Crappie USA News

Crappie USA Northern Regional Coming to Indiana's Patoka Lake

Crappie USA Inc., "America's Premier National Crappie Fishing Tournament Organization" will hold the Crappie USA Northern Regional Event on Indiana's Patoka Lake on June 5th & 6th. These anglers have qualified from local events held in Tennessee, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky and Oklahoma. The prequalified anglers will be fishing for a 7-fish limit of crappie both days, which could net them a check along with the opportunity to advance to the Cabela's Crappie USA Classic, the most prestigious event in crappie fishing today. The Crappie USA Northern Regional event is sponsored by the Orange County CVB and the Dubois County Visitors Bureau.

A pre-tournament seminar will be held for the anglers qualified for the event on Thursday evening at Paoli Peaks in Paoli, Indiana. Sign up will begin at 5:00pm with the meeting and a National Sponsor Field Test Product Drawing starting at 7:00pm local time. This seminar is open to the public. For those not fishing the event, we encourage you to come out to this meeting and meet the top crappie anglers in the region.

The tournament weigh-in will be held on Friday and Saturday the 5th and 6th beginning at 3:00pm at the Hoosier Hills Marina, off Hwy. 545 on the west side of the lake.

This is the perfect opportunity for non-competitors to come and learn how the big ones are caught by the top crappie anglers in the Northern Region. Interviews of the top 5 teams will be conducted after the weigh in.

The Orange County CVB and the Dubois County Visitors Bureau would like to welcome all Crappie USA anglers and their guest to the area and hope they take the opportunity to enjoy the many attractions in the area. For more information on the area call: Orange County CVB at: 1-877-422-9925 or visit their website at: www.orangecountyin.com. For the Dubois County Visitors Bureau call: 1-800-968-4578 or visit their website at: www.visitduboiscounty.com. Host lodging for the event will be the Days Inn, 272 Brucke Strasse, at the corner of Brucke Strasse & South Newton in Jasper, IN. For reservations call: 812-482-6000 or 1-800-742-7482. Rooms are limited so make your reservations early and mention Crappie USA.

Crappie USA "Crappie Kids Rodeo"

Held in conjunction with the tournament will be the Crappie Kids Fishing Rodeo to be held Saturday morning at the Hoosier Hills Marina. Sign up for the Kids Rodeo will be at 8:00am with the rodeo from 9:00am till 11:00am. The Crappie USA Kids Fishing Rodeo is a chance for children of the area to get out and enjoy nature, do a little fishing and win some prizes. The event is free to all children 12 and under with all participants eligible for a chance to win one of the six, Crappie USA $2,000.00 scholarships to be awarded at the Cabela's Crappie USA Classic.

Crappie USA and our anglers have contributed nearly $270,000.00 to the "Crappie Kids" Scholarships since 1997. We are very proud to be a part of the education process for the youngsters who participate in our tournaments as adult/youth teams and those who fish in the Crappie USA "Kids Fishing Rodeos".

National Sponsors of Crappie USA are: Cabela's, Rebel Yell Bourbon, Ranger Boats, Evinrude Outboards, Cruiser RV, B ‘n' M Poles, Minn Kota, Humminbird Electronics, Adventure Products EGO Nets, J.R. Mad's, Eagle Claw, Eagle Claw Bait and Scents, Charlie Brewer's Slider Co., Food Source Lures, Big Bite Baits, TTI-Blakemore Road Runner, Vicious Fishing Line, Flip Stick Co., Southern Pro Tackle, Anglers Unlimited, AWD Baits, ANPAC ("American National"), Porcupine Fish Attractors and Ron Gooding Insurance.

The following companies furnish product to help make these events possible: Kodiak Fish Attractants, Keep Alive, and Hydro Glow.

For more information please call Crappie USA Inc. at 270-395-4204. Please visit our website at www.crappieusa.com.