Monster crappie sets Missouri record and possibly international one
FULTON — John Horstman had not been pumping iron before he hooked a state-record black crappie, but he got a little workout landing the fish, which broke Missouri’s state pole-and-line record and could be an international record, too.
They were fishing with live minnows, hooking the bait fish through the lips, from the bottom up. By 11 a.m. they had caught several nice crappie, including a 15-incher and a slightly shorter one that John’s son Doug boated. Then John hooked a monster.
After a strong fight, the 19-inch black crappie was landed. It weighed 5.02 pounds. The state record was 4.5 pounds.
Horstman’s fish is destined for fame regardless of whether it becomes an IGFA all-tackle record. He donated his lunker, still swimming, to Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World. It will be kept in quarantine and eventually go on display in an aquarium.
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WOW, I would love to see a crappie that big, anytime anywhere.
Ron
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/14824/
another story with picture
Here is the picture of the fish. Wow I cannot imagine hooking into a crappie that big 
WOW!! Not sure I would have put my finger in it’s mouth either.
“OK, who fishes crappies with 14 pound test?”
Exactly. I thought this guy was caught using dynamite which would make this black crappie record invalid? So does the old record still stand from back in 1967 by Ray Babcock?
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“OK, who fishes crappies with 14 pound test?”
People who fish with spincasters??
Welcome to IDO. 
(Note – this post originated almost 7 years ago. )
-J.
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Anyone see it? Anyone have a link to a story? Any facts?
