The Crappie Connection

Pro fisherman, Brad Chappell puts it all out on the table and gives you everything you need to know about the sport of Crappie fishing. He sits down to talk with some of the best to ever wet a line and some of the manufacturers that help make the sport possible. Brad goes above and beyond to give you the best information available. The Crappie Connection is perfect for those long road trips to the lake. Get your fill of what's new in the Crappie world right here!

Bobbers Catch Crappie 05/01/2024

Bobbers Catch Crappie Kent Driscoll and Preston Cleary are here to teach you guys how they catch crappie with slip bobbers in the spring time /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/31078888

Different Techniques to Catch Spring Crappie 04/24/2024

Different Techniques to Catch Spring Crappie Best of both world, a Mississippi boy and an Alabama boy (Eric Cagle and Patrick Stone) here to talk about the different ways to catch crappie in the spring time. /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/30874103

Wading for Crappie 04/17/2024

Wading for Crappie John Harrison and John Mayo are two guys that have been crappie fishing their entire lives. And if there is one style of fishing they're both well known for, it's wading for crappie in the spring! /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/30867458

Boat Control Basics 04/16/2024

Boat Control Basics Clay Gann and Duh - Stache McDaniels are on this one to talk with Brad about the importance of boat control for nearly all techniques of crappie fishing and give you some tips on how to improve your boat control. /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/30854308

Trolling for Spring Crappie 04/03/2024

Trolling for Spring Crappie Brad Whitehead and Tim Howell are on this one to talk about how they use live scope to help them catch more fish TROLLING in the spring time! /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/30652693

What You Are Seeing on Live Scope 04/02/2024

What You Are Seeing on Live Scope Kayle Ward is a wiz when it comes to live scope settings! The guy has spent countless hours on the water toying with the settings on his unit and now he knows what works and what doesn't and he's here to help save you guys some time figuring your unit out too! /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/30652643

Long Line Trolling Spring Crappie 04/02/2024

Long Line Trolling Spring Crappie Brad, along with the help of Mr. Torch Tindle, teach ole Duh Stache how to long line for spring crappie. And we home you guys at home learn something too! /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/30652588

How to Find Crappie in the Spring 03/13/2024

How to Find Crappie in the Spring Brian Young from Eufaula, OK, as well as Dustin "Duh-Stache" McDaniels, are on this one to help you guys figure out how to find fish on a new body of water in the spring time! /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/30349768

Pre Spawn Mistakes 03/12/2024

Pre Spawn Mistakes With a combined 60 years experience these two guys have seen a lot! Steve Coleman and Jeff Riddle are on this one to tell you guys some of the biggest mistakes they see people making in the early days of the spawn. /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/30343813

Looking for Signs the Crappie are Spawning 02/28/2024

Looking for Signs the Crappie are Spawning Dan Dannenmueller and Dustin "Duh-Stache" McDaniels are here to tell you guys what signs to look for to know if the fish n your area are spawning. It's almost that time of year! /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/30141408

Learn the Basics of Tying a Crappie Jig 02/22/2024

Learn the Basics of Tying a Crappie Jig Two of the best in the jig tying business, Jim Churchill and Eric Massey are on the show to teach you guys the basics of hand tied crappie jigs. /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/30058173

Best Garmin Livescope Mount 02/14/2024

Best Garmin Livescope Mount Mark Ridl and John Harrison are here to help you guys decide the best way to mount your Garmin transducer to best suit your needs. It all depends on your style of fishing so John's going to give it to you from the fisherman's perspective and Mark is coming from the perspective of a manufacturer who listens to his customers and helps make sure you get what you need! /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/29958728

Casting Crappie Jigs 01/17/2024

Casting Crappie Jigs Tim Howell and Jeff Jowers are two awesome crappie guides from Down South, that using live scope to cast at open water fish. /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/29530253

Crappie Fishing in Lilly Pads 01/04/2024

Crappie Fishing in Lilly Pads Nick Whitten of Florida and Mike Ellis of East Mississippi are on this time to talk about fishing for crappie in Lilly Pads and other live vegetation. /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/29348233

How to Choose the Right Crappie Jig 12/21/2023

How to Choose the Right Crappie Jig Lee Pitts and Gary Dollahon sit down with Brad to discuss choosing the right Bobby Garland bait for crappie fishing in different times of year and for different techniques. /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/29171553

Crappie Facts 12/07/2023

Crappie Facts Brad and Gabe Sewell, of Crappie Forever, sit down with Kevin Dockendorf, a biologist from the coastal plains of North Carolina, to ask him questions about how to help conserve the resource. /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/28965103

