Sparkly black strikes again

[Shoemoo]

Smashed my personal best crappie Sunday afternoon with this 16.5" black slabasaurus. Tipped the scale at 2 pounds, 11 ounces. The area I was fishing also has a lot of 12-15" smallmouth, so I thought it was a bass until I saw the flash of white as big as a dinner plate.





The jig that fooled 'em:



I'll be tying this pattern for the swap.

 

[LedHed]

Fantastic catch and awesome tye - congrats

 

[toadfrog]

That is a BEAUTY . Bet your ole heart was a thump'in when you saw what it was . Black is a good color . I'm partial to hair jigs myself And that's as good a tie on one as fellow could ask for . CONGRATS all around good job done .

 

[CrappieHappy]

Nice Jig, and SLAB Stacy!

 

[plateboater]

That is fantastic!

 

[Baxter1]

Nice Crappie and jig too.Congrats on your pb Crappie.

 

[Pup]

A northern wall hanger and a great tie too!

 

[Hawnjigs]

Wowza, that must be exceptional way up north - whats the state record? Looks like she's freshly spawned out? Dinner for 2?

 

[Shoemoo]

State record in Idaho is around 3.5 pounds so this one isn't anywhere close. The water temps are in the mid to high 50s so we're still in pre-spawn here. We're starting to see some males blackening up, but no females with big bellies yet. She might have hit 3 pounds with eggs, but who knows?

 

[moswampy]

Wow. Great fish and jig


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[Lost Pole]

Beautiful fish!

 

[AtticaFish]

That is a monster! Can't go wrong with black. Congrats on the new personal best.......... now you have to beat that.

 

[StumpHunter]

Nice crappie and nice looking jig Congrats on catching the slab

 

[eyecrosser]

Be proud of that one Shoe; and the fish also