A year ago I wrote about the huge crappies caught during the 2021 Crappie Masters national qualifier tournament on Grenada Lake; click here to check it out. Even though the anglers faced tougher weather this year, including a brutal cold front that rolled in after day one of the two-day event, the catches were still remarkable.
The team of Bruce and Matthew Rogers (above) took home the first-place trophies, as well as a $10,000 check with a massive 2-day weight of 44.71 pounds (14 crappies total; seven per day). I’ll do the math for you: Their average crappie weighed 3.19 pounds!
Each of the top seven teams weighed in more than 40 pounds of crappies during the two days of fishing (again, 14 fish total); 170 teams entered the event, and the average crappie weighed was 2.4 pounds.
In total, there were four 4-pound crappies weighed in during the tournament. The CarZone USA Big Fish $5,000 check went to the team of Robert and Brett Luther, who had a monster 4.26-pound crappie on the first day. The Luthers took second place overall with 14-fish for 42 pounds (3-pound average) and won $7,000.
