Those fish caught in Michigan? Got family back there but they are mostly bass fishermen. We don't get much in the way of big crappie in Oregon, 13" was biggest I ever saw! But used to get a lot of 8 to 10 inch fish. About a forum for your state, Oregon doesn't seem to have one and on a catfish site I'm on they don't either. In Oregon you either fish for salmon, trout or steelhead of your a bum!