Thread: Smithville Fishermen Listen Up

any one heard of a 3lb plus crappie comming out of your area, slabbuster jack said the guy at the bait shop (dawsons) or something like that reported it, I havent heard you guys talk about big crappie at smithville, and my natural curosity got the best of me.

i havent heard about it , but one would think that there are some big ones in there. burtons bait & tackle is the place that said that , sure hasnt hit the news yet, but i have to belive it. I know gary burton and he's on the up & up.

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/misso...-9-8-09-a.html

I would have had a hard time believing it if there was not a pic. of it. Lee

I think it is entirely possible though, you just dont hear about them. The 2.4 I'm sure is real. I've caught 2 that went 1.75 so a 2 lb is very realistic. Mofishmgr says they have seen some 2 and 3 lb fish in their studies. Bass Pro at Columbia has a 4.? lb in their tank that came from a nearby farm pond. I'm skeptical of any crappie that's 3.0 or better that did'nt come from Mississippi. I'm not saying it's not true but if it is, it should be mounted and displayed 'cause that is definately a once in a lifetime fish. Congrats to the man that did it.

jim lawly is the guys name that caught it on 9/4/09 and i talked to gary burton this moring and the pic will be on his web site this weekend or by monday Home Page

the fish was 18.5inchs long and 3.9 on a cert. scale. gary said that jim is goin to mount it and will have more pics for gary to show

WOW!! What a great fish. Congrats to Jim.

Dang, that is a dandy, great to hear of fish that size anywhere!

He is a neighbor of some of my friends in Smithville. I didn’t get to see it but my friends did. They said he was taking the GIANT fish all over the neighborhood showing it to people.
Hell I’d still be working my way around - most likely be some place in south KC by now!!! I’ll see if I can get a pick after it’s mounted.

I heard he caught it on a blue and silver slab buster and burtons bait and tackle, well it's nice to see I wasnt spreading rumors, good catch to mr.lawly

That is one pig of a crappie. I would like to just catch 2.5!