Crappie Masters National Championship 2020 Results: Ouachita River

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Big Results from a Big Event

Sponsored by Bass Pro Shops, Crappie Masters is perhaps the most competitive and recognizable crappie fishing tournament trail in the country. Understandably, the National Championship is the trail’s largest event of the year.

In 2020 alone, Crappie Masters had events scheduled at some of the top crappie fishing lakes in the country, including Truman Lake, Lake Grenada, and Lake D’Arbonne.

The massive, two-day event was held between Friday, September 25th and Saturday, September 26th on the Ouachita River near Monroe, Louisiana. Numerous anglers mentioned during the event’s off-hours that fishing a river was considerably different than fishing for crappie from a lake.

That said, there were plenty of impressive fish caught over the weekend.

Over one hundred teams took the water for the event, though numerous anglers fished without a co-angler.

Ultimately, the championship went to Eric Cagle of Alabama. The long-time crappie angler received a ton of praise and congratulations on social media from friends, family, and fellow competitors.

Cagle was fishing solo. His weight total was an impressive 28.81 pounds.

Rounding out the Top 3 were the duo of Dustin Harris and Kelley Graham (in second place with a weight total of 27.93 pounds) and Robert Carlile (in third place with a total weight of 27.36 pounds).

Carlile was also fishing independently.

A Heartbreaking Turn of Events for a Popular Crappie Angler

Josh Jones, an angler and charter captain from Oklahoma, has quickly become one of the most popular crappie anglers on Facebook.

After the first day of fishing, Jones took to the platform to share a disappointing story. Just before weigh-ins, his big fish of the day — a 2.51 pounder — died, dropping what would have been a clear first-place Day One total considerably. Since fish have to be weighed alive, they were unable to qualify toward his tally.

On the second day, however, things got even worse…

Jones posted again, this time sharing that a dozen two-plus-pound crappie had died in his live well.

Hundreds of people chimed in with potential solutions for future events, but the results surely have to be heartbreaking.

Jones, who fished alone, did earn the Rookie Team of the Year trophy — a slight consolation.

