Building Crappie Cover
When asked their opinion about putting stake beds, brush piles or other man-made cover into their favorite lake, most crappie anglers typically respond with, “It improves the fishing,” or “It increases the crappie population.” However, fisheries managers often express a different opinion on artificial structures.

Stake beds Started Here
Bobby Wilson oversees the fisheries habitat program for the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (TWRA). Wilson claims that the agency’s initi....More


How to Sink Crappie Cover
Legendary Nashville crappie guide Harold Morgan knows the haunts and habits of this game fish better than any angler I've fished with. In my many trips with Morgan, I've been constantly amazed at his ability to catch crappie when other anglers on the lake are shooting blanks. Morgan has refined his live bait and lure techniques over decades of crappie fishing, yet insists that without painstaking preparation well before the crappie season begins, even the most sophisticated rigs and presentat....More


Water Temperature Guide
Water Temperature: 35 Degrees
Crappie will be holding tight to bottom cover in 30-50 feet deep and tight-lipped, but they still need to eat and is catchable with the right presentation. Look for humps or other bottom-hugging cover in or near main-lake river channels. Fish straight down with a vertical presentation using small live minnows on a Kentucky rig, or very slowly "bounce" small spoons jigged just above the fish. Kentucky Rig consist of two hooks about a foot or two apart with a bel....More


President Speaks -- Barnett III
Well we couldn't have asked for a more perfect day to end the 2008-2009 regular season than this this one. Not only was it a perfect day but we had 43 boats which was more than we had all year, not to mention that of the 42 teams, two of them were new teams. Now that's ending the season with a bang!

First Place was taken by none other than team Rogers-Jane and Rabbit. They brought 12.70#'s to the scales to beat out the rest of the field by one pound or more. Not only did they win the ....More


From The Tournament Director's Desk

New Season Kickoff

Well friends, here we are again about to kick off another season. The MCC board has put together an exciting schedule. There are a few lakes not visited recently, as well as, a new lake MCC has never fished before, Arkabutla. Arkabutla Lake is known around the country as one of Mississippi's premier crappie lakes! There are stories of four pound crappie swimming in its waters. The board decided to add Arkabutla for seve....More