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Whitey Outlaw – Return of The Swamp Thing

02/05/2010

Editor’s Note: Whitey Outlaw of St Matthews, South Carolina is a seasoned crappie tournament competitor and long time pro staff member for B’n’M Poles. The host of the popular outdoor TV show "Crappie University" from 2001 – 2005 now spends a majority of his time fishing the Crappie Masters national tournament trail which takes him from the Harris chain in south Florida to Truman Lake in Missouri. While a formidable competitor on any lake, he’s most at home in the swamps of Santee-Cooper.

Mastering Winter Oxbows With Brad Taylor

01/15/2010

Editor’s Note: Brad Taylor of Greenville, Mississippi is the president of the Magnolia Crappie Club and a B’n’M pro staffer. Oxbow lakes are a mainstay of Taylor’s crappie fishing, both during Club tournaments and when he’s testing the latest rod designs for B’n’M. He’s been fishing oxbows his whole life and looks forward to winter time when oxbow lakes along the Mississippi River provide some of the best crappie fishing action in the entire state.

Christmas Wishes And New Year’s Resolutions From The B’n’M Staff	01/04/2010
Editor’s Note: While the Holiday Season is still a great time to get out on the water and catch some slab crappie, many of the B’n’M gang are spending some valuable time with their families and planning for next year. We asked several of the pro-staffer’s what was on their Christmas list or if they had any New Year’s Resolution’s for 2010.

Brad Whitehead Gets A Little Bit Sideways

12/15/2009

Editor’s Note: Brad Whitehead of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, is a well known authority on crappie fishing and is frequently profiled in magazines and TV shows across the country. He guides on Alabama’s Pickwick, Wilson, and Wheeler Reservoirs as well as being a pro staff member for B’n’M Poles, War Eagle Boats, and Vicious Fishing. Brad recently turned his crappie fishing upside down by deciding to start fishing sideways.

B’n’M Team Is Thankful for Friends, Family, and Kentucky Lake Crappie	11/30/2009
Editor’s Note: Steve Ferguson of Puryear, TN and Joey Briggs of Dexter, KY recently combined their efforts and along with Brigg’s 13 year old son Levi formed one of the newest three man teams on the Crappie USA trail and on the B’n’M Poles pro staff. Their home waters are Kentucky Lake where the trio can be found this week catching crappie around deep water brushpiles.

Move Shallow During October for Slab Crappie with Kent Driscoll and B’n’M Poles

10/26/2009

Editor’s Note: As the weather cools, crappie fishermen across the nation will be fast on the trails of the crappie to find-out where the slabs are going, what depth they’re holding, and what types of baits and lures will produce the most crappie in the shortest time. B’n’M Poles Pro Staff team member Kent Driscoll of Cordova, Tennessee, knows how to get ahead of the crappie and be waiting on them when they show-up.

Slow Trolling for Autumn Crappie with Kent Driscoll and B’n’M Poles”	10/15/2009
Editor’s Note: Kent Driscoll of Cordova, Tennessee, a national crappie pro, belongs to B ‘n’ M Poles’ Pro Staff. He fishes all over the nation and keeps up with crappie movements and techniques for catching those wily papermouths daily. The one question he’s asked most often is, “Where are the crappie now? How can I catch them?”

Fall Crappie Fishing on Weiss Lake with Darrell Baker	09/23/2009
Editor’s Note: Although Darrell Baker of Centre, Alabama, only has been guiding on the famous Weiss Lake, known as the “Crappie Capital of the World,” for 5 years, he’s fished the lake for over 30 years. He admits that, “September is a tough month for catching crappie not only on Weiss Lake but on many southern lakes.”

Reelfoot Lake’s Billy Blakely Keeps His Customers Happy with Lots of Crappie and B ‘n’ M Poles	09/08/2009
Editor’s Note: Billy Blakely, the lodge manager and longtime guide at Blue Bank Resort on Reelfoot Lake near Tiptonville, Tennessee, has a job that requires him to find good fishing for his customers. Each day Blakely and his crew of guides have to stay in touch with where the crappie are, and what they’re doing and figure out how to catch them.

Shallow Crappie in August – Why and Where with the Reedys

08/17/2009

Editor’s Note: Jim and Barbara Reedy, a husband-and-wife team from Charleston, Missouri, have tournament crappie fished for 18 years. Their home lakes are Reelfoot and Kentucky lakes. These two crappie fishermen also travel to about 20 tournaments each year all over the nation from Florida to Minnesota. “We like to travel the country, meet new people and learn a lot of new crappie techniques,” Jim Reedy explains.

Hot Weather Crankin’ for Crappie with Kent Driscoll	08/03/2009
Editor’s Note: Kent Driscoll of Cordova, Tennessee, a longtime member of the B’n’M Pro Staff team, has fished for crappie for over 30 years and competes in national crappie tournaments each season.

Fishing Deep for Hot-Weather Crappie with Stokes McClellan	07/20/2009
Editor’s Note: The right water temperature and oxygen content are the keys to successfully finding crappie in July and August. Stokes McClellan of Huntersville, North Carolina, will tell us how to find and catch crappie during these months.

Secrets of the Crappie Champs

07/06/2009

Editor’s Note: Ronnie Capps, a B ‘n’ M Pro Staff member from Tiptonville, Tennessee, and co-winner of more than $1.4 million earned catching crappie, and his partner recently won the 2009 Crappie USA South Region Regional Event held at Pickwick Lake in Alabama. In addition to winning a trophy, they won $4,500 in cash using a technique they call bulldozing. Capps and Coleman finished the tournament with a 2-day total of 14 crappie weighing just over 22 pounds.

