Reply With QuoteI'da had to found a place on my wall for one like that. That's a SLAB.Congrats to your buddy.
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Here are the pictures that I said I was going to post a while back, but I didn't know how to post pics. This was a couple of years ago, one of my best friends landed this fish, by far the biggest I've ever personally got to lay eyes on, or better yet, NET! This was the only fish we caught that day because we were bass fishing and hadn't been there long before he tied into this thing with a bandit crank bait. Fish had it side ways in its mouth when I netted him. We obviously left right then to go weigh it. A friend of mine that works at Macs Fresh Market let me put it on an old produce scale in the back, we figured by law these have to be correct. After taking the fish on and off several times to ensure the right weight, he came in at 3.9lbs every time and measured 17 1/2 inches in length. This was the state record for LA, by the next morning the fish weighed 3.7 by the Wildlife and Fisheries, still the state record, however my buddy never sent in the paper work to have it finalized. Instead, he got a mold mount and ate some of the biggest filets he'd ever seen. This was a day I'll never forget.
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Last edited by waxnslabs; 11-11-2009 at 09:06 AM.
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I'da had to found a place on my wall for one like that. That's a SLAB.
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Now Thats A Slab!!!
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Yeah that was one of the many he was proud of. I've taken a many of woopins in my day fishing with him. (dukhntr85 cdc name)
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nice slab congrats
The fishing was good,it was the catching that was bad
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Man that is definetely a HAWG!!! Thanks for the pictures.:D
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Record Crappie
Clark, a very big crappie but it wouldn't have been the state record. The Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association is the official keeper of state fish records. Here's the list for both black and white crappie. Looks like Caney is the place to go for black crappie. If you catch a big one you can go to The Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association and get the necessary form to submit the fish for a record placement.
Species: CRAPPIE, BLACK
(Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
New species introduction 1994
Rank Weight Angler Where Caught Date Caught
*1. 3.55 Jodie E. Crouch, Jr. Toledo Bend March 2003
*1. 3.55 Chet L. Tidwell Caney Lake February 2003
*3. 3.47 Floyd Meche Lake Henderson December 2004
*4. 3.33 Bobby Nola Caney Lake January 2003
*5. 3.24 Bobby Nola Caney Lake January 2003
*6. 3.21 Mark Thibodaux Williams Canal February 1996
*7. 3.15 Bobby Nola Caney Lake January 2003
*8. 3.13 Tommy Goss Caney Lake June 1999
Species: CRAPPIE, WHITE
(Pomoxis annularis)
New species introduction 1994
Rank Weight Angler Where Caught Date Caught
*1. 3.38 B.R. Shepherd Grand Bayou Res. April 2002
*2. 3.25 Richard C. Hart I-20 Bar Pit February 1999
*3. 3.21 David “LD” Henry Grand Bayou March 2004
*4. 3.16 Kirk Bellard Toledo Bend April 2009
*5. 3.05 Donald W. Gaspard Lake Verrette April 2005
*6. 2.81 Randy Lewis Lake Verrette January 1998
*7. 2.57 Michael Miller Lake Dubisson March 2006
*8. 2.33 Curtis Foshee Old River November 2002
*9. 2.25 Mike Brantley Stephensville October 2003
*10.. 2.12 Ned Wilson, Jr. Little Tchefuncte January 2007
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wow, that's a nice fish.. I bet he had fun trying to get it to the boat.
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Originally Posted by Tbone
That would be a typo on my part, I meant 3.9lbs not 3.09 and 3.7 weighed by the wildlife and fisheries. He said they told him that the fish being out of the water overnight could have resulted in it losing a little weight. He still has the paper work they gave him to redeem his record so it actually would have been the state record, #1 for a black crappie. Thanks for pointing that out to me. I'll try to edit the post if possible.
Last edited by waxnslabs; 11-11-2009 at 09:52 AM.
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A 4 pounder. Wow! I've caught some over 2 pounds but to think of one almost twice that big is something else. Encourage him to turn in the paperwork. A state record would be something to be proud of. One of my old high school friends broke the largemouth bass record on Caney about 20 years ago and it still stands today.
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