Caught these crappie on Lake Fork Texas, it's legendary for big crappie and large mouth bass. The big one was 14 inches, the other 2 over 13 inches. I had one that was so big, I could not get it in the boat. I got a 10 foot pole, 6lb test line, I tried to swing it into the back of the boat and line snapped just before I got it in! I should have used my net!! Damitt!!!
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This lay down tree is really cool. You can see it is like 60 foot long, and it is just loaded with fish. And I could not trick any of them to bite my jig. I tried all jig colors too. The fish just did not want to play. If you dropped a minnow down there they would probably bite that, but I like to trick them with a jig!!
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3 crappie make a good dinner, that is 6 fillets that is a lot for me. And 3 big ones, that is a really big dinner. Most will tell you crappie is the best eating fresh water fish in Texas. Once you fillet them, there is no blood line to remove, it is all good white meat, clean off some on unwanted fish parts off the edges, rinse with clean water and you are done....
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With excess water drained off, I drop them in to zip lock bag of "Louisiana Fish Fry New Orleans Style", into peanut oil 350 degrees, 2 and a half minutes. Drop the big ones in first, normally it takes half a minute to drop the last one in, so some only cook 2 minutes which is the minimum all they need.
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With some of my home made tarter sauce and some of my son's home made bean soup.
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