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SHALLOW WATER SPIDER-RIGGING

and championships. He is married to Nicole
Humbertson with their first child due to arrive BnM 16-foot poles, Driftmaster rodholders,
around July 4th. He was born and raised in Lowrance (set on sonar) and Humminbird
South Carolina near Santee Cooper Lake 360 are all part of Outlaw’s shallow water
where he learned how to fish, mostly in the spider rig setup.
upper end of the lake where it is shallow
and full of vegetation and cover. Matt helps water crappie fishing.
manage the family’s Insulation business out of
St. Matthews, South Carolina. As, he told me, Matt Outlaw not only talked about how
“I was sitting in a boat with my Dad, I was still in spider rigging in shallow water during the
diapers and couldn’t walk.” So Matt has been summer is effective, but he put a nice limit of
on the water for 29 years. He has been crappie 7 fish in the live well while we were visiting.
tournament fishing since 2009. This year he He was fishing in a slough about ½ mile off
has teamed with his Dad to fish the American of a river where the water averaged 4 feet
Crappie Trail tournament series where they deep and surface temps around 85 degrees.
are currently tied for 3rd place for Angler of the Eight, 14-foot B’n’M poles were used with
Year. Due to Matt’s success, he has acquired double-minnow rigs tied on with some using
sponsorships from B’n’M Poles, General Tires, a Rockport Rattler jig, others with a Pro Built
Heybo, Midsouth Tackle, Crappie Magnet, Pro jig both tipped with a medium sized minnow.
Built Jigs, Rockport Rattler, and Driftmaster. A couple of the rods were rigged with Eagle
Matt told us that he rarely fishes over 10 feet Claw hooks and minnows. Matt said that
deep, so he really knows a lot about shallow crappie can be caught throughout the summer

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