The fisherman Mike Zimmer went out fishing on that 40 degree morning hoping to get a mess of crappies but was surprised at his catch. Besides the huge 4 pounder, he caught another big fish that weighed 3# 8oz and another that weighed 3# even.
Most crappies that we take home for the frying pan are ¾ of a pound or less. There are many nice crappies in the Wisconsin River bottoms lakes and in many of the area lakes like Blackhawk or Yellowstone. Fish over a pound are not very common but are out there.
Some years ago I was fishing with the real Thunderfoot, Jamie Buroker, in one of the river sloughs for northerns. Jamie was casting a spinnerbait that normally would be considered a bass or northern bait when he had a strike and fought a fish to the boat. It turned out to be a crappie that was almost 15 inches long. We didn’t have a camera and didn’t want to kill the fish, so we put it back. As far as I know it’s still out there.
I guess it goes to show you that you never know when you get that bite on your hook what that next fish might be. That’s the fun of fishing.
by: Dan Bomkamp- author & host of "How's Fishing"
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