Crappie Reaper

03/11/2024

Original and Magnum Planer Boards are ready to ship. The boards this year will have neon orange for starboard side and neon green for port side. Order yours at www.crappiereaper.com

08/29/2021

Great article on pulling Crappie Reaper planer boards.

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03/18/2021

Crappie Reaper Planer boards are available just send a text message to 423-715-4510 for more information.

04/06/2020

Social distancing at its best!

01/11/2020

Crappie Reaper Planer boards are available just send me message for purchasing information.

07/29/2019

Great crankbaits!!

03/05/2019

Planer Boards are ready. I will be getting orders shipped this week. Thanks for everyone’s patience.

02/28/2019

Weather finally cooperated for painting. Planning on filling orders and getting them shipped by first or no later than middle of next week.

01/27/2019

I am currently taking back orders on both Original and Magnum planer boards. I hope this will help since I’ve had several people ask to be put on a list and then me contact them when they are available. I receive a lot of calls this time of year as well as emails so this will hopefully be easier and no one gets forgotten. Going to start with 30 pair available for back order. Boards should be ready in 2-4 weeks depending on the weather and ability to paint. Orders will go out in order they are received.

Thank you for your business and patience!

01/23/2019

I’ve had several people asking about Crappie Reaper planer boards both original and magnum. I am currently working on building both but I can only work on them in my spare time due to my full time job. I’m hoping to have some finished in two to three weeks if the weather allows me to get them painted. I will keep my website and page on here updated. Sorry fo any inconvenience or delays.

Thank you for your business!!

Jeff Lanning

Planer Boards, crappie fishing, planer board fishing, crappie fishing

05/18/2018

NEW STATE AND WORLD RECORD BLACK CRAPPIE CAUGHT BY LOUDON COUNTY ANGLER PENDING DNA CONFIRMATION

PHILADELPHIA, Tenn.--- Pending results from DNA testing, an angler from Philadelphia, Tenn. will own the state and world record for a black crappie, breaking a state record that’s been held for 33 years.

On Tues. May 15, Lionel Ferguson, better known as “Jam,” went to a pond in Loudon Co. to cast a line. Before sunset, he had landed a black crappie that eclipses the old state record by a huge margin…and that’s no fish story. And to boot, Mr. Ferguson likely caught the state record black crappie from the same pond last summer but that fish ended up in the skillet. Fortunately for Mr. Ferguson, this fish avoided the same fate and appears to be a new state and world record.

Mr. Ferguson’s black crappie weighs 5 lbs. 7.68 oz. outweighing the current state record of 4 lbs. 4 oz. caught by Clyde Freeman in Brown’s Creek Lake in 1985. The current world record black crappie weighing an even 5 lbs. was taken from a private lake in Missouri in 2006, according to the International Game Fish Association.

After catching the historic fish, the son of the pond owner contacted Loudon Co. Wildlife Officer Anthony Chitwood who sent Mr. Ferguson to a few local places in an attempt to get the fish weighed on certified scales. Unfortunately, he met a few dead ends but Officer Chitwood was able to meet Mr. Ferguson later that night at a boat ramp to have the fish weighed on scales used by a local bass tournament. Realizing the fish was very likely a new state record and possible world record, Mr. Ferguson had the fish weighed on certified scales and it has been given an official weight of 5 lbs. 7.68 oz. The following day, TWRA Fisheries Biologist John Hammonds visually inspected the fish and verified it as a black crappie. In order to rule out the very minute chance of it being a hybrid between a black and white crappie, Hammonds took a fin clipping that is being sent off for DNA testing, which will take a few weeks.

Mr. Ferguson, a very humble man, wishes to give credit to God for the catch saying, “Prayers go up and blessings come down.” He is also very grateful to the property owner for allowing him to fish and wishes to not make the owner’s name or pond location public out of respect. He also says that the fish is in the hands of a taxidermist and he’s already excited about casting another line.

A full-length feature story will appear in a future issue of the Tennessee Wildlife Magazine.