How Big Is A Big Crappie?

[Ratherbfishing]

A couple of weeks ago I caught a 14.5 inch crappie (on a 3 inch Chigger Craw). I know it's not a world or state record but I was wondering how common it is to catch a fella this size?

[North Ga Hillbilly]

Thats a big crappie my man, I dont think anyone would disagree. Great catch! Make sure to get a picture of the next one.

NGaHB

[00 mod]

Thats a 1.5-2lb crappie! Nice one for sure!

Jeff

[Crestliner2008]

They get about 2 1/2 - 3 lbs. up here regularly. Probably about 15". Here's one from a couple of years back:

[RyneB]

biggest one i have ever caught was 15" inches on a Redeye. That crappie is now mounted in my basement. You caught a nice crappie. To me, anything over 12 inches is a nice crappie, anything over 14 is trophy. Some guys who fish kentucky lake might laugh at me for those comments, but thats my opinion.

[MarkH024]

Congrats on your fish! That's a slob.

15" for me too. Caught it on a hollow body swimbait fishing for bass. Every now and then my lake produces a giant slob crappie but never can you find a whole bunch of them schooled up. I'd love to catch a half a dozen for the fryer.

[zildjian]

this 1lber hit my spinnerbait... biggest one i've ever caught

[slonezp]

My biggest is 15" 1lb 15oz also on my wall. That may be small compared to some that are caught in the south.

[Bankbeater]

Nice crappie. The ones I catch are about 1/2 that size.

[Dave P]

This one. That's a 14 inch bag zipper to zipper.

[GeorgiaBassBros]

1.5-2 pounds is gettin big, with that being said theyre not all that rare in some of my favorite ponds.

[Bluebasser86]

One of the lakes I fish in the winter they have to be 14" to keep, and I catch keepers pretty often. My biggest is a 17" fish that ate a 1/2oz spinnerbait. Didn't weigh it but it's by far the biggest crappie I've ever caught. I saw a guy with one that went 4lbs 4oz from Lake of the Ozarks a few years ago, it was as big around as a 5 gallon bucket. A couple 14.5" bookends from the lake I was talking about. They have to be 14" and the creel limit is 2 a day.

[RyneB]

Nice pic of the snow. Gets me all excited for ice fishing season.

[Bluebasser86]

Nice pic of the snow. Gets me all excited for ice fishing season.

These were caught at a power plant lake. I've got 2 within an hours drive so I fish soft water all year

[MCS]

Jeeze bluebasser those r bigger than half the bass I catch lol seriously nice fish though.

[Ratherbfishing]

I've been away for awhile, sorry. Man I wish I could catch more big crappie. Ironically, every crappie I've caught on that particular body of water was pretty big and caught on "traditional" bass baits. I've never caught one when I was specifically targeting them. Says something about my abilities, I guess.

[wademaster1]

14" and up is a nice fish; 16" is BIG; 18" and up is a monster; you can't really judge a crappie's weight solely on it's length simply because some are slim and some are thick; my biggest is 15", caught it on a Rapala Flat Rap cranking it wide open

[MrBadGuy]

My biggest and my first crappie caught in maine.

[BassAssassin726]

12 inches is definitely a good Crappie. my biggest was 13 caught on a tiny pink curly tail grub on ultra light gear. Theyre tons of fun to catch that way.

[Al Wolbach]

I was bass fishing on Santee-Cooper and caught a crappie that weighted 3lb 8oz. It hit a suspending rogue. Didn't measure lenght but it was large. Actually caught several that day on the rogue and all were near 3 lbs. The lake record shell cracker is over 5lb, so it is well known for large panfish. The bass ain't bad either......................I consider any crappie over 2lbs a very good fish..................Al

[Snakehead Whisperer]

14.5" is a good sized crappie. There is one spot that I frequent in the winter near DC that has monster crappie. It's near a warm water outflow. This is my pb. I have no idea what the length or weight of the fish was, but it's probably still out there and bigger now.

[steverowbotham]

For me a 14" is a big crappie.  They always get the blood flowing

 

[Snakehead Whisperer]

Whoa! Those are some serious slabs.

[Hyrule Bass]

i hooked a crappie at smith mountain lake a few years ago that was over 20 inches. i didnt have a clue what i had, but it took me on 3 nice runs and i couldnt stop it for a period of time. i finally got it in to the dock, the water was low so i couldnt lip it and i realized i forgot the net up at the house. this fish was worn out laying on top of the water on its side not fighting when i got it in, with its big pink lips fluctuating back and forth. i decided to lay down on the dock, and pull up my line by hand and lip the crappie. well, i got it out of the water cept for its tail fin when all of a sudden SPLASH!!! the d**n thing bent my thin gold aberdeen hook and fell off. i was so mad, really wanted a photo of that sucker...

[Nashua Nev]

2 big one my son and i caight up here in NH , both a little under 2 3/4

Mine was 18 1/2 , my sons 17 1/2  both were very fun to catch.

Mine hit a 3 1/2inch all white jitterbug.

 

http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Fishing/trophy/2011.html

 

i cant find the cd rom with the pics at this moment