Crappie Blog

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

Louisiana Crappie of a Lifetime
March 8, 2022By Greg McCain, Almost by chance, Shane Hodge found himself fishing a small northern Louisiana lake in late February. The odds of catching one of the biggest crappie ever landed in Louisiana were even longer, especially after watching a friend hook what was likely the same fish only seconds before. The Farmerville, LA, resident had…read more

ACC staffers battle weather conditions on D’Arbonne
March 2, 2022By Greg McCain If competitive crappie fishing were a boxing match, the weather scored a near TKO during the Crappie Masters national tour event on Louisiana’s Lake D’Arbonne on the final weekend of February. Fishing against a field of over 100 boats, competitors had more than just fish to worry about. Bad conditions on Friday…read more