Big Crappie

Wow - talk about a stud Crappie!

That would be quite the battle on my 4 wt.

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.

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

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.

Holy cow, that's a slab

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.