When to mount a slab crappie?

[Dan189]

My question is what is the smallest slab (black) crappie that you would mount?

I know this is very situational, lake, how it was caught, girth etc. But I'm just curious as to what peoples' cut off is, if you have one?

-Dan

[L_Cappo]

i would mount any crappie 16 inches or bigger.

[palisade1kid]

Mine would be 15".

It all depends....there's guys down south that catch 16's regularly .The trophy is always in the eye of the beholder.

[fishuhalik]

Hey ck, didn't you get a 15 just a little while ago? That one go on the wall?

[Wookiee]

Pretty sure he was planning on it.

[Schloogs]

I would go with 16 inches as well. Although it would be nice just to break into double digits once in awhile.

[Craig Plummer]

I'd know it when I see it I think....On paper I would say 16 but if I hit 15 the thought would cross my mind.

[Kyle Sandberg]

I caught a 14.5 this past weekend. The fish was pretty big but I think I'd wait till it got to about 15 or 16. It was 2 lbs and I serioulsy considered it but I got a lot of fishing time ahead of me and hopefully I'll pull up a bigger one.

[FishOn!]

a friend and i got several big slabbers earlier this winter. We threw alot back, but he kept his biggest, a 16. I think thats a reasonable size to mount if you do a search, (a nice metro crappie) a lot of discussion was brought up on that thread. One idea i liked, was to mount more than one crappie at a time and have them just a bit smaller than the biggest so it really shows the size of the trophy.

[David Kasten]

I think the stringer mounts look fishon mentioned like nice, get a couple different size fish in there and it makes it seem a little more realistic then just cabelas show room style.

[fishinlocal]

The one thing I have learned is for panfish it looks much better with multiple fish to mount, like 3 or so. For a Crappie I would do one atleast 16" and two a bit smaller...would be nice to have 3 16"+ but that could take years

[Berky]

 Originally Posted By: FishOn!

a friend and i got several big slabbers earlier this winter. We threw alot back, but he kept his biggest, a 16. I think thats a reasonable size to mount if you do a search, (a nice metro crappie) a lot of discussion was brought up on that thread. One idea i liked, was to mount more than one crappie at a time and have them just a bit smaller than the biggest so it really shows the size of the trophy.

I have personally seen one like that, where there was 2 15's and 16 all from red lake in an evening of fishing. IT was absolutly goergous, and like you said it really showed the true size of the 16.

[tweeder]

When I was 13 I got a 15.5 inch 2.6 pounds my old man mounted it for me. yes there are bigger ones and I have caught some in that ball park but that one will always be "the" one for me.

As stated before each case is unique but I think anything north of 15 inches will make you proud.

[David Kasten]

shoot i dont care who you are anything bigger than 12 is a big crappie

[BigWadeS]

I would take some pics and then have a nice healthy fish dinner.....

[Sandmannd]

I'm with Wade, hopefully we'll get a try at some at slab fest this saturday. Though if I get a 15+ I would have to think about mounting.

[David Kasten]

little bit of cajun shore lunch and some tater salad

[18 inch Crappie]

I would mount it just after I cought it.

[harvey lee]

Really depends on what type of a mount I'm looking to have done. Lets say I want a mount of numerous crappies swimming on a piece of driftwood, size to me then really doesnt matter much. I have numerous walleye mounts and the nicest one I have is of a 4# eye swimming on a piece of driftwood chasing a minnow in front of his mouth. Yes, I have the big hogs but I personally like the action mounts more.

Its all in the eye of the beholder like stated above. Sometimes the story behind the fishing trip or day is a good reason to mount one too.

[SSSTaxidermy]

I'm in the 16" inch threshold too...That is my goal. Boy it sure would be tough and go against your goal and carve it up if it was 15.5". Getting a 16 is just a rarity around here...But if I happen to get lucky enough to catch a sting of 15's. I would have to lower my standards and go for a multiple mount.

[Lenny40]

That's cool!!! I can say my son when he was 8 caught a slab that measured just over 17" and I did have a fiberglass mount of that... I will never see another one like that. Good Luck

[Fishing Freak]

16 inch maybe 15

[palisade1kid]

 Originally Posted By: fishuhalik

Hey ck, didn't you get a 15 just a little while ago? That one go on the wall?

It's at the taxidemist,I want to get a few more and make the corner of my living room a lake scene with ice on the ceiling,an 8" hole and line coming out of the hole with my *** stuck in it's mouth and a shadow of a fishermen above the ice.

[Steve Foss]

 Originally Posted By: crappiekeith

I want to get a few more and make the corner of my living room a lake scene with ice on the ceiling,an 8" hole and line coming out of the hole with my *** stuck in it's mouth and a shadow of a fishermen above the ice.

Now THAT is a cool idea! I'd love to see a picture of that when you get it done.

[eyebjim]

How you gonna keep that ice from melting?