Syracuse.com - Afton boy reels in lunker crappie through ice on Susquehanna River

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It was 17 1/4 inches long!

Hunter and his lunker crappie. Submitted photo Hunter Baciuska, 8, of Afton, holds up a 17 1/4 inch crappie he caught through the ice recently while fishing with his father, Lynn, on the Susquehanna River near Afton. The boy caught the fish using a jig tipped with a fathead minnow.

What a fish!

The state record for black crappie is 17 3/4 inches (3 pounds, 12 ounces) caught by Kenneth Kierst in Duck Lake in Cayuga County on April 17, 1998.

Still, congratulations to Hunter. His father said the fish is currently in the family's freezer and headed to the taxidermist.

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