[Stonefish]

Would love to hook some this size on a fly.
SF

http://www.scout.com/outdoors/wired2fish/story/1766829-pending-illinois-state-record-crappie-caught

 

[Jim F.]

Wow - talk about a stud Crappie!

 

[Gone away]

That would be quite the battle on my 4 wt.

 

[IveofIone]

There are crappie nearly that big in both the Columbia and Snake systems. I have caught them over 16'' and certainly never caught the biggest ones.

 

[skyriver]

Holy Crap!..pie. Sorry....

 

[tkww]

I had a friend catch a "18 inch" crappie last year. (I saw a pic, if it wasn't it was darn close.) I about lost it, and mentioned something about state record. He laughed and said something about it sitting on a shelf in his fridge.

 

[plaegreid]

Holy cow, that's a slab

 

[Olive bugger]

I grew up near that lake and near Murphboro. I fished at Crab Orchard lake, near Carbondale also.
But the best Lake for spiny rays, in my opinion, was Cedar Lake a bit further south. Loaded with hungry blue gills. But none that size.
Good memories.