Thread: Where is the whopper

Thirty-five years is a long time for a state record to stand in the world of fishing. In Arkansas, three records have maintained that status longer than a 4-pound, 9-ounce black crappie caught by Danny Burfield of Ola, March 29, 1976.

Donivan Echols, 11, of Mena, raised the record in Arkansas ? and perhaps in other parts of the world ? to an even 5 pounds June 6 when he pulled a true slab from Lake Wilhelmina, an Arkansas Game and Fish Commission facility in Polk County.

New world record caught in Tennessee recently .An absolute giant of a crappie was caught in a pond in Paint Rock, East Tennessee by angler Jam Ferguson. That giant weighed in at a whopping 5.46 pounds.

yep Nimrod 35 years is a long time for a state record. We are fortunate to have the state records we have here in Arkansa. It not every day that I see 4lb fish swing in a boat. But we do see some good fish though on a daily base. But there record has been there for some time as a 4 lb