night time crappie thing when the heat gets too unbearable to be out on the lake during the day. Catching those babies at night is fun!!! Oh, darn good eating too!!! __________________ cast, reel, cast!!! Repeat if necessary!! Dallas, NC

03-05-07, 06:20 PM	#7
ILfishinman BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Champaign, Illinois Posts: 706	the biggest crappie i caught was as long as a 2 litre bottle, it was pretty tasty crappie taste awesome __________________ If light moves at 670616629 MPH, how fast is Dark? Bass count 07: lost count

03-05-07, 06:25 PM	#8
Captmikestarrett BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Location: Accokeek MD Posts: 3,315	CFR for crappie Do not feel bad about eating Crappie. Did you know that you are being a conservationist by eating them? It is true that if the population of Crappie are not culled they will overpopulate, shrink in size and then disappear due to disease. Since crappie do not eat each other like bass, they have no check system built in. You are the check system. Eat them up. Practice Catch Filet and Remove for the sake of the fish.. Within limits mind you.. Capt Mike __________________ Capt Mike Starrett light tackle guide Potomac River http://www.indianheadcharters.com

03-05-07, 05:04 PM	#2
mymomisbecky BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Des MOines, IA Posts: 336	damm thats a giant. looks like its 16 inches? what did she measure?

03-05-07, 05:07 PM	#3
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	Nice Slab! WTG

03-05-07, 05:48 PM	#5
betursweetbass BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 646	That was, a nice fish. I have caught some huge papermouths before, but nothing like that. I have caught them on rattle traps too, and even on crankbaits. I usually catch them on accident, I can't remember the last time I went out to fish for crappie.

03-05-07, 06:33 PM	#9
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	that one has some shoulder for sure. At Kentucky lake in a month you'll be able to get ones near that big in the openings of coves. Like Mike states, take a limit and fillet them up! (the hillbillies here eat everything but the swirl rofl)

03-05-07, 06:59 PM	#10
Captmikestarrett BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Location: Accokeek MD Posts: 3,315	Netters Six years ago a group of watermen got a bunch of crappie in there pound nets. They took them up to Washington DC Fish Market and sold them to some fish mongers. Big sign said "Crappie 1 buck a pound" and they sold zero of the fish the first day. Second day they sold four pounds out of the 200 lbs they had. Third Day they changed the sign to "Rainbow Perch 1 buck a pound" and sold the remaining 196 lbs in one day to hundreds of customers. It is all in a name. Capt Mike __________________ Capt Mike Starrett light tackle guide Potomac River http://www.indianheadcharters.com

03-05-07, 08:34 PM	#11
ToPwAt'R GuY BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: missouri Posts: 930	Great fish.

03-05-07, 08:43 PM	#12
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	Yes I used to catch some nice slabs on spinnerbaits LOL. Also on some flukes, and fast moving jerkbaits. I've lost more than caught due to my hooksets though rotfl. Very nice fish, that's a heck of a crappie/speck(that's what they call them here in Florida). Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

03-05-07, 09:15 PM	#13
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	I've been bassfishing before and set the hook hard, only to find a pair of crappie lips on my hook when I reeled it in, with no fish attached. Like they say "paperlips' is so true!

03-05-07, 09:47 PM	#15
HOG Ranger BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rockford, IL Posts: 306	I very rarely keep any fish but in panfish I will usually throw the really big ones back and keep the medium sized fish. I read somewhere that this keeps the population balanced because they spawn better, have no idea if that is true or not?

03-05-07, 09:50 PM	#16
brushhog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Whitesboro, NY Posts: 1,222	Crappie Fished once While visiting cousins in Charlotte NC- I was reclining on the couch after a long day of beers and BBQ when the cousin I was staying with disappeared out the back door. when I asked his wife where he was she told me he was out getting the boat ready. We went crappie fishing all night and had a ball. It was either lake norman or lake wiley - I can't recall which. I'll have to ask him. We caught a mess of crappies and spent the next morning filleting them. FYI - The same cousin just won a striper tournament on Lake Norman - I didn't realize there were striper there, but he emailed me the link to the Charlotte paper article - so I had to believe it!

03-05-07, 09:53 PM	#17
brushhog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Whitesboro, NY Posts: 1,222	8 pound striper winning fish was just over 8lbs- I guess the tournament was just largest fish. They troll for them with planar (sp) boards? doesn't sound like as much fun as a spinner bait or some topwater rig!

03-06-07, 10:31 AM	#19
FlyRod BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,270	I've caught 'em on...lemme see...1/2 oz spinnerbaits, Gay Blades, Spots, Tiny Torpedoes, Mann's Blueberry Jelly Worms, all while in pursuit of the wily bass. Some were large, some were not. Dat's OK, de grease was hot. Mmmmmmm...I loves me some crappie. FR Will work for crappie.

03-06-07, 03:40 PM	#21
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	i catch them on rogues while bass fishing, surprising at it seems... zooker, ya have the day off? and how's it feel to have the big motor back

03-12-07, 09:11 PM	#22
weaverml34 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenwood, IN Posts: 212	The last time I was at the Louisville BPS we were there at feeding time for the fish in the aquarium. They tossed in dry food as well as live shiners. The crappie were by far the most aggressive fish in the tank and they weren't messing with anything but the shiners. They had some nice stripers and a 10 lb large mouth in the tank. __________________ Strap Indianapolis, IN "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Pitching stick that is.

03-13-07, 02:15 PM	#23
texasbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 2,301	thats a nice one! I always catch them on crankbaits, they bite just like a bass it seems.

03-14-07, 06:03 PM	#24
HockeyDood BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: otter lake, michigan Posts: 25	that is a nice crappie, the biggest one i caught was 13 1/2 inches on a crawler. __________________ -HD- (go wings)

03-18-07, 04:10 PM	#25
fun2fish BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Billerica, Massachusetts Posts: 5	I caught a 14" crappie on a spinnerbait last summer. Didn't even know that they were in the pond I was fishing.

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