A couple of weeks ago I caught a 14.5 inch crappie (on a 3 inch Chigger Craw). I know it's not a world or state record but I was wondering how common it is to catch a fella this size?

Thats a big crappie my man, I dont think anyone would disagree. Great catch! Make sure to get a picture of the next one.

NGaHB

Thats a 1.5-2lb crappie! Nice one for sure!

Jeff

They get about 2 1/2 - 3 lbs. up here regularly. Probably about 15". Here's one from a couple of years back:

biggest one i have ever caught was 15" inches on a Redeye. That crappie is now mounted in my basement. You caught a nice crappie. To me, anything over 12 inches is a nice crappie, anything over 14 is trophy. Some guys who fish kentucky lake might laugh at me for those comments, but thats my opinion.

Congrats on your fish! That's a slob.

15" for me too. Caught it on a hollow body swimbait fishing for bass. Every now and then my lake produces a giant slob crappie but never can you find a whole bunch of them schooled up. I'd love to catch a half a dozen for the fryer.

this 1lber hit my spinnerbait... biggest one i've ever caught

My biggest is 15" 1lb 15oz also on my wall. That may be small compared to some that are caught in the south.

Nice crappie. The ones I catch are about 1/2 that size.

This one. That's a 14 inch bag zipper to zipper.

1.5-2 pounds is gettin big, with that being said theyre not all that rare in some of my favorite ponds.

One of the lakes I fish in the winter they have to be 14" to keep, and I catch keepers pretty often. My biggest is a 17" fish that ate a 1/2oz spinnerbait. Didn't weigh it but it's by far the biggest crappie I've ever caught. I saw a guy with one that went 4lbs 4oz from Lake of the Ozarks a few years ago, it was as big around as a 5 gallon bucket. A couple 14.5" bookends from the lake I was talking about. They have to be 14" and the creel limit is 2 a day.

Nice pic of the snow. Gets me all excited for ice fishing season.

Nice pic of the snow. Gets me all excited for ice fishing season.

These were caught at a power plant lake. I've got 2 within an hours drive so I fish soft water all year

Jeeze bluebasser those r bigger than half the bass I catch lol seriously nice fish though.

I've been away for awhile, sorry. Man I wish I could catch more big crappie. Ironically, every crappie I've caught on that particular body of water was pretty big and caught on "traditional" bass baits. I've never caught one when I was specifically targeting them. Says something about my abilities, I guess.

14" and up is a nice fish; 16" is BIG; 18" and up is a monster; you can't really judge a crappie's weight solely on it's length simply because some are slim and some are thick; my biggest is 15", caught it on a Rapala Flat Rap cranking it wide open

My biggest and my first crappie caught in maine.

12 inches is definitely a good Crappie. my biggest was 13 caught on a tiny pink curly tail grub on ultra light gear. Theyre tons of fun to catch that way.

I was bass fishing on Santee-Cooper and caught a crappie that weighted 3lb 8oz. It hit a suspending rogue. Didn't measure lenght but it was large. Actually caught several that day on the rogue and all were near 3 lbs. The lake record shell cracker is over 5lb, so it is well known for large panfish. The bass ain't bad either......................I consider any crappie over 2lbs a very good fish..................Al

14.5" is a good sized crappie. There is one spot that I frequent in the winter near DC that has monster crappie. It's near a warm water outflow. This is my pb. I have no idea what the length or weight of the fish was, but it's probably still out there and bigger now.

For me a 14" is a big crappie.  They always get the blood flowing

 

Whoa! Those are some serious slabs.

i hooked a crappie at smith mountain lake a few years ago that was over 20 inches. i didnt have a clue what i had, but it took me on 3 nice runs and i couldnt stop it for a period of time. i finally got it in to the dock, the water was low so i couldnt lip it and i realized i forgot the net up at the house. this fish was worn out laying on top of the water on its side not fighting when i got it in, with its big pink lips fluctuating back and forth. i decided to lay down on the dock, and pull up my line by hand and lip the crappie. well, i got it out of the water cept for its tail fin when all of a sudden SPLASH!!! the d**n thing bent my thin gold aberdeen hook and fell off. i was so mad, really wanted a photo of that sucker...

2 big one my son and i caight up here in NH , both a little under 2 3/4

Mine was 18 1/2 , my sons 17 1/2  both were very fun to catch.

Mine hit a 3 1/2inch all white jitterbug.

 

http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Fishing/trophy/2011.html

 

i cant find the cd rom with the pics at this moment