| The National Crappie League visited Wabash, IN for the Wild Card tournament on May 17, 2025. Anglers faced temperatures in the upper 50s to upper 60s with mostly cloudy skies, but conditions remained favorable enough to locate cooperative fish throughout the day.
SEMI-PRO RESULTS
First Place – Semi-Pro:
Tyler Sturgeon and Latin McKinney took first place in the Semi-Pro Division tournament with a 6.72-pound limit of crappie.
Second Place – Semi-Pro:
Second place was James Lasswell and Clay Stanely with an 3.87-pound limit of crappie.
Third Place – Semi-Pro:
Patrick Stone and Robert McWhorter took third place with a 3.73-pound limit of crappie.
Big Fish – Semi-Pro:
Tyler Sturgeon and Latin McKinney took first place in the Big Fish portion of the tournament with a 1.83-pound fish and second went to James Lasswell with a 0.96-pound fish.
AMATEUR RESULTS
First Place – Amateur:
Tom Dubersky and David Willoughby took first place in the Amateur Division tournament with a 4.44-pound limit of crappie.
Second Place – Amateur:
Second place was Shane Dixon and Ryan Long with a 3.90-pound limit of crappie.
Third Place – Amateur:
James and Shawn Dean took third place with a 3.88-pound limit of crappie.
Fourth – Final – Amateur:
Jeff Bookwalter and Allen Reed took fourth with a 3.86-pound limit, Craig Robertson took fifth with a 3.84-pound limit, Jeff and Cindi Sharp took sixth with a 3.66-pound limit, Rick Balser and Luis Flores took seventh with a 3.48-pound limit, Phillip Kidwell and Gary Carpenter took eighth with a 2.85-pound limit, and finally Jason and Gordon Keen placed ninth with a 2.63-pound limit.
Big Fish – Amateur:
Shane Dixon and Ryan Long took first place in the Big Fish portion of the tournament with a 1.40-pound fish and second went to Craig Robertson with a 1.23-pound fish.
SPECIAL THANKS
Special Thanks to Our Local Sponsors:
Miami County Tourism Bureau, Bliss Point Inn, Wabash Eagle Lodge 549, Shepherd’s Family Auto Group, Grandstaff Hentgen, Milliner Printing, The Waldo Golf Course Bar & Grill, Woody’s Bait and Tackle, WKUZ Radio, Complete Glass Solutions, Millwright Solutions LLC, Wabash Vault & Monument, Lundquist Appraisals, Wabash Welding Services, Bass and Bucks, Sherm’s Marina, Harry’s Old Kettle, S & S Bait and Tackle, Izaak Walton League, Metz Phillipy Real Estate, and Wendt & Rigging
National Sponsors:
Happy Hollow Outdoors, DMF Bait, BUBBA, Power-Pole Total Boat Control, Purpose Built Optics, Redneck Adventures, Engel Coolers, Everharts Outdoor Store, Team Crappie, Gamma Fishing, Amped Outdoors LLC, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Motormate, B’n’M Fishing, Off Shore Tackle Company, Fishing Frenzy, Charlie Brewer’s Slider Company, Nothead Tackle, Rambler Angler and Blade Co., Connect-Ease, Performance Fishing Electronics , Black Speck Fishing & Tackle, ATX Lure Company, Li’L Tuffy Swim Bait, Spotless Water Spot Remover with Wax, Crappie Magnet, Crappie NOW, Crappie.com, Zebco, Millennium Marine, YETI, Lowe Boats, Mercury Marine, RIGRAP, Eagle Claw Hooks, Flambeau Outdoors, Hook & Tackle, Ego Nets, Tiny’s Hand Tied Hair Jigs, Slabz Crappie, Church Tackle, Stan’s Slip Bobbers, and Grizzly Jig Company.
Photos:
Thanks to Tim Ponder and Dwight Miller for the photos.
UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
Wild Card Tournaments, 2025:
June 6-7 – Green River, Columbia, KY
June 27-28 – Eufaula, OK
August 8-9 – Truman Lake, Clinton, MO
September 12-13 – Cross Lake & Red River, Shreveport, LA
September 20 – East Fork Lake, OH
October 3-4 – Lake Murray, Columbia, SC
October 10-11 – Grenada Lake, Grenada, MS
October 18 – Lake of the Ozarks, Laurie, MO
Trolling Tournament:
June 21 – Sardis Lake, MS
National Championship & Expo 2025:
March 20-21, 2026 – Lake Cumberland, Somerset, KY |