Catch Crappie When You Can Fry Eggs on the Sidewalk

06/15/2009

Editor’s Note: Hot weather and clear water are most crappie fishermen’s worst nightmares. But Ronnie Capps, a B ‘n’ M Pro Staff member from Tiptonville, Tennessee, and co-winner of more than $1.4 million earned catching crappie, can catch crappie when the weather’s so hot you can fry eggs on the sidewalk. This week, Capps will tell us how to find and catch crappie during the hottest months of the year.

Shooting and Trolling Docks on Alabama’s Weiss Lake with Darrell Baker	06/01/2009
Editor’s Note: Many crappie fishermen like to shoot docks to catch crappie. And usually the crappie are under the docks, but sometimes they’re not. But where are the fish when they’re not under the docks? Darrell Baker, who has been fishing Alabama’s Weiss Lake for 32 years and guiding on the lake for 5 years, answers this question.

Longline Trolling for Crappie with Darrell Baker on Weiss Lake	05/18/2009
Editor’s Note: B ‘n’ M pro Darrell Baker of Centre, Alabama, has been fishing Alabama’s Weiss Lake for 32 years. He’s guided on the lake for 5 years.

How Long a Crappie Spawn Lasts with Ronnie Capps	05/04/2009
Editor’s Note: Most of us believe the best time to catch crappie, if not the only time, is when the crappie are spawning in the spring and holding on shallow-water cover. But Ronnie Capps, a B'n'M Pro Staff member from Tiptonville, Tennessee, and co-winner of more than $1.4 million earned catching crappie, says the crappie spawn can last well into the summer.

The Effect a Cold Front Has on the Spawn with Ronnie Capps	04/20/2009
Editor’s Note: A top tournament crappie fishermen, Ronnie Capps and his partner have won six world crappie championships and traveled to lakes all across the United States from their homes in Tiptonville, Tennessee, and have earned over $1.4 million. This week Capps will tell us the effect a cold front has on the spawn.

Myths about the Crappie Spawn with Ronnie Capps of B ‘n’ M Poles

04/06/2009

Editor’s Note: Ronnie Capps and his partner, Steve Coleman, of Tiptonville, Tennessee, have won six World-Champion crappie tournaments and have earned over $1.4 million catching crappie. “But I think we’ve spent all that money entering and traveling to crappie tournaments,” Capps says with a smile. Over the next few weeks, Ronnie Capps will tell us when the crappie spawn starts, where to find the fish during the spawn and how to catch crappie when a cold front hits. He’ll dispel crappie myths most of us embrace as fact. Most of us believe the best time to catch crappie, if not the only time, is when the crappie are spawning and holding on shallow-water cover. But do the crappie always spawn in shallow-water cover? And where do crappie spawn when there’s little or no shallow-water cover? This week Capps will tell us when the spawn starts.

Bet on the Tunica Cut-off During March and April with Ed “Dawg” Weldon	03/23/2009
Editor’s Note: Ed “Dawg” Weldon of Tunica, Mississippi, has fished the Tunica Cut-off, a large oxbow lake off the Mississippi River in Tunica, Mississippi, for more than 60 years. Like most oxbows, the Tunica Cut-off is affected by rising and falling river levels, as well as temperature changes. This week, Dawg will tell us where he’s finding and catching crappie right now.

Where To Catch Crappie in March with Stokes McClellan	03/09/2009
Editor's Note: Stokes McClellan from Huntersville, North Carolina, a member of the B'n'M Pro Staff, is a tournament crappie fisherman and a crappie-fishing enthusiast.

How to Find and Catch Crappie in Late February and Early March with Kent Driscoll	02/20/2009
Editor’s Note: Kent Driscoll of Cordova, Tennessee, a longtime member of the B ‘n’ M Pro Staff team, has fished for crappie for over 30 years and competes in national crappie tournaments each season.

Winter Crappie Fishing with Whitey Outlaw	02/11/2009
Editor’s Note: Whitey Outlaw of St. Matthews, South Carolina, who developed the Santee Elite pole for B’n’M, prefers to fish Santee Cooper Lake in the winter because it has a lot of structure where crappie like to concentrate.

How to Catch Icicle Crappie this Month in Shallow and Deep Lakes with Tracy Macintosh

02/10/2009

Editor’s Note: Tracy Macintosh of Dyersburg, Tennessee, is a crappie fisherman. I mean a real crappie fisherman, who goes crappie fishing regardless of the weather, the time of year, the water conditions and whether the crappie are in the mood or not to bite. He gives no excuse for why he can’t go or won’t go, and he believes that every day he’s on the water, he’s either going to catch crappie or learn to catch crappie. According to Macintosh, “Just because the weather’s cold, and a lake may be iced-over, we can still catch crappie in shallow-water lakes and in deep-water lakes.” Macintosh will tell us how this week.

Winter Crappie Fishing with Whitey Outlaw	01/27/2009
Editor’s Note: Whitey Outlaw of St. Matthews, South Carolina, who developed the Santee Elite pole for B’n’M, prefers to fish Santee Cooper Lake in the winter because it has a lot of structure where crappie like to concentrate.

Shallow Crappie During the Winter Months with John Harrison	01/20/2009
Editor’s Note: John Harrison of Calhoun City, Mississippi, fishes Grenada Lake, a premier crappie lake that’s only a few miles from his hometown.

The Secret to Fishing Steep Drop-Offs with Darrell Baker

01/12/2009

Editor’s Note: Darrell Baker of Centre, Alabama, a B ‘n’ M pro and a crappie guide on Weiss Lake in Alabama, fishes for crappie year-round on Weiss Lake. When Weiss Lake was impounded, the water flooded over the tops of some steep bluffs and high ridges, creating steep drop-offs. This week, Baker will tell us how to fish those drop-offs and catch plenty of crappie in late December and January.