Reply With QuoteWhen you don't catch many like me, they are all trophies
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I caught my biggest this year at ky. lake and it was a 16 1/4" and weighed 2.4 And I ate that rascal.
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When you don't catch many like me, they are all trophies
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Look on the Ms big fish thread the wt was 4lbs 8oz 18in long and 18 in girth. Gave it to a friend to mount. the 3s I have caught the length will be the same as the girth.
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Here's a 3+ from Nader and I let him go. Caught it before a tournament. Caught 3 over 3 before the tournament . And 1 during the tournament.
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It has to depend on where you live. I live in indiana and caught one in northern indiana that was around 2lb 3oz and got it mounted. Then went down to TN and caught multiple fish over 2 lbs and didn't even consider it.
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Have the best of both worlds. Take a good pic, get a good length and girth measurement, fillet and have a good crappie dinner and get a replica mount made....
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Any crappie over 3# is going back in the lake after I take pics, measurements and all info for a replica mount! Plenty of 11 to 13" fish to eat!Originally Posted by hatchetman
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This one was obviously not a trophy to most but it was to me and my daughter wanted this one to swim again. She put the rest in the well for supper.
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Mine too and it sat nicely on my stomach!So far my PB is a 15 incher.
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Interesting topic. When I was growing up in southern Ohio all of our fish were described by weight. We rarely measured how long a fish was. Having lived in Michigan for almost 50 years now, up here fish are almost always described by length only. With that said, if a guy in Michigan set the bar for a crappie to mount at 3 lbs he probably would never have one done. Slabs that heavy might be a lot more common "down south" but not this far north. In Michigan, the minimum length to qualify for a Master Angler award is 14". Such a crappie is probably well under 2 lbs. Because of the 14" limit for our Master Angler award, most guys I know who have a mounted crappie have one at least 14" long. As far as replicas, most of the fishermen I know won't settle for a bondo copy of a crappie that someone else caught.
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