Lake Burton Record Black Crappie

A 2.70-lb. black crappie set a new lake record for Lake Burton, but it only placed third in Week 1 of the 1994 GON Fishing Contest with a score of 83.1 percent. Tom Cook caught the slab on March 7.

The GON Fishing Contest had weekly winners, with each species of fish having a benchmark weight and winners determined by an entry’s percentage of that benchmark. The weekly winners had a Cast-Off for a new Triton bass boat.