“I know we caught 300 crappies that day before we headed in.” Porter holds up the new state-record black crappie. Photo courtesy Jerry Porter At the boat launch Porter ran into another pal, Jamie ...

The fish also went through DNA testing by the state to make sure it was a black crappie, not a white crappie or hybrid. The fish is the current IGFA all-tackle record for black crappie ...

A West Virginia angler just broke a fish record in the Mountain State. Jerry Porter of Harts, West Virginia, caught a black crappie while fishing at East Lynn Lake in Wayne County. Porter reeled ...