Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Crappie fishing in Texas been good about a week ago but mostly small to average size ,water temp around 51 degrees but today I caught 1 more than 16" long, that is longer than the 5 gallon bucket .Never catch any crappie that big in Illinois but here in Texas they grow fast .Every year I caught several big fish like this ,sometime several big one in one day

Wow, that's a monster crappie! 

Yeah. Impressive for a crappie.

Yodd

Very nice catch! Waiting for the crappie here in Califotnia to start chewing.

Wow!  Great fish.   

that "crappie" fishing is way better than any of my fishing trips of the last year (none)

Wow!  Thanks for sharing, Quang.

Best, Fred

I catch them with my favorite DQ 1001 reel and my hand made jig ,try to take pics last night but too dark ,can't get good pics.

A 16" crappie is a great catch in anybody's book! 👍

15" is 2# black crappie that's a bigun! Nice jig you should go into bidness

Wow that's a nice crappie! I guess everything is bigger in TX.

Quote from: jgp12000 on January 31, 2025, 07:38:31 PM15" is 2# black crappie that's a bigun! Nice jig you should go into bidness

You mean selling these jig ? No only make some jig for fun and try different material to find the one work best ,never make enough money by tying jigs .I sell 1 time on ebay 5 bulktail jigs for $20 ,that fairly good price but then I have to spent $5.00 for shipping ,spent at least 1 hour to tie them then minus money to buy hooks and lead ,making about $5/hour

That, is a nice fish!

Frank

That is a HOG Crappie.

Maybe even wall worthy!?

I've never even seen one that big.

Good job,

Steve