Category: Blog Posts

Target bigger crappie in pre-spawn

March 24, 2022

By 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, 2022

By 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, 2022

By 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