Seriously can you hear a crappie bite your minnow or lure? If you can’t that’s okay. It’s because you are not using a Slab Hunter Smartrod.

“It started back in 2003 with an idea for a product that you could clip on a reel that ended up progressing into the product we have now. Our Slab Hunter rod blank is built from IM6 graphite for superior strength and sensitivity. It’s extremely important to have a high quality rod ...

I have not posted many pics, been a busy couple weeks. But I thought I'd catch y'all up. Betcha couldn't wait! lol , heck, you might even be able to see my hair grow in these pics. So here goes...


I may have posted this earlier, but I think it's were I left off. Throughout these pictures I only go out fishing for an hour or two in the morning, and I've only been catching a couple, that's it. They certainly ain't on fire on Lake ...

You might be surprised to find that there is more to Garmin LiveScope then Panoptix Down. As crappie anglers go Panoptix LiveScope is by far the most popular imaging of the all seeing sonar technology, however, there more to LiveScope than Panoptix LiveScope. Garmin’s Panoptix Forward and Panoptix Down complete the all family of the real time and 3 dimensional viewing.

A quick look at Panoptix LiveScope can you will see that the family of LiveScope include ...

I got a chance to speak with Oklahoma Guide and Professional Crappie Fisherman, Josh Jones of Sapulpa Oklahoma a few days ago. For you crappie guys that don’t know him, this guy has started a cult of Garmin Livescope users. Josh has a huge following in the social media world. He a Garmin Pro Staffer that helped Garmin perfect the Livescope design.


Equipment & Setup

According to Josh, he’s ...

Who these masked men and woman? They rolled in on their golf cart the night we arrived at Cossar Park Campground in Mississippi on the last leg of our Corona-virus Tour.



Brought gifts too. Thanks for the picante sauce Slabo. Gotta get some chips and try it. Thanks tons.
(I did get chips, and the picante was awesome, thanks again Slabo, great to see you both, ...

Our adventures continued. Stopped by Mitch’s (owner PICO Lures) and he showed us where the magic happens. Being the perfectionist he is, he still hand makes some specific colors and styles himself that he can’t get done right by anyone else just yet. Hard to get good help these days! lol

He also makes great ribs which were definitely ...

It doesn’t matter if you are trolling crankbaits or jigs for crappie you have to know how deep your lure or lures are running or diving too. Too deep or too shallow and you’re not going to catch them. Then once you find what depth the crappie are holding you have to set your other poles out at that depth to catch more.


There are three ways of knowing how deep your crankbait or jig is at below the surface. One is to drop ...