State Records for Crappie?

[skiptomylu]

Here is Toledo Bend and Texas State records info. Got to thinking what are other state records for crappie so tell me your state records.

Here on Toledo Bend the records are 2.88 for white crappie and 3.69 for black crappie.

State Records White is 4.56 pounds and Black is 3.92 pounds.

They say on the Texas Parks & Wildlife web site states the following:

Black crappie predominate in the acidic waters of east and northeast Texas. Black crappie over 3.5 pounds and almost 4.5 pounds have been captured from Texas public waters and private waters, respectively.

Taken together, "crappie" (white and black combined) is the most popular panfish in Texas. The crappie group is the third most preferred group overall, ranking behind only "bass" and "catfish." Crappie are sought after by both bank and boat anglers. Typically, minnows are the preferred bait, often producing monumental results when an aggregation is located, usually around submerged trees, boat docks, or other submerged structures. White crappie in excess of 4.5 pounds have been landed in Texas waters.

I would bet the biggest fish caught have never been weighed for the record books.

Come on tell me yours please!

[Minnerman]

Probably more info than you wanted..........but oh well it's interesting.

Fish Angler Weight Date Location County
Hybrid Bass Robert F. Fulce 17 lb. 12.32 oz. 4/15/91 Lower Sardis Lake
Largemouth Bass Anthony Denny 18 lb. 2.4 oz. 12/31/92 Natchez State Park Lake
Smallmouth Bass Thomas Wilbanks 7 lb. 15 oz. 1/24/87 Pickwick Lake, Yellow Creek Arm
Spotted Bass S. Ross Grantham 8 lb. 2 oz. 9/2/74 private pond Jones
Striped Bass Tony C. Graves 37 lb. 13.12 oz. 5/13/93 Bowie River
White Bass William Mulvihill 5 lb. 6 oz. 4/21/79 Grenada Reservoir, spillway
Yellow Bass Ford Day 1 lb. 7.36 oz. 2/21/02 Lake Cavalier
Bowfin B. H. Toney 18 lb. 14 oz. 11/23/78 Ross Barnett Reservoir
Bigmouth Buffalo C.B. O'Daniel 42 lb. 8 oz. 11/15/77 Sardis Reservoir
Smallmouth Buffalo Charles M. Cox 57 lb. 12 oz. 11/21/83 Ross Barnett Reservoir
Black Bullhead Harold B. Alexander 5 lb. 9 oz. 6/12/88 Sunrise Lake, near Nesbit
Brown Bullhead Bobby L. Gibson, Jr. 6 lb. 2.08 oz. 1/19/91 private pond, near Harrisville
Yellow Bullhead Robert Cason 2 lb. 13 oz. 5/26/74 Mossy Lake
Carp Curtis Wade 74 lb. 0 oz. 6/13/63 Pelahatchie Lake
Bighead Carp Al Reed 66 lb. 12 oz. 3/27/99 Lower Sardis Lake
Grass Carp Andy Welch 48 lb. 6.4 oz. 2/29/04 Cameron Lake
Blue Catfish Carrol Pearson 93 lb. 0 oz. 2/12/97 Mississippi River, near Rosedale
Channel Catfish Tom Edwards 51 lb. 12 oz. 5/31/97 Lake Tom Bailey
Flathead Catfish Wade Arnold 65 lb. 8 oz. 3/21/87 Pickwick Lake
Black Crappie Gerald Conlee 4 lb. 4 oz. 3/19/91 Arkabutla Reservoir
White Crappie Fred Bright 5 lb. 3 oz. 7/31/57 Enid Reservoir
Drum George Anderson 25 lb. 4.32 oz. 3/26/89 MP&L Lake, near Cleveland
American Eel Mitch McLendon 5 lb. 1 oz. 7/12/94 Mississippi River, near Vicksburg
Alligator Gar Earl Stafford 215 lb. 0 oz. 5/3/03 Mississippi River, near Natchez
Longnose Gar J.E. Bennett 40 lb. 0 oz. 1/16/04 Grenada Reservoir, spillway
Shortnose Gar Robert Mills 5 lb. 13.28 oz. 8/22/99 Enid Reservoir, spillway
Spotted Gar Greg Sarringar 5 lb. 8 oz. 5/8/03 Lee Lake
Paddlefish Randy Pues 65 lb. 0 oz. 6/23/74 Ross Barnett Reservoir, spillway
Chain Pickerel Ronnie Boren 6 lb. 4 oz. 10/4/86 Bay Springs Lake
Sauger Pete Mauceli 2 lb. 8.32 oz. 8/5/92 Mississippi River
Saugeye Scott Wood 4 lb. 10.56 oz. 2/26/00 Bay Springs Lake
Bluegill Sunfish Gerald E. Thurmond 3 lb. 7.2 oz. 2/2/95 private pond
Green Sunfish Craig Jones 1 lb. 4.16 oz. 5/21/86 Waltman's Lake
Hybrid Sunfish Troy M. Wright 1 lb. 3.68 oz. 4/6/86 private pond, near Olive Branch
Redear Sunfish James K. Martin 3 lb. 5.28 oz. 11/5/91 Tippah County Lake Tippah
Rainbow Trout William Tribble 2 lb. 15.36 oz. 3/21/01 Lake Whittington
Walleye Clayton E. Hobbs 9 lb. 10.56 oz. 1/19/85 Tennessee River
Warmouth Lillian Morris 1 lb. 8 oz. 6/17/79 Black Creek

[TapOut64]

Virginia Records, doesn't specify between white and black crappie.



