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Giant crappie catch in Kansas breaks 59-year-old record

A Kansas angler was recognized Tuesday for his recent catch of a massive white crappie that broke a 59-year-old state record.

Bobby Parkhurst of Topeka reeled the 4.07-pound, 18-inch crappie from Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake No. 2 on March 5 after enticing the fish onto his hook with a live minnow.

The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, in a news release issued Wednesday, stated that the astonishing weight of the fish “was the equivalent of six cans of soup.”

Assistant Director of Fisheries John Reinke, who measured the crappie, observed: “As fisheries biologists, we get the chance to see a lot of big fish but this one is certainly for the books. This crappie measured in at 18 inches long and 14 inches in girth, so it truly deserves a spot on the state record list.”

The previous state record was the 1964 catch of a 4.02-pound, 17.5-inch white crappie by Frank Miller.

The world record for white crappie stands at 5 pounds, 3 ounces, for a 1957 catch at Mississippi’s Enid Dam.

Georgia angler’s catch of giant crappie stuns biologists

A Georgia angler’s catch of a 3-pound, 11-ounce black crappie has captured the attention of state biologists.

James King landed the enormous crappie Sunday on the Coosa River.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources stated Tuesday on Facebook: “Some of our fisheries biologists reported that this is the biggest crappie they’ve encountered in their careers.

“This is also the biggest crappie submitted for an angler award in over 20 years according to our electronic records.”

Photo: Georgia Department of Natural Resources

The Georgia record for black crappie is 4 pounds, 4 ounces, set in 1971 and tied in 1975.

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“Might be time for someone to land a new one. Who knows?” the Georgia DNR continued.

For comparison, the world record for black crappie is 5 pounds, 7 ounces, set at Tennessee’s Richeison Pond in 2018.

–Images showing James King and his 3-pound, 11-ounce crappie are courtesy of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Angler on private lake shatters New York crappie record

A New York angler has shattered the state record for white crappie by reeling a 4.42-pound crappie from the same lake that yielded the previous record 20 years ago.

A New York angler has shattered the state record for white crappie by reeling a 4-pound, 7-ounce crappie from the same lake that yielded the previous record 20 years ago.

Roy Isaac’s Aug. 21 catch at Sleepy Hollow Lake replaces a tie involving 3.13-pound crappies caught at Sleepy Hollow Lake in 2001 and Kinderhook Lake in 2013.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced the new record Wednesday afternoon, stating on Facebook that Isaac’s crappie measured 19 inches and was caught on a live minnow.

Sleepy Hollow Lake is within a private residential community and Isaac, who is from Albany, told Field & Stream that he fishes at the lake regularly, with his two sons, on the invitation of a friend who owns a home in the community.

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Isaac, 62, had been catching large crappies from the same dock in recent weeks so he kept at it with the record in mind. The giant crappie struck as he slowly jigged at a depth of 25 feet.

“All of a sudden I got a hit,” he told Field & Stream. “But then nothing really happened so I started bringing the bait up. As soon as I got it closer to the shore, the fish saw me and took off. It was a good thing I had my drag set right.”

Isaac was using an ultralight rig and a reel spooled with 4-pound-test line.

For the sake of comparison, the International Game Fish Assn. lists as the all-tackle world record a 5-pound, 3-ounce white crappie caught at Enid Dam in Mississippi in 1957.

–Image courtesy of Risa Getman