huge crappie caught in Indy

[slowride]

My buddy took this pic for this guy who caught this crappie at Geist Res. in Sep 2010, just on the outskirts of Indy, he then emailed the pic to the guy and I found this on a website. Although he never registared it with DNR!! Nice fish.http://www.bigindianabass.com/big_in...d-crappie.html

[GeoFisher]

HOLY CRAP..that is a nice crappie.

I don't think he could have registered it and claimed the record though. I believe since it was caught in a cast net, it doesn't count............

STILL BIG......

Later,

Geo

[mybentrod]

Geo. I think the article days it was caught on a 2 inch power grub.

[GeoFisher]

From the post below the article:

"Hey everyone My name is Tim Goen and I am the one who caught this Crappie and that is my dad Dave Goen holding the Crappie for the picture. I just wanted to clear a few things up. This Crappie was caught in a cast net right under the Olio bridge at Geist Reservoir while we were trying to catch shad. We did weight it on some old scales we had, you know the one that has a dial and is always under the actual weight,it ended up saying four and half pound which is still a monster crappie but i dont think it was the state record. The Crappie was 18 inches and had a belly about as wide as my finger is long and also we could have fit our fist in its mouth it was the biggest crappie either one of us had ever seen and probably will never see one like that again. However, I promise you that we did turn it back into geist to be caught by someone else and by that time it should be a state record. If you want to see some better pictures of the fish or verify that we are the ones who caught it go to www.centralkats.com or www.goenfishin.com and go to the photos page. Thank you all for sharing this picture it was alot of fun having this fish for about the time it takes to take a few pictures and then throw it back beleive me it wasn't easy."


Thanks,

Geo

[lroberts]

Geo. I think the article days it was caught on a 2 inch power grub.

If you scroll further down that page the man who caught it says it was caught in a net.....while trying to catch shad. Either way, what a fish!

[GeoFisher]

From the post below the article:

"Hey everyone My name is Tim Goen and I am the one who caught this Crappie and that is my dad Dave Goen holding the Crappie for the picture. I just wanted to clear a few things up. This Crappie was caught in a cast net right under the Olio bridge at Geist Reservoir while we were trying to catch shad. We did weight it on some old scales we had, you know the one that has a dial and is always under the actual weight,it ended up saying four and half pound which is still a monster crappie but i dont think it was the state record. The Crappie was 18 inches and had a belly about as wide as my finger is long and also we could have fit our fist in its mouth it was the biggest crappie either one of us had ever seen and probably will never see one like that again. However, I promise you that we did turn it back into geist to be caught by someone else and by that time it should be a state record. If you want to see some better pictures of the fish or verify that we are the ones who caught it go to www.centralkats.com or www.goenfishin.com and go to the photos page. Thank you all for sharing this picture it was alot of fun having this fish for about the time it takes to take a few pictures and then throw it back beleive me it wasn't easy."


Thanks,

Geo

[Chubminnow]

If I catch a crappie like that I believe I'll mount it. Actually I wouldn't mind having several decent sized crappie in one single mount.

Ok fella's....go ahead and take your shots at me now

[ElectricSLT]

Man that is a nice fish - I wonder how many years it took to grow to that size in Geist!

[slimshad09]

I have two crappie mounted. Mine was to remember great trips with friends. Pictures can't take you back like a mounted fish. I caught a 16" at Ky lake on one of the best trips there ever. Its not a trophy, but I mounted it for the memories. We fileted several that size that trip. I caught a 2 1/2 pounder on another trip down at Guntersville and it was a great trip. Mounted it too! I like dead things on the wall i guess...

[Fishin is life]

I caught one that was 3.2 at a small lake across the street from my house....wound up letting the owner of the baitshop at the lake mount it and kinda regret it now....i was about 12 or so and didn't have the money but it's nice to see it everytime i go in the baitshop and for everybody else to get to see it