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Lionel “Jam” Ferguson
RECORD SLAB
CRAPPIE VERIFIED!
Most veteran crappie anglers think about big slab crappie coming from a
large reservoir somewhere across the South. Places like Kentucky Lake or
South Carolina’s Santee Cooper reservoir or perhaps one of Mississippi’s
popular crappie lakes such as Enid, Sardis, Arkabutla or Grenada.
Not so, however, as a pond in East Tennessee has officially given up a lunker black crappie that has set a new record.
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has verified through genetic testing
that the crappie caught from a Loudon county pond last month is indeed a
black crappie and the new state record.
Lionel “Jam” Ferguson from the East Tennessee community of Philadelphia
landed the 5 pounds, 7.68 ounces trophy fish on May 15. After a fisheries
biologist visually identified the species and weight was verified with
certified scales, a small fin clip was sent for genetic testing to confirm
that the fish was not a hybrid. The previous state record for a black
crappie was 4 pounds, 4 ounces caught in Brown’s Creek Lake by Clyde
Freeman 33 years ago.
Ferguson’s catch also would qualify as the new International Game Fish
Association (IGFA) world record for black crappie, besting the current
record by 7.68 ounces. The current record was caught from a private lake
in Missouri by John Horstman in 2006. Ferguson has indicated that he plans
to apply with the IGFA for the new world record.
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