Bass Pro Shops Crappie Masters held a major one day national qualifier on April 11, 2009 at Lake Wateree, Camden, SC. Sponsored by Bass Pro Shops, Mercury Marine, Minn-Kota, Hummingbird, Toyota, and the Kershaw County Chamber and Visitors Bureau, anglers competed with a tough bite as weather brought strong storms off and on making the anglers work to find fish and get bites.

First place Lindy team of Randy Pope and Jerry Pruitt figured it out beating the field by over 2 lbs by weighing in a seven fish total of 11.86 lbs. The team shot docks having practiced it at this lake for a long time. They caught fish on their starting spot and had sit on dock spot for 1 hr before competition started. They caught fish all day long. The fish weighed in mostly came from that one dock. Lindy little nipper and fuzzy grub was the jig of choice and they used 4.5 – 5 foot rods. White fuzzy grub was good today. The team stated they used a combination of color and sizes during pre fish and knew what they are going to use on tournament day. They caught the dock fish in 5 foot to 30 foot deep waters. First place earned them $4000.00.

The second place Toyota Team of Whitey Outlaw and Dean Sanders also sponsored by BnM Poles and Vicious fishing line, weighed in 9.47 lbs on their seven fish. The team also had second big fish of 2.04 lbs. The team stated they found fish in 18-20 inches water ealier but thought weather would move them deeper so they fished today in deeper waters of 13-20 foot deep. Using live bait only they drug the bottom and it paid off. They won $20141.00.


Third place was taken by 2008 National Champion Mike Parrott who weighed in 9.30 lbs. Parrott stated he fished the mouth of a cut in 20-22 foot waters. He caught his fish about 14 foot deep using a double hook minnow rig. He stated he couldn’t find the shallow fish during pre fishing but did find them deep fish on Thursday and they hung around through the bad weather. He used 12 foot BnM and Wally Marshall rods and pink and chartreuse jigs is what he caught most of his fish on. Third place earned him $1000.00.


Big fish was won by Jim Hood and Sandy Haselden with a 2.19 lb crappie. They won the big fish pot plus a metal/wood crappie display provided by Burdin Metal Works in Lugoff, SC. Adult youth was won by Leonard and Spirit Frick with 8.22 lbs. and
male female was taken by Robert and Julia Hammond 8.56 lbs.


Lake Wateree tournament is followed by the Missouri State Championship at Lake of the Ozarks in Laurie, MO., on April 17-18.

Bass Pro Shops Crappie Masters would like to thank local sponsors that include: Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau, The Crappie Hole, Quality Inn, Clear Water Cove Marina, Burdin Metal Works, Sam Kendall’s Restaurant, 521 Bait & Tackle, McDonalds, Comfort Inn, Seafood Hut, Lugoff Bait & Tackle, The Riverdeck Store & Grill, Wateree Dam Bait Store & Sub Shop, Smokin & Grillin Restaurant, Beaver Creek Sports Bar.

Special thanks to our National Sponsors that include: Bass Pro Shops, Mercury Motors, Minn Kota, Humminbird, Toyota, American Angler, RoadRunner by Blakemore, Proplite, Cajun Fryer, Vicious Fishing Line, Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits, Mr. Crappie Wally Marshall Signature Series Crappie Rods, Grizzly Jig Company, Tite Lok, Spike-It, Kodiak Scents, Slider, Bobby Garland, Bugband, KeepAlive, Monster Crappie, Bryant’s Osage Outdoors, Grip N Check, DotLine Nets, AWD Baits, Porcupine Fish Attractor, Navionics, Coldstream Fisheries, Showdown Jigs, DriGrip Sunscreen, The Fishing Butler and Chumbob.
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The guarantee says it all! For more information, contact Bass Pro Shops Crappie Masters at www.crappiemasters.net or call:

Paul Alpers, President 573-280-8020
Bobby Brown, Vice President 417-532-0244
Betty Rutledge, Administrative Assistant 660-723-1552

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