Thread: weight of a 18 inch Crappie?

What a large fish!!!!!!!!!!! The biggest I've ever caught was 2.25lb and he was 14.5-15 inches long. My buddy caught one last year while we were fishing that weighed 2.5lb and he was 15-15.5 inches I believe.

Your buddies fish I would say would have to be close to 4+ lbs. I saw a picture of a what was supposed to be a 4.5lb fish and he looked 18-20 inches. That fish should have been put on the wall as a lifetime trophy!!!! What a fish....

Thanks for sharing.

4 1/2lbs easy. that guy must have been close to starvin!!!!

Talk about beginners luck and a rookie mistake all in one!!! That is one heck of a fish!
Blake

There is a calculator you can use if you enter girth and length. It gets close to wieght. I have caught an 18.5 inch fish before that i estimated at just over 3lbs. That was before I ever really got into crappie fishing but I really dont think it was 4lbs. Now I had one the other day unlike any I have seen. Wish i could have landed it......Its ahrd to tell from that picture, need something else in there as a guide to really get a feel for how big it was, but there should be no doubt it was over 3lbs. Thats an accomplishment.

I tell you what...You think of 18 inches and say "Wow, that's a biggun!" Now go get you a ruler and look at how long that fish was! Pretty dog on impressive!

I did a little comparing with my ruler on the computer screen and that fish is 7 inches from top to bottom! That's not even a slab, its a PIG. hahah I second the "He must be starvin!" quote.

CB

2.5 lb probably. Have a 19" 2.11 lb

Crappie will not get much larger than 18 1/2"
When they optain that length they get taller
and much fatter. That is not a 4lb crappie
It is probaly a 3lb fish.

The attached picture is a crappie over 4lbs.
you can tell they look like footballs.

I wish I had caught this but it was caught in West Tenn

I threw back a couple fish that size the other day. Just to kept gene pool level.LMAO