Originally Posted by Ben2
My dad claims he caught the state record crappie. He said his football coach used to take them camping and fishing and he caught a crappie that was huge. They weighed it then went to town to find out what the record was. He had the record beat, returned to camp to get crappie and take it to town to be certified and coach had filleted and fried her up. That's the story he tells anyway and he dont lie.



The 2 best true fish stories I know involve my dad. He had a buddy catch about a 3 pound hammer head on the alabama river about 10 miles below Montgomery (1970s). Fish is mounted and use to hang on wall of restaurant in downtown wetumpka. And My dad caught a 4 pound 15 crappie on martin. I remember it as a kid and it was legitimately that big. Caught it on a cane pole off end of pier in late Sept. Would have been world record in the springtime with roe. It burnt up in 1971 in our house fire. Was only 3 oz off the 5# 2 ounce that lasted for years until the one just caught last year in tenn.