• Dan, Dan, the fishing man.

    I met Dan Dannenmueller quite a while ago at a Crappie Masters event on the Alabama River. TJ Stalling introduced us and we've been good friends ever since. We have similar backgrounds as we are both IT guys that turned to Crappie fishing to enjoy life away from a cold air-conditioned windowless computer room! Dan and TJ (and outdoor writer Tim Huffman) are the men behind CrappieNOW.com.


    That is crappie.com member "Shuorc" at the far right. I fish with him on Lake Griffin regularly. He only looks that way cause he wasn't able to fish that morning. Normally when you see him on the water he's all smiles.

    That's Dan in the middle of that picture and Dan's fishing partner Garrett Steele to the left. Garrett is a country singer and entertainer, and an all around great guy. I had a lot of fun fishing the Crappie Masters Media Day event at Tavares with him and Dan.


    This picture was taken the day before the media event. I went fishing that morning on Lake Griffin and was surprised to see Dan on the water doing some pre-fishing there.


    It was a beautiful morning on the day of the media event, albeit a little foggy, but the fog was certain to burn off quickly.


    We caught a couple small crappie, then this hit. This kitty cat weighed 8 pounds and tied up 2 other rods, but at least we were able to get it in and not mess up all eight. That woulda been a nightmare.


    We had a great day and caught some nice crappie. Dan Spider rigs off the front of the boat with 8 rods using Bobby Garland soft-plastic baits on jigs tipped with minnows. I asked Dan how he was first attracted to crappie fishing and the following video was his response. I told him I was videoing only afterwards. He does real well on camera, even when he does not know he's being recorded. lol




    Garmin is one of Dan's sponsors, and I have to tell you, they are some real quality products. I was very impressed.



    Take a look at Dan's presentation about the Garmin units below:




    Dan has a great new rig too. It's a new wrap for both his truck and boat.


    I was able to sneak a crappie.com decal onto his truck without him knowing. Can you see it! j/k, he had me put two on his truck and two on his boat. Thanks Dan Dan, you da man. Glad to have you as part of the Crappie.com family.
    Comments 14 Comments
    1. Speckanator's Avatar
      Speckanator -
      10-8 guys
    1. broz's Avatar
      broz -
      nice pic
    1. short grub's Avatar
      short grub -
      Thanks Slab, nice pics guys
    1. RogerA's Avatar
      RogerA -
      I have met Dan several times and he is a great guy and a great representative of our sport.
    1. fishfood's Avatar
      fishfood -
      This is going to be a strange request ......

      Can you find out what brand gloves he has on in the Garmin video? I have to wear major sun protection while on the water and like the gloves without fingers.

      Told you it was going to be strange....... LOL
    1. Billbob's Avatar
      Billbob -
      nice picks
    1. mutedblade's Avatar
      mutedblade -
      All smiles. Great pics.
    1. Slab's Avatar
      Slab -
      Quote Originally Posted by fishfood View Post
      This is going to be a strange request ......

      Can you find out what brand gloves he has on in the Garmin video? I have to wear major sun protection while on the water and like the gloves without fingers.

      Told you it was going to be strange....... LOL
      Dan's busy prefishing. He responded to me with this about the gloves though:
      "Pls tell him they are part of my Cabela's long johns top."
    1. Dave and Lynn's Avatar
      Dave and Lynn -
      Great pics and video's.
    1. kickingback's Avatar
      kickingback -
      Nice!
    1. specktacklure's Avatar
      specktacklure -
      Nice pictures !!
    1. Scouts Out's Avatar
      Scouts Out -
      thanks
    1. Slabby15's Avatar
      Slabby15 -
      Hey Slab, us IT guys never have windows and most of the time I have been underground. Great article. Wes
    1. mudpie's Avatar
      mudpie -
      wow is all i can say
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