Meet National Crappie League NCL Team
Chris Fuller is the owner of NCL along with his
partner Jeremy Mattingly. Chris is a successful
businessman in the Auto industry from Louisiana. As a family man, he
and his family have always enjoyed the great outdoors and fishing. Chris
began fishing crappie tournaments in 2019. He was recently partners in
the American Crappie Trail. Chris states, “Our goal is to support and promote crappie fishing anglers, sponsors and local lake communities where
tournaments are held. We want to do things right and we want to become
a true national trail.”
NCL Partner Jeremy Mattingly is the host of On The Hook TV and owner
of Crappie Monster. Jeremy spends most of everyday of his life promoting
crappie fishing. He has been a top ranked competitive angler on the national
level for years. He is stepping back from competitive fishing to help the dawn
of a new era in competitive fishing through being a Tournament Director and
MC of the National Crappie League.
Paul Alpers is the NCL Director of Sales-Tournament
Director. Paul has over 28 years in crappie tournaments. Paul’s experience
spans across the crappie fishing industry having been sales director-tournament director of Cabela’s CUSA then owner of Bass Pro Shops Crappiemasters
tournament trail. He has won 2 national championship one in 1984, then in
2017. Paul hosted Bass Pro Shops Crappiemasters TV show for 6 years and has
been a champion of kid’s fishing rodeos and scholarships. He was inducted into
the Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame in 2016 for his many years of accomplishments.
Bobby Brown is NCL’s Digital Graphics and tournament assistant. Bobby has
over 14 years experience in the crappie tournament trail industry. He was partner in Bass Pro Shops Crappiemasters tournament trail, working all aspects of
the trail. He also worked with Cabela’s Crappie USA trail, Cabela’s King Kat trail
and helped with the American Crappie Trail in recent years.”