Largemouth Bass 16 lbs 4 oz Connor Lake 05-20-1985 Richard Tate
Smallmouth Bass 8 lbs 1 oz New River 03-12-2003 Donald S. Eaton, Jr
Spotted Bass 3 lbs 10 oz Claytor Lake 07-29-1993 Mike Ritter
Sunfish (all) 4 lbs 12 oz Private Pond 04-28-1986 Michael Mills
Crappie 4 lbs 10 oz Private Pond 04-24-1994 Justin Elliott
Roanoke Bass 2 lbs 9 oz Western Br. Res. 05-28-2005 Harry G. Swauger
Rock Bass 2 lbs 2 oz Laurel Bed Lake 05-17-1986 Larry Ball
Striped Bass 53 lbs 7 oz Leesville Reservoir 03-16-2000 James B. Davis
White Bass 6 lbs 13 oz Lake Orange 07-31-1989 Ron Sprouse
White Perch 2 lbs 8 oz Lake Prince 04-30-1995 Jimmy A. Roper
Walleye 15 lbs 15 oz New River 12-15-2000 Anthony P. Duncan
Yellow Perch 2 lbs 7 oz Lake Moomaw 03-20-1999 Tim Austin
Brown Trout 14 lbs 12oz South Fork Holston 05-24-1990 Mike Perkins
Rainbow Trout 14 lbs 7 oz Greers Pond 06-28-1993 Michael Lowe
Brook Trout 5 lbs 10 oz Big Stony Creek 10-22-1987 Greg Orndorff
Channel Catfish 31 lbs 8 oz Rappahannock R. 10-02-1992 Sue Stanley
Blue Catfish 95 lbs 11 oz James River 06-15-2006 Archie D. Gold
Flathead Catfish 66 lbs 4 oz Occoquan Reservoir 05-06-1994 Mike Willems
White Catfish 7 lbs 6 oz Western Br. Res 03-24-1992 Thomas Elkins
Muskie (incl. Tiger) 45 lbs 0 oz New River 07-30-1989 R. A. Underwood
Northern Pike 31 lbs 4 oz Motts Run Reservoir 07-24-1994 George Wood
Chain Pickerel 7 lbs10 oz Lake Shawnee 12-31-1996 R. L. White
Carp 49 lbs 4 oz Lake Prince 06-25-1986 Jeff Graham
Gar 25 lbs 2 oz Lake Prince 05-28-1987 Roger Beaver
Bowfin 16 lbs 8 oz Lake Cahoon 10-17-2004 John Plyler, Jr.
Sauger 2 lbs 12 oz Clinch River 10-21-2005 Freland Eugene Maxfield

[CrappiePappy]

does not distinguish between Black, White or Hybrid Crappie, for state records:

Current record : 4 lbs 14 oz Watershed Lake - by Penny Hopper 5/8/2005



Ky. State Record Crappie
Caught Mothers Day 2005
Fish was determined to be a naturally occurring hybrid cross between a White & Black Crappie. http://www.kyafield.com/062705.asp?l...05C122C520C444

State records for other fish, for KY or any other state reporting record catches/species, can be found here - http://landbigfish.com/staterecords/default.cfm

[skiptomylu]

That's a good pic of that big O' crappie

[GRIZZ]

I think that has to be my favorite crappie picture ever. Perfect hold she has on that fish to show its size. I think its her hand below the fish that makes it look so huge besides I think she could shove her fist into its mouth down past her wrist.

There was recently an interesting article in InFisherman about how giant crappie arnt just from the south. Several northern states have equally large state records. I know of several stories from Chautauqua that for the most part I tend to not believe, but since I personally have caught 1 fish that was 19 inches (I was 11-never weighed it-ate it-still my largest by a couple inches) I'm forced to consider that some of the stories are true of dead crappies washing up on shore that were between 20-23 inches. I have no idea how much a crappie that long would weigh, but I'm willing to find out by catching one. :D

White and black crappie records for NY are 3lb 13oz and 3lb 12oz. Pretty sure that 19 incher was at least that big, and I know I've seen both fish in sizes larger than those records though not caught by me. Back in the heydays for crappies in Chautauqua I'm sure several over 4 lbs were caught mainly by good old boys who took em home and fed thier families with them. This lake was a crappie growing machine before the DEC pushed the muskie and walleye populations so hard. I'd trade all those walleyes and muskies for the crappie population we had 10 - 30 yrs ago.

[racerkvn]

Man, I wouldn't know how to act if I caught a Crappie that big!!!!!

[Kenlake slab]

black crappie - 4.4 caught in 1985 at brown's creek lake

white crappie - 5.1 caught in 1968 garner brown's pond

[bama647]

alabama black 4.5 white 4.9

[tim]

I caught two four pounders on the same once here in ok, best fishing day i ever had for crappie. I had them in the deep freeze to be mounted and my dad decided we didnt have enough for a fish fry so he cleaned them i have regreted it ever sense. And yes there mouths were big enough to put a beer can in them with room to spare. We caught around a hundred that day. Best fish since is a 2.5 pounder.