{"id":31950,"date":"2023-02-16T14:49:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T14:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/watch-old-school-crappie-fishermen-win-a-pro-tournament\/"},"modified":"2023-02-16T14:49:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T14:49:20","slug":"watch-old-school-crappie-fishermen-win-a-pro-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/watch-old-school-crappie-fishermen-win-a-pro-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Old-School Crappie Fishermen Win a Pro Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"SingleImage-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_2.png?auto=webp&width=785&height=497.36641221374&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_2.png?auto=webp&width=785&height=497.36641221374&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_2.png?auto=webp&width=785&height=497.36641221374&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_2.png?auto=webp&width=785&height=497.36641221374&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_2.png?auto=webp&width=785&height=497.36641221374&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_2.png?auto=webp&width=785&height=497.36641221374&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_2.png?auto=webp&width=785&height=497.36641221374&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_2.png?auto=webp&width=785&height=497.36641221374&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_2.png?auto=webp&width=785&height=497.36641221374&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_2.png?auto=webp&width=785&height=497.36641221374&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_2.png?auto=webp&width=785&height=497.36641221374&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" width=\"785\" height=\"497\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_2.png?auto=webp&width=785&height=497.36641221374&ssl=1\" class=\"SingleImage-image Article-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"old school crappie fishermen 2\" decoding=\"async\" data-dimension=\"landscape\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Robinson and Stormant have been outliers in a subject stuffed with high-dollar bass boats and state-of-the-art electronics. <span class=\"SingleImage-credit\">Crappie Masters<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Last 12 months, a pair of old-school crappie fishermen shocked the skilled fishing world by successful a Crappie Masters nationwide qualifying event on Florida\u2019s St. Johns River. Randal Stormant and Bobby Robinson, who grew up fishing the St. Johns collectively, have been farther alongside in years than a few of the different rivals. And whereas the pair had entered a few novice tournaments prior to now, neither one had ever fished for a dwelling. <\/p>\n<p>But it wasn\u2019t their age or their inexperience within the professional fishing circuit that made their event victory such a shock. It was how they used cane pole strategies and no electronics to beat out a subject of roughly 100 different anglers who have been outfitted with the most recent and biggest sort out and expertise.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"_Uw_PRhSxYM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Local Anglers With No Electronics Surprise Everyone To Win $10,000 Crappie Masters Tournament\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Uw_PRhSxYM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Crappie Masters All American Tournament Trail has since hailed the Stormant-Robinson win as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crappiemasters.net\/2022\/01\/25\/old-school-basics-rule-the-river-as-local-team-claims-st-johns-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u201cone of the best crappie tournament stories of [2022].\u201d<\/a> The event group simply launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_Uw_PRhSxYM&amp;ab_channel=CrappieMastersAllAmericanTournamentTrail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube video<\/a> wanting again eventually January\u2019s St. Johns event and the 2 characters who defied expectations and got here out on prime. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just fished with simple jig poles. There was no depth finder, no GPS, no LiveScope, nothing in the boat. There never is,\u201d Stormant explains within the video. \u201cWe fished the same way we\u2019ve been fishing for the last 30 years. We really didn\u2019t do a thing different.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-no-batteries-required\">No Batteries Required<\/h2>\n<p>The Garmin LiveScope that Stormant mentions is only one instance of a forward-facing (or \u201clive\u201d) sonar gadget. This expertise makes use of a sophisticated transducer and a coloration display to offer high-resolution, detailed photos of what\u2019s within the water. It\u2019s an extremely highly effective software that enables anglers to not solely see underwater construction, however to pick particular person fish and watch them reply to baits in actual time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Next:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/gear\/best-fish-finder\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Best Fish Finders of 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Forward-facing sonar has its fair proportion of critics, who say that gazing a display eliminates the nuance and ability of studying and studying water. But the professionals who fish for a dwelling have all the time seemed to new expertise to assist keep an edge over the competitors. And the slab-hunting professionals on the nationwide crappie fishing circuit are not any totally different.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\" data-dimension=\"landscape\"><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_1.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_1.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_1.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_1.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_1.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_1.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_1.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_1.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_1.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_1.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_1.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1300\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_1.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"old school crappie fishermen 1\" class=\"wp-image-232731\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Randal Stormant (left) and Bobby Robinson take the rostrum because the winners of final January\u2019s nationwide qualifying event in Florida. <i>Crappie Masters \/ Facebook<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s secure to say that the overwhelming majority {of professional} anglers competing on the Crappie Masters All American Tournament Trail have forward-facing sonar and state-of-the-art GPS gadgets put in on their boats. Which helps clarify why a number of eyebrows have been raised on the St. Johns crappie event final January, when two old-school crappie fishermen confirmed up with an older aluminum boat that had no electronics aside from a easy trolling motor. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we ever figure out how to work them electronics, it might work good for us, but we don\u2019t own none,\u201d says Robinson. \u201cWe have jokes about it all the time, and I tell people I\u2019m gonna find a big magnifying glass and put it up on the front. No batteries required.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Fishing for the Fun of It<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to shunning the expertise that almost each different angler within the event was counting on, Stormant and Robinson had rudimentary rods that have been a far cry from the modern-day spinning combos most anglers use. Without reels or line guides, their 10-foot fly rods have been basically cane poles manufactured from graphite with 10-feet of monofilament line tied to the information.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\" data-dimension=\"landscape\"><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_3.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_3.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_3.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_3.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_3.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_3.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_3.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_3.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_3.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_3.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_3.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/15\/old_school_crappie_fishermen_3.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"old school crappie fishermen 3\" class=\"wp-image-232740\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stormant and Robinson took residence first-place trophies together with the $10,000 grand prize. <i>Crappie Masters \/ Facebook<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Using easy jigs and cork bobbers, they outfished the competitors by focusing on lily pads and different seen construction on their residence river. Stormant and Robinson hauled in a 28.94-pound bag of crappies in two days of fishing. This was sufficient to finest the second-place workforce by greater than a pound, they usually took residence the $10,000 grand prize on the finish of the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Next:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/articles\/fishing\/2015\/07\/how-fish-cane-pole\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Fish With a Cane Pole<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In doing so, the 2 fishermen proved that a long time of expertise and intimate data of a selected water physique are sometimes value rather more than a ship stuffed with electronics and high-dollar gear. But if you happen to requested the 2 at the moment, they\u2019d let you know successful the event was by no means actually the purpose\u2014and that they weren\u2019t attempting to stage an upset or show some extent. They have been there as a result of, as Stormant explains close to the tip of the video, crappie fishing on the St. Johns continues to be simply as enjoyable because it was once they have been children.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v3.2\" id=\"facebook-js-js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Robinson and Stormant have been outliers in a subject stuffed with high-dollar bass boats and state-of-the-art electronics. Crappie Masters Last 12 months, a pair of old-school crappie fishermen shocked the skilled fishing world by successful a Crappie Masters nationwide qualifying event on Florida\u2019s St. Johns River. 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