Full Event Results

Place	Angler	Co-Angler	Total Weight
1	Eric Cagle	None	28.81
2	Dustin Harris	Kelley Graham	27.93
3	Robert Carlile	None	27.36
4	Heath Rogers	Lance Billberry	26.97
5	Tony Hughes	None	26.22
6	Larry Gorham	Dalton Gorham	25.85
7	Tony Sheppard	Mike Sheppard	25.08
8	Chris Fields	Jared Riser	25.01
9	Wes Barmore	Mark Theodus	24.86
10	Richard Bowling	Garry Lee	24.66
11	John Harrison	Jeremy Aldridge	24.65
12	Tony Burnworth	Raymond Searcy	24.55
13	Brandon Smith	None	24.41
13	Matthew Rogers	Bruce Rogers	24.41
14	Shannon Porter	Jason Thomas	24.4
15	Greg London	Lamar Bunting	24.06
16	Josh Jones	None	23.95
17	Terry Stewart	Cole Stewart	23.73
18	Ronnie Capps	Steve Coleman	23.71
19	Chris Coffman	Joey Johnson	23.53
20	Josh Bradley	Caleb Jones	23.36
21	Charlie Bunting	Travis Bunting	23.32
22	Trey Underwood	Tucker Underwood	23.15
23	Jesse Belk	Eddie Truhitt	23.08
24	Jason Sandage	Ba Thorton	23
25	Brian McGhee	Savannah McGhee	22.85
26	Dusty McGehee	John Harrison	22.82
27	Jeremy Mattingly	Brittany Mattingly	22.78
28	Josh Lovett	Shawn Salyers	22.52
29	Tj Palmer	Alex Palmer	22.15
30	Ronnie Turner	None	22.02
31	Mark Joseph	Troy Hoover	21.97
32	Bo Tisdell	Jerry Graham	21.25
33	Matt Saterfiel	Peyton Hemphill	20.88
34	Chad Turner	Stevie Yates	20.86
35	Tommie Roper	Jarad Roper	20.8
35	Donald McClish	Don McClish	20.8
36	Steve Marquis	Keith Sullivan	20.67
37	Terry Richard	Kent Williams	20.6
38	Brandon Threadgill	Jason Threadgill	20.43
39	Tim Blackley	Dan Porter	20.22
40	Jason Morgan	Stephen Haling	20.13
41	Zack Kaltefleiter	Mike Moulton	20.1
42	Andrew Pate	Chris Weaver	20.02
43	Clay Gann	Todd Froebe	19.46
44	Jason Dudley	Blake Ray	19.37
45	Dave Johnson	None	19.15
46	Chris Chandler	Garrett Pilkington	19.08
47	Jamie Kincade	Joe Maner	18.43
48	Mark McClure	Frank Haidusek	18.41
49	John Soukup	Zeke Anderson	18.15
50	Matt Mavigliano	Wade Recker	18.03
51	Bobby Nola	Bobby Nola Jr	17.8
52	Stephen Robert	Rob Bergeron	17.53
53	Chase Melder	Matt Foster	17.51
54	Donnie Carter	Chris Buck	17.29
55	Craig Nichols	Joey Ross	16.88
56	Eric Howard	Leann Howard	16.75
57	Billy Baughman	Danny McDonald	16.64
58	Mike Scarborough	Brandon Scarborough	16.37
59	Josh Starkey	Josh Davis	16.31
60	Larry Ponder	Sonya Ponder	16.08
61	Dan Dannenmueller	Sue Dannenmueller	15.81
62	Randy Wolf	James Butz	15.78
63	Charles Morman	Mike Onthehill	15.47
64	Gerald Overstreet	Beth Ann Overstreet	15.35
65	Jay Johnson	Mary Johnson	15.2
66	Jeff Quine	None	15.12
67	Kevin Jones	Billy Don Surface	15.1
68	Keaton Standstipher	Les Standstipher	14.97
69	Samuel Cooper	Tommy Kinsler	14.61
70	John Hamilton	Trae Hamilton	14.33
71	Tim Cumbie	Jerry McCready	14.07
72	Edward Shawn	Reuben Shawn	13.65
73	Matt Hicks	None	13.08
74	Robert Russell	Clinton Joseph	12.21
75	Dewayne Plumb	Jacob Plumb	12.08
76	Chase Teasley	James Oakes	11.56
77	Kevin Rogers	Charlie Rogers	11.13
78	Amos Livingston	John Livingston	10.99
79	Kyle Judd	Clint Judd	10.96
80	Reece Jump	Kaelie Jump	10.94
81	Garrett Steele	Randy Luttrell	10.79
82	Tim Pillows	None	9.14
83	Tony Thomas	Ronnie Bleas	8.87
84	Ken Meyers	Mark Taylor	8.54
85	Travis Brown	Leslie Johnson	8.07
86	Michael Kimble	Jeremy Davis	8.06
87	Tony Smith	Tony Smith Jr	6.72
88	Don Wells	Wade Pearce	5.87
89	Brandon Arrant	Bobby Arrant	5.29
90	Ricky Clifton	Ron Upchurch	4.05
91	Keith Moore	Jay Moore	3.97
92	Paul Alpers	Clint Hibdon	3.6
93	Neal Pace	None	3.19
94	Shane Walker	Jessie Williams	0
94	Darin Lankford	Hunter Bowling	0
94	Scott Stephenson	Andrew Adair	0
94	Byron Denley	Cody Bryant	0
94	Derek Osbon	Billy Sanders	0
94	Wayne Wyant	None	0
94	Troy Garrett	Eli Garrett	0
94	Gilford Sipes	Shannon Sipes	0
94	Justin Lee	Steve Ward	0