crappie goods

[Cindyjo]

yep, the crappie are on!  The attached pic shows the 4 I kept and are now in the freezer.  The largest is 16"+.  Released another dozen.  About 2 hours of fishing.  Now on to catching some walleye!

[Quillback]

16" crappie is a heckuva crappie.

[vernon]

Man I hate you guys.

Nice fishes!

[arsenal1477]

My goodness! Any idea on what the larger crappie weighed in at? Beautiful.

[Champ188]

Man, those boards sure look like 2x4’s to me.

[Guest]

Beaver also has an abundance of 12-13" year class crappie & 15-16" class

Both lakes have become excellent crappie fisheries, thanks to all the high water years. 

I'm guessing the 12" crappie are 2011 flood year fish & the 16" are 2008 flood year fish, IMO.

 

[buckcreekmike]

3 hours ago, Champ188 said:

Man, those boards sure look like 2x4’s to me.

Ha! First thing I tried to determine. 

[vernon]

18 hours ago, Champ188 said:

Man, those boards sure look like 2x4’s to me.

You, sir, are a regular Inspector Clouseau!

The math would work with 2x6's though.

I used to watch a lot of Columbo myself.......

[Champ188]

Would is the operative word there. Or is it wood? Aw heck, doesn’t matter anyway, 

[Cindyjo]

Wow, naysayer.  Those are 2"x6"x12'  boards.  I know I recently replaced several rotted ones and had to order new ones from meeks.  You are not going to find 2x4 boards on swimming platforms. If your really a good Sherlock look at the screw head size and caculate  the board width from there.  Oh, and by the way, a 6" board is only 5.5 " actual dimension.  So let me help you here.  Take the tail on the biggest fish.  Squeeze it to get a fair length.  Add 5.5+5.5+ estimated difference left on the third board.  Oh, also the gap between the boards.   But there is an easier way.  Use a measuring device as I did and it was almost 16.5 inches.  Champ always wants pictures.  Always wants proof.  Next you'll be asking for a certified measuring device to be laid alongside the fish.  Sorry to bruise your ego.   You say they look like 2x4s, you don't really know.  Yet with that type of speculation, you call in the veracity of the writer!  Man, get a life.