Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls… Welcome to the big show. The Crappie Expo 2021 and 2021 Mr. Crappie Invitational Classic fishing tournament taking place in Shreveport, Louisiana. It’s the largest crappie event and this year it’s expected to exceed all previous records.


This will be the third annual Crappie Expo with its inaugural event being held in Hot Springs, Arkansas and second at Branson, Missouri. The event is the big show for all ...

Had a fun two days at Wister for my bday this weekend with my wife. Next to no boat traffic and bite wasn’t too bad either. 1st day threw them all back but kept the 2nd days. Had 39 keepers between the two days. Lost a really big one tonight ...

frowned upon, but when it comes to fun-harvesting on the water, I'm ALL IN! Saltwater Tuesday programming had both fishing & crabbing on my technique du jour/modus operandi. Working my way West from launch, I'd set a trap/fish ...

It's still hot ! The water temp gets up to 95 deg. And the water level is still down even though we had a ton of rain. My last few trips did not produce any great numbers, but I got to try out some new ideas that I have been working on. ...

Having been an avid fisherman since I was a young child, I have learned to tell a tale, and I have told a lot of them over the years, a few of which were actually true. But today, today is a day that I am going to tell a tale that may not ...

REPUBLISHED BY POPULAR DEMAND (Originally published here in 2015):

I learned a few things during this years annual migration to Florida I thought I'd share. I discovered a "new to me" long lining rig I have had some good success with. Now I am certain I've not invented anything new here, and I'm sure someone on Crappie.com probably even has posted about this style rig, but it's new to me so I'm calling it a "Slab Rig". ...

Fun day on the water, cool breeze, actually kinda chilly early, and the fish played along. Didn't get a limit, but got some keepers, ton of dinks. Got bit just about on every drop, then trying to get them out of the pile, had one got hung up ...