How Big Is A Big Crappie? 2024
Ratherbfishing reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
Thats a 1.5-2lb crappie! Nice one for sure!
Jeff
Crestliner2008 reply :
They get about 2 1/2 - 3 lbs. up here regularly. Probably about 15". Here's one from a couple of years back:
RyneB reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
this 1lber hit my spinnerbait... biggest one i've ever caught
slonezp reply :
My biggest is 15" 1lb 15oz also on my wall. That may be small compared to some that are caught in the south.
Bankbeater reply :
Nice crappie. The ones I catch are about 1/2 that size.
Dave P reply :
This one. That's a 14 inch bag zipper to zipper.
GeorgiaBassBros reply :
1.5-2 pounds is gettin big, with that being said theyre not all that rare in some of my favorite ponds.
Bluebasser86 reply :
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 reply :
Nice pic of the snow. Gets me all excited for ice fishing season.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 10/12/2012 at 7:26 PM, RyneB said: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 reply :
Jeeze bluebasser those r bigger than half the bass I catch lol seriously nice fish though.
Ratherbfishing reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
My biggest and my first crappie caught in maine.
BassAssassin726 reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
For me a 14" is a big crappie. They always get the blood flowing
Snakehead Whisperer reply :
Whoa! Those are some serious slabs.
Hyrule Bass reply :
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 reply :
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
ncbassfisher1496 reply :
Last spring I caught a 16" crappie that weighed 2lb 13oz in my pond. I caught it on a 5" Senko . That was the biggest one I've seen.
Nashua Nev reply :
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/25/2013 at 10:15 AM, Nashua Nev said:
That's a monster crappie. I caught a 15-16 inch range crappie on a Zoom Horny Toad in a pond a few years ago. I'd just caught a 5lb bass in the exact same spot on the edge of the weed line when that crappie inhaled the bait just like the bass did. The pond had very tannic water and the white bait glowed under water. It was pretty cool watching it disappear and really surprising when it was a crappie.
Megastink reply :
I've caught a few at 18" in New Jersey when I was a kid. They stretched from the tips of my fingers to above my elbow. They were so big, I didn't have the heart to kill them. I let them go. I wet home and measured where the fish measured on my arm.
Looking back, I shoulda kept one of them for a mount. One hit a #7 fat rap in fire tiger by a tree. The other hit a small jig in what seemed like the moddle I no where (I was drifting in a small aluminum).
I used to drift over weedbeds with a split-shot rigged Creme worm. That was a killer on big crappies.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/6/2013 at 4:41 AM, Megastink said:I've caught a few at 18" in New Jersey when I was a kid. They stretched from the tips of my fingers to above my elbow. They were so big, I didn't have the heart to kill them. I let them go. I wet home and measured where the fish measured on my arm.
Looking back, I shoulda kept one of them for a mount. One hit a #7 fat rap in fire tiger by a tree. The other hit a small jig in what seemed like the moddle I no where (I was drifting in a small aluminum).
I used to drift over weedbeds with a split-shot rigged Creme worm. That was a killer on big crappies.
The one with the little spinner in front of it? I used to catch a ton of crappie on that thing when I was a kid, lots of bass and catfish too.
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