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CRAPPIE USA

Crappie USA National
Championship
Top 10 Pro Division

15.13 Ben Garland and Barry Turpen
14.57 Chris Creech and Rodney Stevens
13.83 Steve Hess and Dan Lutcha
13.50 Steve Ferguson and Frank Finley
13.44 Kris and Terry Mann
12.96 Kevin McCarley and Kevin Hagood
12.77 Glen Ward and Donnie Miller
12.67 Bret Cunningham and David Wright
12.59 Keith Lytle and Jessie Sutherland
11.34 Jeremy Mattingly and Dustin Parks

Crappie USA National
Chris Creech and Rodney Stevens were Championship
tied for Big Fish after day one with this Top 10 Amateur Division
1.81-pound crappie.

13.21 Rodney Goforth and Darrell Hyde

that bright but it worked out well.” 13.11 Luke McCoy and Aaron Gully
12.70 James and Jamie Heflin
Creech and Stevens were one of the 12.46 Terry Weber and Don Beasley
few teams who found fish shallow and they 11.92 Antwan Roberson and Stacy Morphis
were quality fish. They held the Big Fish 10.64 Thomas E. Nimrick and Teresa Abell
lead after day one with a 1.87 pounder. 10.60 James and Missy Trunnel
They used Bobby Garland jigs in 10.37 Roger D. Claywell and Dean Rogers
Monkey Milk color under a slip bobber 10.18 Roger Slavey and Harris Dix
to catch fish over structure on the bank 09.50 Richard Hamilton and Larry Reynolds
in two to five feet of water. Then, after
catching the shallow fish, they would let
the jig sink to 10 to 15 feet of water and
target deeper fish in the same structure.
The technique landed them about 30 fish 20- to 30-foot range using B’n’M Poles.”
over the weekend. Kris and Terry were among those
anglers that lost fish that could have made
Fifth & AOY a difference in their finish. The warm water
Kris and Terry Mann, Mt. Sterling, KY, temperatures were taking a toll.
finished fifth in the Classic and won the “We stayed on the move fishing many
Angler Team of the Year for 2018. They different creeks in an effort to target
caught their fish deep on jigs. larger black crappie,” continued Kris. “Our
“Fishing was super tough due to problem came as we struggled to keep
fluctuating water levels over the last two those fish alive that were coming from
weeks and unseasonably warm water deep water. We were only able to catch
temps,” confirmed Kris. “We caught all of 15 keepers over two tournament days
our fish on 1/8-ounce Crappie Magnet jigs of fishing. Unfortunately, three of those
in the Fast Lane and Mermaid colors. We expired before the weigh-in, leaving us
mainly one pole jigged wood cover in the with just 12 weigh-in fish.”

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