Catching Crappie in the Creeks 11/29/2023

Catching Crappie in the Creeks Caleb Hensley and Joel Harris talk with Brad about fishing creek banks in the late fall and winter months. /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/28848838

How to Long Line Troll For Crappie 11/09/2023

How to Long Line Troll For Crappie David McWilliams and Shane Walser have been Long Line Trolling almost as long as Brad, who as many of you know, has made a career, and won many tournaments using this very technique. It's a great way to kick back, relax and enjoy a day of fishing WITHOUT LIVE SONAR! /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/28560389

Identifying Crappie on Live Scope 10/25/2023

Identifying Crappie on Live Scope You've seen these guys on here before if you watch our show regularly. John Harrison and Joe Floyd are quite the dynamic duo and we got these guys on today to explain how to identify crappie on your livescope screen. /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/28425617

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Brand New Hook and Bullet Sunglasses Available Now! *COUPON CODE* This episode has been quite a while in the making, but we are proud to help the fine folks over at Hook and Bullet Purpose Built Optics announce their newest line of glasses. Bill and Rob are here to tell you all about them! Hook and Bullet Website: Enter coupon code: Crappieconnection15 for 15% off at checkout /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/28290113

Making Your Own Honey Hole to Catch Crappie 09/27/2023

Making Your Own Honey Hole to Catch Crappie Kent Driscoll and Steve Coleman sat down with Brad at the Crappie Compound to talk about ways to build your own structure to not only help you catch fish but help benefit the fish within the body of water. /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/28150652

How to Fish for Crappie on Standing Timber 09/14/2023

How to Fish for Crappie on Standing Timber Kris Mann and John Harrison are experts on vertical jigging standing timber and they're here today to tell you guys how they do it. /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/28036425

Choosing The Right Mount For Your Crappie Fishing Boat 09/13/2023

Choosing The Right Mount For Your Crappie Fishing Boat John Harrison and Mark Ridl sit down with Brad to talk about the different ways to mount your electronics and the wide variety of products Corn Field Fishing Gear offers to help you get your boat set up for your style of fishing. Visit their website at https://cornfieldfishinggear.com/ /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/28017471

Drop-Shot Fishing for Crappie 08/17/2023

Drop-Shot Fishing for Crappie Kent Driscoll and Kirby ham are gone tell you guys about something we've never really covered too much on this podcast. I think you're going to like this one. /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/27776262

Crappie Terminology 08/15/2023

Crappie Terminology Jeff Smith, owner of Crappie Magnet, and John Godwin, from Duck Dynasty, are here to go over some Crappie Fishing Jargon that may help some of you to better understand what we're talking about when we use certain terms. We're always looking to help people get into the sport so if you have some terms you'd like us to cover in the future drop em in the comments for us! /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/27752307

Power Trolling For Summer Time Crappie 07/19/2023

Power Trolling For Summer Time Crappie John Mayo and Les Smith, two legends of the big four, sit down with us at the Crappie Compound to go over a highly effective summer time technique that these two gentlemen have spent a life time learning and fine tuning. This ones absolutely loaded with helpful tips and tricks to help put more fish in your boat during these hot summer months /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/27512109

Using Side Scan to Locate Crappie 07/19/2023

Using Side Scan to Locate Crappie Joe Floyd and John Harrison are two long time professionals who use side scan on a daily basis to locate crappie in different parts of their respective lakes. They sat down with Brad at the crappie compound to give you guys some tips on how to use one of the most useful tools on your boat. /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/27512130

Tagging Crappie to have Crappie Forever 06/22/2023

Tagging Crappie to have Crappie Forever Daniel White of Crappie Forever and Kent Driscoll of B'n'M' Poles are here to kick off the newest series of episodes brought to you guys from the beautiful Crappie Compound on Sardis Lake. Huge thanks to Mr. Les Smith for having us out here, we had a blast and hop you guys enjoy the episodes we got coming for you! Thanks guys. Make sure you hit that subscribe button if you haven't already! /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/27240564

Secrets to Live Scope 05/17/2023

Secrets to Live Scope Dan Dannenmeuller and Kirby Hamm are both very knowledgable members of the Garmin Pro Staff and they're hear to help you guys make sure that the unit you're buying is the right unit for you and to make sure you know how to use all the features the Live Scope has to offer. /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/26870454

Forward Facing Sonar: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 05/03/2023

Forward Facing Sonar: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Sam Heaton and Whitey Outlaw have been fishing tournaments since the very beginning. They've seen every advancement to the sport made in the last 40 years. Now they're going to tell you what they think of forward facing sonar as we discuss The Good, The Bad and The Ugly /episode/index/show/thecrappieconnection/id/26738274

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