Crappie.com 2018 Calendar March Photo Backstory

Hanr3 asked: I'd love to hear the story. One heck of a nice slab.


Thanks Hanr3 for inquiring for a backstory, so here is the short version. That big ol' slab was caught on one of my personal best days fishing at Grand Bayou. That was one of three 2 pound black crappie I caught in one day in march '17 spider rigging out in open water chasing baitballs around the lake. I had just started experimenting with spider rigging after meeting Duckcommando here on crappie.com and he started teaching me how it was done. (He actually lives on the lake and I use his boat launch.) It was a big ol' female and she weighted in at 2.20 and right at 15.50". She is also the same one in the picture that I am holding up