NEW LAKE GRANGER RECORD!

NEW LAKE GRANGER RECORD!

I'm so proud of my Brother for catching the white whale we have all been chasing. The pics say it all.









Yes, thats right! 3.5#'s!!!

I taught him everything he knows! lol

Hanging on the wall, I hope?

Great fish and congrats to your brother.

Congrats PB. Beautiful fish.

Thats a PIG!! Congrats to your brother Zach!

CONGRATS!!

Nice!!!!!!!!!

O yea.. My Taxidermy guy already got 'er done and its up on my wall.

Thanks all.

Hot dang!!! That's a beast!!!

Plus 1...

Awesome Fish! Huge Congratulations to your brother on his record fish!

TOAD! Congrats!

That is a Slab!

I'd like to see a picture after it was mounted. If you have the time. Beautiful fish regardless, lake record is pretty cool. Did he catch it on minnows?

CONGRATS!!!!!
That SLAB is a BEAST!

That sucker has some shoulders on it! Can't imagine how he felt bringing that into the boat! Congrats and good to know Granger can grow a big one.

That's a pig for sure. Nice job and congrats!

BTW, did you find a chartrusse green and yellow jig in her mouth? I was sure the lake record broke off around that time.

Congrats on the Trophy Catch. Now Show off your mount on the forum so the rest of us 3lb chasers can get jealous and Envy you

What Spiderman said, pic of the mount please. who knows... I might catch me a wall mount crappie one day.

Enormous 16 inch fish. Wow.

Replica mount..

That's super heavy for a aaaahhhhh 16" fish.....
Congrats......

Soooouuuuiiiieeeeee! Hawg right there! Congrats!

15.1in Girth- 16.25in long.
To give you perspective, she was about the same thickness as a 20oz water bottle.

congrats all around!

LOL, Nope no jig in her. Sure bent the Cherry Wood over though.


Spider- She was the 3rd crappie in row on a single dead minnow.

Beast!

Toad alert... Crappie1 is gonna have ta get busy.

Very nice fish!

Zach, you boys ain't pulling April Fools are ya?

Nice fish, congrats

You know, it would have been a great one to do. However, it has killed me to stay quite the last month and a half about this one. The funny part is I had to convince him to go get it weighed for the record. It had been on ice all night before he called and told me about it at that Saturday 0800 on 02/13/2016! When he sent me the pic I called and told him to not be like me and regret it. I caught a 12# Flathead on an UL crappie reel and jig a few years back and did not get it certified. So it is not an April fools job... THIS IS REAL! Besides the pics don't lie.

Congrats! Great fish

No BS, No Joke.
Yes exactly like my bro said, I didn't even want to certify it in because we were not brought up to brag or show off, but then a little convincing helped me decide to certify it since it is most likely once in a lifetime fish, and o I might as well knock someone off their high horse.

Great fish. Its better to certify it and give other fishermen something to shoot for.

Congratulations on catching a super fish!

Thanks. Hopefully she will hold her spot for a long long time. I'm after her friends and that monster white bass now.

White crappie record on Granger that will stand for a long, long time. No matter how well others know this lake nobody will beat it. Congratulations again bro.

just goes to show, you never know what will happen when fishing and where it will happen.
Many times when the "big one gets away" we wonder, how big it really was.
Thanks for sharing your prize and story, and you are the true picture of what a sportsman really is!!!!!

Holy smokes that is a helluva slab I received a text pic of it were you were weighing it on a digital scale and rumor mill was just as bad as the 244 inch whitetail that was harvested this year from Granger lake proof is in the pudding congratulation.

Yep you never know what's lerking around in the water. I've had a few get away and yes we all wonder what if and what it was.

Thanks for the comments. I appreciate it.

Thanks bro. That digi scale pretty much worthless since it showed a good half pound less than it was.

Wow! Very nice!!

That one will stand for a long, long, time. Glad you went and got it weighed.

Now that's a F I S H !!!!!! Congrats and thanks for the picks.

If it's not April fools, that's freaking awesome! I'm still waiting to see it show up on the TPWD website for the lake granger record though.

You and me both. Finally received the certificates on 3/31. Still waiting on another TX State department to get me a certain license.

any estimate on the fishes age?

Not sure how accurate this chart below is, but this is what I found. If that is right it is saying that the fish would have been around 12 years old or so?

Once the record section is updated for April it will show!

Congrat Patrick! Zach must have taught you well. That is one impressive fish and it's a fish of a lifetime! I've known of a couple Granger Crappie that exceeded the old record but nothing even close to yours!

Thank you. I'd say yes he's helped me learn a hella lot and hooked me into crappie fishing. Fishing, its in our blood. Our dad deserves the praise for always having us out on the lakes or in the gulf teaching and imbedding fishing in our souls.

Truly a fish of a lifetime. Congrats to you especially for your modest attitude.

Catching a 3lb crappie is something most of us will never achieve fishing here in Texas. Glad you were able to have the experience!

Did that old timer put up a fight? Way to go! Can only imagine catching that on an ultra-light rod.

Congratulations, awesome fish. I might have ta learn crappie fishing...

It gave me a fight for sure. Pulling it in on an ultra light was like the fight I had pulling in a 100# halibut in Homer, AK on a deep sea rod.
First time Ive called for the net for a crappie which I never thought I would.

April's fools joke, nope, those who doubt me its time to . Here's the proof.
http://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/action/waterecords.php?WB_code=0319

Didn't Zack's son hold the youth crappie record for a while? Your Dad has really passed on a family tradition there. Congratulations once again.

VERY nice!!

Congrats!!

Fish of a lifetime is right.

Yep he held the youth for a while. Dad definitely has given us alot of traditions to follow and guidance for sure. Thanks Yegua

Yep, I just looked today. I saw the pic in the Taylor paper as well. It just seemed a bit fishy to post it on April 1st. Congrats, that's one hell of a crappie!

Doppler cove? It's funny how those dead and stepped on minnows seem to always catch the big ones!

Yea I know, we were waiting on the Certificate to come in or the TPWD site to be updated before we released any info on it. Thanks CV..




Doppler Cove, you better believe it. That's the only place to be.