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I'm sorry Mr. Horstman. You followed all the rules however we are going to have to deny your fish for a state record status due to "unwritten guidelines" and the fact that your fish are on a "feeding program." Whoops! Oh wait this was Missouri not Indiana.  Sorry couldn't resist. :p :p :p Nice fish. Congratulations John. I wonder how long it will live though. Crappies stress really easy. I hope they are medicating the fish or something.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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If I caught a crappie like that you'd have to medicate ME.
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Is that a crappie? I thought it was a hybrid greensunfish. Doesn't pay to be color blind. Tell me that's a 5 lb hybird greensunfish, not a crappie?
For real?
Nice catch!
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Originally posted by Robinson:
Is that a crappie? I thought it was a hybrid greensunfish. Doesn't pay to be color blind. Tell me that's a hybird greensunfish, not a crappie?
For real? Absolutely a Black Crappie! No doubt about it. I've mounted 18 inch crappie but never 19 inches.
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Big ol' black crappie. Yikes. 
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On a fishing website I frequent I posted this too. Of course a few of the guys are saying there is no way it's five pounds. Come again? Certified scales don't lie and to insinuate the Fish and Game commission would fabricate this? :rolleyes: Strange phenomenon I noticed: New state records whether they are fish or deer are always doubted by some or there's a "It was poached" story or it came from "out-of-state."  Anyone ever notice this?
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Originally posted by Cecil Baird1: On a fishing website I frequent I posted this too. Of course a few of the guys are saying there is no way it's five pounds. Come again? Certified scales don't lie and to insinuate the Fish and Game commission would fabricate this? :rolleyes:
Strange phenomenon I noticed: New state records whether they are fish or deer are always doubted by some or there's a "It was poached" story or came from somewhere else.
Anyone ever notice this? I'm pretty sure that's a hybrid greensunfish. Maybe that is what the problem is.
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Originally posted by Robinson: [QUOTE]Originally posted by Cecil Baird1:
On a fishing website I frequent I posted this too. Of course a few of the guys are saying there is no way it's five pounds. Come again? Certified scales don't lie and to insinuate the Fish and Game commission would fabricate this? :rolleyes:
Strange phenomenon I noticed: New state records whether they are fish or deer are always doubted by some or there's a "It was poached" story or came from somewhere else.
Anyone ever notice this? Originally posted by Robinson:I'm pretty sure that's a hybrid greensunfish. Maybe that is what the problem is. :D
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Strange phenomenon I noticed: New state records whether they are fish or deer are always doubted by some or there's a "It was poached" story or came from "out-of-state."
It happens all the time. It makes me smile knowing that this crappie came from a private lake. 
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I'm sure Cecil knows; it just doesn't look 5# nor 19 inches. More like 17 and 4#. I would like to see a few more pics.
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Originally posted by burgermeister:
I'm sure Cecil knows; it just doesn't look 5# nor 19 inches. More like 17 and 4#. I would like to see a few more pics. Take a good look at it. Notice it's almost the width of his shoulders. Also notice his thumb and finger can't even get close to going around the peduncle. Pictures are deceiving.
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Originally posted by Cecil Baird1: Strange phenomenon I noticed: New state records whether they are fish or deer are always doubted by some or there's a "It was poached" story or it came from "out-of-state."
Anyone ever notice this? It's just jealousy and envy. Both can make you say and do some strange things. PS: That was my fish! MY FISH! Do you hear? Nobody else has a right to it!
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It looks like Mr. Horstman had a "crappie" day!
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I say its only 18.75" No good cheats Seriously, I have no problem believing that is a 19" fish. I would be happy to have LMB that size. Beautiful fish. Quote: "He donated his lunker still-swimming, to Bass Pro Shops....." Are you serious? Donated!?! What a guy. Can you imagine marketing the spawn of the world record crappie?
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Did anyone catch the fact that almost all of the state record crappie came from farm ponds. Does anyone have an explanation for this? The largest crappie that I have ever caught are out of my pond. I know that crappie are not supposed to be stocked in farm ponds but my pond already had crappie in it when I bought the property. I tried to remove most of them because of what has been said on the forum but a few are still there.
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