Originally Posted by
Jerry Blake
Hey Bart:
Hmmm, that's a tough one - wish I knew. I've only crappie fished in a handful of lakes in Arkansas and there are hundreds.
These are the state records recognized by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
Black Crappie - 4lb 9oz Oladale Lake 03/29/76 Danny Burfield, Ola, AR
White Crappie - 4lb 7oz Mingo Creek 04/12/93 Shelby Cooper, Bald Knob, AR
Of the two lakes I guide on Lake Hamilton has produced the largest crappie and in the area I fish we hardly catch any less than 10-inches.
Lake Greeson has produced better numbers overall I guess but I've not kept track of that. The biggest Crappie I ever caught was in Greeson, a prespawn Black Female that was 17-inches long and weighed an even three pounds on a spring scale.
I hear rumors every now and then about huge crappie in some of the other lakes around here like Millwood and Ouachita. I would think that one of the oxbow lakes off the Mississippi river could produce some large crappie as well.