THAT’S A BIG CRAPPIE

LEAMINGTON — Sixteen-year-old Curtis Chorba hit the angling jackpot last weekend when he nabbed these two massive black crappies in Lake Erie near Point Pelee on a black and white tube jig.

Curtis hurried to the Wheatley MNR office, where they officially measured the fish.

The larger of the two (left), measured 413 mm in length. The official Ontario record, according to recordfishcanada.com, is 431.8 mm, which was a crappie caught by Charles Cherill near Hillman Marsh in 1986.

Apparently, we grow them big around here.

Photo submitted