Thread: 4lb Crappie in Clear Lake ?

Originally Posted by underdogs catfish

Don't know if I can post this here so moderators (robbor?) feel free to delete if not...if anyone ever was looking to get specific information for Clearlake, CA fishing, a great site (best in my opinion, not that it counts for much :p ) is catfished.com. It has weekly fishing reports and a forum that is very active and informative. Hope everyone got all they wanted for Christmas and is having a great holiday season!***CHEERS TO 2008!!***

Of course!

Here are a few...

Hi Y'all. Can't really blame those eastern boys (especially the guides) for the "horse-puckey" comments.... Surely, most of us have experienced crappie-envy ourselves before at one time or another... :-)

Although the original "4 pound crappie are common" comment was stretching the truth beyond its limitations, it still doesn't change the fact about that gal that caught that 4+ pounder up in Rodman slough some six years ago... That was the one that was tied up to a dock for three days before someone realized that it was a black crappie and not a white and would've been a new state record if it was properly weighed and recorded right away... I heard that it ended up in a fish tank at the state park visitor center before it finally died. It was gone by the time that I made it up there in April.

If I'm not mistaken, I thought that Catfish Ed said that he laid eyes on it himself before it croaked. Ask him.

Ain't nothin' like a fertile lake with southern-strain fish and lots o' feed to produce some real wall-hangers (and some dis-believers). :-)

noone is doubting there is a 4 lber in there or maybe more than 1, but there is probably 4 lbers in alot of lakes, what people were making horse puckey comments about is that it was common. no where is it common to catch 4 lbers and i repeat no where...

but people tend to fall into disbeleif also bout people and clear lake records anyway especially since that 25 lb bass them dudes didnt weigh in for a record.. and no i dont trust a digital rapalla scale.

and i know your arguement will be that they didnt want to kill the fish, but the way you californians talk bout clear lake there is plenty of 20 lb bass so sorry for a fish that would been worth a milliion dollars or more in endorsements, no way in hell a sane person would have let it got unless that weight wasnt legit, and yes there would have been ton of money for them guys even if it wasnt verified correctly by being hooked outside the mouth.

dont get me wrong there is great fish there, awesome fish, but it isnt the garden of eden

I was in San Diego a couple of weeks ago ---I sure would have liked to see the lake and try for some of them slabs !!!!


Z21

It's true. Clear lake does have some very big Crappie in it. I personally have caught a couple over three pounds, and many going from one to two pounds. I also saw a guy in a boat, a few yards from me, pulled one in that was definitely 4 pounds Here's a couple that I caught while I was there in November. The big ones are getting harder to come by now because, Crappie eaters are starting to clean them out. It's time to start doing some serious catch and release.

Tight lines,

Chuxder

Chuxder first welcome to the forum and that is a pig forsure...

Nice Fish

That's right. Don't sell your boat. You will just in up having to buy another one.

C,

nice fish --looks like a football !!!

Z21