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State record Crappie!? #10487335 12/21/14 06:42 PM
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I want everyone's opinion on the state record White crappie caught February 14, 1968 that was 4.56 pounds. Navarro Mills Lake was impounded in 1963 Stocking of the lake started in 1967, was there a existing pond, river or lake there to have produced such a big fish in 4 years?


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Re: State record Crappie!? [Re: Ruffneck2000] #10487471 12/21/14 07:59 PM
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I do not know the aswer to your question, but I recently read the average life span of a crappie is 4yrs.

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Since the lake was formed by damming Richland Creek and it's located in the Trinity River Basin, it likely had an existing population of several species.

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If they followed the same process as joe pool every time the dug a borrow pit to build the dam they stocked them
after the first rain.I caught 1 l.b. crappie 2 years before the lake was opened.had to stop when the game warden
called me by name and said "no more warning,s".I think those crappie still weigh 1 pound,


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Re: State record Crappie!? [Re: pepop] #10488032 12/22/14 12:08 AM
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This seems to be the logical answer, I was just wondering how would a fish get so big in such a short time.
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Since the lake was formed by damming Richland Creek and it's located in the Trinity River Basin, it likely had an existing population of several species.
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Re: State record Crappie!? [Re: Ruffneck2000] #10488332 12/22/14 02:57 AM
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According to TPWD records there were no white or black crappie stocked in Navarro Mills during that time frame. So they were prolly already there or someone else stocked them...


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Originally Posted By: Ruffneck2000
This seems to be the logical answer, I was just wondering how would a fish get so big in such a short time.
Originally Posted By: pepop
Since the lake was formed by damming Richland Creek and it's located in the Trinity River Basin, it likely had an existing population of several species.
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Re: State record Crappie!? [Re: Jig Man] #10488534 12/22/14 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted By: Jig Man
According to TPWD records there were no white or black crappie stocked in Navarro Mills during that time frame. So they were prolly already there or someone else stocked them...
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Read this post on the Mississippi board and thought I would post it here just in case some of you don't read the other boards. This is an interesting post about the growth of crappie on Lake Sardis. I read on the Illinois board some time back that it takes crappie four years to reach 10 inches on Lake Shelbyville. The study in Mississippi shows that the crappie in Sardis average almost 12 inches in three years. Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Hunting - Trapping


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Originally Posted By: Ruffneck2000
Read this post on the Mississippi board and thought I would post it here just in case some of you don't read the other boards. This is an interesting post about the growth of crappie on Lake Sardis. I read on the Illinois board some time back that it takes crappie four years to reach 10 inches on Lake Shelbyville. The study in Mississippi shows that the crappie in Sardis average almost 12 inches in three years. Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Hunting - Trapping



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I don't know. My brother caught a crappie over 4# from of all lakes Cochiti in NM. We knew that the NMDGF had stocked some larger 2.5# crappie from Elephant Butte as brood stock to get the population jump started. The next year my brother was fishing a cove near to the ramp from the bank and caught the 4# hog. Very weird. And there are zero crappie in that fishery (Rio Grande river) at elevation of 6,000'.


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Re: State record Crappie!? [Re: Ruffneck2000] #10489832 12/22/14 09:27 PM
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If the conditions are right, Crappie can grow extremely fast. I'm sure there was an existing population before the lake was impounded but it is entirely possible for one to grow to that size in 4 years if the conditions were right.

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Most lakes in this area are formed by damming existing rivers or creeks, which already have a resident population of fish. As the habitat increases, and the availability of baitfish and other heretofore limited food sources become more readily available, it stands to reason that the quality of fish, both native and stocked, would improve. As would the quality of spawns, given more potential spawning areas.

Purely non scientific opinion, and more conjecture and common sense than anything.

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