Thread: Another pix of the possible new world record

Originally Posted by Bluesraider

That is one heck of a catch!! I may be alone on this one, but I do wish they would have separate records for pond caught fish as opposed to larger bodies of water.

No your not alone; here in Oklahoma we have ten state records which came from "private" farm ponds including both of our white and black crappie state records. A few years ago since it is unlikely that those records would ever be broken from a public fishery the state started what is called "Lake Records" so now each individual lake that is under ODWC keeps an individual record. So now for those who have an interest in records has a chance to set or break a record.

Below are the pictures and stats from the Oklahoma ODWC state records page, it looks like the "Black" crappie is really a white and the "White" looks more like a black to me; plus the black crappie measures larger but is smaller in weight, of course counting the spines tell a better truth than just looking at color patterns.


Black Crappie - Lbs. 4-10, Length 20, Girth 17 3/4, Date 6/16/1974.

http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/re...h/bcrappie.jpg




White Crappie - Lbs. 4-15, Length 19, Girth 16 1/4, Date 5/4/1991.

http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/re...h/wcrappie.jpg

id have to agree with ya on that, but hard to tell from pics like u say.

the mounted fish could be either. The taxidermist painted it as a white. The other sure looks like a black.

Was that Tennessee fish caught from a public or private pond.

Originally Posted by Bluesraider

That is one heck of a catch!! I may be alone on this one, but I do wish they would have separate records for pond caught fish as opposed to larger bodies of water.

Having to have a standard for every species of fish in a variety of lake sizes would be tough . How about red ear in a farm pond vs reservoirs ? 200 acre state lake vs 300 acre state lake . Private/public I could see but even then would private lakes be eligible for world records ? kind of like corn fed high fence deer hunting .

Its seems to me like records should be from Public waters.....kinda like natural grown instead of farm fed.

I may be in the minority but Idc if it came from a pond or a 5000 ac lake. I would be absolutely ecstatic. As I'm sure he is, I hope he gets the record. Not all ponds are stocked or fed. But most large bodies are stocked yearly so how is it any different?