Not Tr Or Bass, But You Gotta See This Crappie!

[doroger]

Guys, go to Crappie.com, Missouri forum and check out the HUGE crappie from Truman today!!

Don Rogers

[Champ188]

Weighed 3.21 pounds and was nearly 17 inches.

[Quillback]

Biggun!

[gitnby]

Just to make it easier, I am displaying the pics here

[Bill Babler]

Believe I would chomp that baby down and get a replica made for the mantle. Doubt you will ever do better than that piggy poo.

[moguy1973]

What's even more crazy is that's no where near the record. Could you imagine a 5lb crappie on the end of your line?

[Smithvillesteve]

I agree with Mr. Babler. Gotta buck up and get a replica made of that big girl!! Does anyone on here have an opinion why Table Rock is not a good crappie lake?

[Lancer09]

Biggest I've ever caught was 3.5 pounds or so, and measured right at 21.5 inches.

MONSTER crappie. Had it mounted, and had it stolen about a year after we got it back.

[Bill Babler]

That is just a wonderful fish. I'm kinda of waiting for someone to say how many like that and bigger they have caught.

When I first started guiding down here in the early 90's I also had a deer archery hunting guide service. Only did it for one year. It was a complete nightmare.

Took about a dozen trophy deer mounts to the sports shows, that were all in the 140 to 155 inch class of buck. Very good deer for Southern Missouri.

Of course everyone and his brother told me how small they were and they had bigger, had seen bigger and probably would never mount one that size.

I pretty much called Bull. Still today and we are harvesting bigger bucks than we did in the 90's on average due to better management. I believe only about 2 percent of bucks harvested are 150 inches or larger.

We all have very large Eye Balls where fish and deer are concerned

Good Luck

[doroger]

Update: Heard the fish was held overnight, then transported to Springfield alive to be put on display at the Wildlife museum aquarium. Bass Pro is donating a replica mount.

Don Rogers