Thread: New Member Introductions

Good evening gentlemen(that term should cover most of y'all by the looks of it haha),

The name is Matt, I have lurked around long enough and decided to join up. I am a young gun I guess at 26, but I have been fishing for as long as I remember. I grew up as a loyal B.A.S.S fan and was out bass fishing at every possible moment. When Dad couldn't take me out in the bass boat I was running trot lines and jugs out of a canoe! During college I supplemented my Income guiding fishing charters in the Louisiana marshes and offshore waters. I fell in love with big game (Marlin, Tuna, Wahoo, Etc) trolling and did it every chance i could get. But life had other Ideas and I found myself back in my birthplace of Jackson MS living on Pelahatchie Bay.

I guess after 1000's of red fish, largemouths just didn't hold that much appeal to me anymore. All i ever knew about crappie was that with a bucket of minnows and i jig pole, I could load up walking along the piers at the Jackson Yacht Club pretty much year around if you knew where to look. Then i found out about crappie trolling! BooYah!! I love the process! I even started doing it out of my 32' offshore rig with twin 200's ( I could watch the boats group up on big schools by watching them all on my radar, like following the birds offshore)!

But alas, life is tough, and I suddenly lost my mentor, fishing partner, and father to a sudden early heart attack. Now fuel prices keeps the big rig on the trailer until i can find a party of guys to split cost. I'm in the process of decking out my little Tracker Panfish17' Stick Steer, that I inherited from dad, to be a crappie machine! I even told my wife that she could rest easy because there was no way crappie fishing could match my expenses from my other aquatic pursuits........needless to say, I was wrong!

I fish the Rez most every week. If you see a young guy with curly hair flying solo in a newer tracker with a stick steer, please feel free to stop by and say hey. I can always bend and ear and share some stories when it comes to fishing.

Welcome aboard!!!! Sorry for the loss of your father. you have pretty much lied to the bride tho, good luck with that one as well.

Welcome . I myself get out on the rez as much as possible . I have fished all my life but crappie fishing like these guys is new . Best of luck on keeping the cost down . Good fishing on barnett .

Welcome MidMS. I live on the other side of the Rez. Hope to see you on the water. I have a grey Pro Crappie 175 with a Merc.

New to posting-long time lurker. Former green carp guy that saw the light about 6-7 years ago. Enjoy reading crappie technics-learned alot about spider rigging and crankbait trolling on the sippi site.
I have fished with sippi guides four times and learned how to catch dinks in southern Il. Plan on trying to fish with Feelay in October.
Met several of the sippi 'characters' at the Sardis camp in 2011-BRM,Billbob and several more. I read the site everyday to get my 'fix'.

Originally Posted by clayman

New to posting-long time lurker. Former green carp guy that saw the light about 6-7 years ago. Enjoy reading crappie technics-learned alot about spider rigging and crankbait trolling on the sippi site.
I have fished with sippi guides four times and learned how to catch dinks in southern Il. Plan on trying to fish with Feelay in October.
Met several of the sippi 'characters' at the Sardis camp in 2011-BRM,Billbob and several more. I read the site everyday to get my 'fix'.

You can't go wrong with Feelay, he'll put you on fish for sure. Make plans to be at out Spring Camp too Apr 27th at Enid.

Will put the spring camp on the calendar-thanks.

Hello all,

I am 37 yrs old, from missouri and was raised fishing truman, I now live in Kansas and fish hillsdale lake mostly. It is a small lake (5,000 acres), but close to the house. Checking Ms out because I have two trips planned to Grenada this year and hope to learn from the old geezers on here that catch fish. You know the type....john boat, sun hat, overalls.....but always catch crappie! Hopefully I have a couple good trips to Grenada and can make it an annual thing. Thanks and best wishes.