Crappie Blog
Mississippi misadventures: Finding good in a difficult trip
April 1, 2022By Greg McCain The Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote a poem over 200 years ago that included the line (and I’m paraphrasing somewhat) “the best laid plans of mice and men often go wrong.” Surely Burns didn’t know much about crappie fishing, but he must have been foreshadowing a Mississippi trip recently completed by ACC…read more
Target bigger crappie in pre-spawn
March 24, 2022By Greg McCain The time of the year has arrived when crappie are in various stages of the spawn. Across the country and even across the Canadian border, the bigger females arrive at staging areas just outside spawning areas. They locate on contour lines, ledges, or dropoffs, just about any structure with a depth change…read more
Friendship results in ‘hooksets from heaven’
March 21, 2022By Greg McCain Some things simply transcend fishing. Such was the case with the friendship that developed between two gentlemen separated by a few hundred miles, one from Kentucky and one from Mississippi, but linked by a litany of common interests. Fishing was an integral part of their time together, but the connection went far…read more