Page 10 - Crappie NOW - July 2017

By Tim Huffman

A great place to learn,
have fun and connect with local
fishermen is club tournaments.
A relatively new club that has
been very successful is the
Central Alabama Crappie
Club. A trip on Lake Jordan
with the husband wife duo of
Alex and Jenni Johnson was
enjoyable and they shared
their personal views on club
competition.
“Jonathan Phillips and
Dan Dannenmueller helped
us by talking to people about
forming a club,” says Alex.
“We wanted to keep it local
to help people learn and to
help encourage more people
to fish Crappie Masters who fun to have friends who like to fish.
comes here to the Alabama River The members are good about talking
and Jordan. We have close to 100 to each other so everybody learns.
members in our club in just a couple There are a few other fisher-women
of years.” in the club and I hope more will start
The club goes where members fishing.
request. Miller’s Ferry, Lay Lake and “We like to cast or shoot docks.
other nearby waters are included. The club tournaments have forced
There are many great fishing waters us to learn how to spider rig. We’ve
within an hour or so drive in central caught some good fish with this
Alabama. technique that is very different for

“What the club has done for me us.
is make me a better fisherman,” “If you put pressure on yourself
says Alex. “It forces me to go fishing because it’s a tournament it would not
when I otherwise wouldn’t have gone be the same. We fish a lot together
because of conditions. It’s been good so we go out to have a fun day of
for learning.” fishing even though it’s a tournament.

Jenni Johnson, secretary/ It works better for us that way.”
treasurer of the club, (and cover Take a look in the back of
photo for this issue) agrees. “It forces CrappieNow Magazine to see the
us to become better fishermen and many local and regional clubs to find
we’ve made some great friends. It’s one near you.

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