A new Ohio state record hybrid crappie was caught in April by Ohio angler Jesse Miller. The record setting fish had a length of 18.3, girth of 16 inches, and weighed 4.27 pounds.
Miller’s fish marks the first entry into Ohio’s new state record fish category for hybrid crappie (black crappie x white crappie).
Miller caught the hybrid crappie April 1, 2026 while fishing near the Middletown Dam on the Great Miami River, using six pound test monofilament line and a minnow below a bobber.
Fisheries biologists Kipp Brown and Mike Porto from Wildlife District 5 in Xenia confirmed the identification of a hybrid crappie, noting that hybrids are not unusual in water containing both species.
Ohio’s record fish are determined on the basis of weight only and are certified by the Outdoor Writers of Ohio State Record Fish Committee with assistance from fisheries biologists from Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife.
source: Ohio Department of Natural Resources
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