My brother and his wife are coming in from Wyoming next week and suggested we have crappie one night for supper. I have no doubt that we will catch some while he is here, but not being one to leave things to chance and not wanting to spend time cleaning fish while company here, I kept the first four I caught this morning. They are now safely vacuum packed and in the freezer.
I have this well-documented problem in that all crappie look alike to me. I do a good job estimating bass of all sizes, but I need to re-calibrate my mental crappie scale occasionally. I decided to do that with the four I kept before I fileted them. Hard to learn much though when they are all the same size. These four ranged from 15" to 15½".
OK, then let's weigh them. Well, that didn't help much either. The smallest was 1 lb 15 oz, two were 2 lbs even, and this guy took big fish honors.
Now maybe you will agree with me. All crappie do look alike. I'm pretty sure I caught some larger ones later in the morning, but who knows, since they all look alike.
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