PB Black Crappie

[JUNGLEJIMJIGS]

I started the day tying more little duck feather jigs, chubs and shad darts and made plans with headhunter to fish a little park lake that afternoon. I live closer so I got an early start and tied on one of my new creations. Caught several small fish and then it happened. Cork went under and I set the hook. Fish took off strong pulling drag and my first thought was that it's a bass. Using 2lb. Maxima I worked it in slowly and OMG, it's a big crappie. Tiny jig did it's job and I lipped it. I had to show it to headhunter who wasn't there yet so I put it on a stringer until he arrived a couple minutes later. No tape measure or scale, it stretched from the tip of my middle finger all the way onto my bicep, probably 17.5-18 " in length and thick too. Took a quick picture and put it back so hopefully she will make a bunch of babies this spring. Jig I used in the pic.

[SuperDave336]

That’s a nice one! Congrats on your PB

[BobC]

That is one beautiful fish, JJJ! The bass isn’t shabby either!
Bob

[GrumpyLoomis]

Great on PB but I like the jig too.

[kycreek]

That is a good one.

[Les Young]

Nice one Jim. I caught a pretty good one myself yesterday while using a buddys livescope.

[gillchaser999]

Sweet ! And it means that much more catching it on something you’ve created. Congrats !

[Tradbow]

Congratulations on your PB and to catch on a jig you tied just makes it a special fish!!

[Mstr Dan]

Good times!

[ksnouf]

Wow. Great catch. Thanks for sharing.