Instructors are selected from a national pool of crappie experts and assigned to locations where familiar with the waters. Among them are professional anglers, guides and fishing television/radio show personalities. Generally, the instruction lineup changes every year per location.
Brian is a National Champion crappie angler with 25 years of guiding experience for the species in eastern Oklahoma. His home water is Lake Eufaula, but he also spends a lot of time on Atoka, Tenkiller, Wister, Fort Gibson and more. He says being a successful crappie angler is all about knowledge and confidence, and those come by learning from others and spending time on the water. “That’s how you become good in clear water and stained water, understand difference habits between white crappie and black crappie, and can interpret what your sonar is telling you about crappie moods.” His passion is teaching others how to find and catch crappie.
George’s expertise as a crappie angler and a lure designer makes him one of the sport’s best on how to catch crappie. He has fishing knowledge learned above the water as an angler and below the surface from years of scuba diving. He's spent his lifetime fishing the Grand River and Ft. Gibson, Hudson and Grand Lakes, and has a treasure chest of knowledge to share on tips and tactics for catching crappie throughout NE Oklahoma.
Living and guiding on Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks for crappie, Terry is considered one of the nation’s best at the crappie technique called “dock shooting.” His crappie fishing skills and use of fishing electronics have been featured in newspaper articles, in national magazines and on television. He’s a longtime top Humminbird prostaffer that can be seen in a variety of their promotional efforts, ranging from YouTube to television commercials. His favorite thing to do is take on the challenge of fishing different places for the first time.
