A Minnesota man broke the state’s document for the biggest black crappie ever caught and confirmed not as soon as, however twice this spring. Nolan Sprengeler landed a 17.5-inch black crappie in Might that was licensed at 3 kilos 8.9 ounces, breaking the document he’d set solely a month earlier than.
Particulars on the catch are scarce since Sprengeler has declined an interview, however the Minnesota Division of Pure Sources announced Friday that he’d damaged his personal document. That first fish was a 16.25-inch black crappie caught in April. Sprengeler, who lives in a Minneapolis suburb, didn’t seem to submit the fish’s girth for the document books. Nor does Minnesota embody catch places in its modern fishing records, although Minnesota’s New Country claims the document crappie was caught in Rice County.
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Minnesota tracks three forms of state fishing data: licensed weight fishing data, catch-and-release data, and historic weight data previous to 1980, when the DNR began requiring certification for data. Sprengler’s fish falls into the primary class of licensed weight, which requires weighing the fish on a licensed scale, a witness signature, and two DNR fisheries biologists to positively establish the species in individual (amongst different necessities).
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The largest black crappie ever caught within the state is an unconfirmed catch from 1940. That fish, caught from the Vermillion River, weighed 5 kilos (no ounces reported) and measured 21 inches lengthy.
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Along with his back-to-back black crappie data, Sprengeler additionally holds the state document for the biggest muskie ever caught and authorized within the state. That muskie, caught in November 2021, weighed 55 kilos 14.8 ounces and broke a document that had stood for 64 years.
