Thecrappieconnection's Podcast

4 guides from 4 different areas sit down and give you everything you need to know before booking a guide trip. Tim and Shane are great guys and awesome guides.   If you want to book a trip with either of them give em a call or shoot them a text. Tim (Mississippi): 662-251-5625 Shane (North Carolina): 336-978-3737

Two absolute legends of the sport sit down and put their heads together to give you their best advice when fishing for crappie on a new lake for the first time. These guys have 40+ years of tournament experience between them in different areas of the country; and they've both fished lakes all across the country. There is a ton of useful information in this one guys!

The one and only Jimmy Houston at The Grizzly Jig Spring Fishing Show in Caruthersville, MO

WSD and Landon Alberts, from K9 Fishing Line, sat down with the guys to talk, and eat, some crappie at the 2021 Crappie Expo in Shreveport, LA

Richard and Ashley Faulk have been fishing crappie tournaments together for years as a married couple and this time we sat down with them to talk about the challenges and the different advantages of working with your spouse to win tournaments.

Dan Johston and Ryan Teach from St. Croix rods sat down with us at the Crappie Expo to talk about why they were here and their decision to start designing their high quality fishing rods for crappie fishermen. Exciting stuff. Check them out at https://stcroixrods.com/

Jamie Anderson and Matt Thibault from Anderson Minnow Farm are here to break down their operation and fill you in on how they farm different species of bait fish, the obstacles involved with doing that, and how they are able to ship bait fish in almost all 50 states nation wide! https://andersonminnows.com/shop/

Bill Waller of Hook and Bullet Sunglasses and Mark Espinet from Zeiss sit down with the guys and talk about the newest glasses on the market that they have developed specifically to help you see your live scope better.

Bass Pro Edwin Evers and Wally Olczak sat down with Brad and Todd at the 2021 Crappie Expo and came to the conclusion that maybe we're not so different after all... Bass fishermen and Crappie fishermen that is... but we won't tell anyone if you won't! Thank you guys for watching/listening, we couldn't do any of this without you guys. And we want to wish all of you a happy and safe Thanksgiving!

Chris Holson and his dad, Junior Holson sit down with the guys and talk about how Redneck Rubbers came to be, how they come up with new names for their baits, and where they plan to take their product in the future.

Mike and Tony give you the details on the tournament and we talk about playing to your strengths when fishing tournaments. We also unveil some new products from Jenko!

Mark Ridl has been making some big changes, and believe me, it's more than just the name!

Dan Danenmeuller and Mike Jones, with help from developer, Matt Mullikin, have created a spectacular new website and mobile app for Visit Mississippi called Mississippi Crappie Trail. You can plan a trip to any of the great fisheries Mississippi has to offer, find guides, boat ramps, a place to stay and a bite to eat all from one source!

Jay Don Reeve and his wife Rhonda are holding a Jack & Jill benefit crappie tournament on Lake O' The Pines in Texas on October 23, 2021. This is to benefit the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition. Visit JackNJillClassic.com for more info You can also message Rhonda Reeve on Facebook.

They did it and we managed to scoop them up for just a minute to sit them down and talk about their week out on the Red River and what it took for them to take home first prize in the 2021 Mr. Crappie Invitational Tournament in Shreveport, LA.

Mark Griffith is a friend of ours we met over a year ago in Tupelo, Mississippi who's been doing a lot of research on a groundbreaking new species of hybrid crappie; and he's here, live from the 2021 Mississippi wildlife extravaganza, to tell us about it! Y'all enjoy!

At the 2021 Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza we filmed in front of a live audience. Our Friday show featured Eric Howard and Michael Nowell. Eric and his wife Lean have started an awesome group to get kids fishing called the Tropical Storm Kid's Club. This club is for kids ages 3-13. Michael is president of Magnolia Crappie Club in Mississippi. Magnolia Crappie Club is one of the longest running clubs in the state, beginning in 1992, and is know for it's stiff competition.  As always, subscribe on YouTube and follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

The guys get the scoop on summer patterns during those hot dog days of summer on the Barnett Reservoir. They also discuss Hayden's recent win in the Magnolia Crappie Club circuit and how to bring more young people to the sport of crappie fishing

Brad sits down to talk about one of his favorite ways to catch crappie, ESPECIALLY in the heat of the summer, with Travis Bunting and Chris Bushart. Both Chris and Travis are deadly with a crank bait but between the three of them they all do thing a little differently.