Mecklenburg County to Host the Mr. Crappie $75,000 Invitational Qualifier May 13-14, 2022 on Kerr Lake, also known as Buggs Island Lake. The Mr. Crappie Invitational qualifier allows crappie teams from all over the USA to come and compete for an opportunity to fish in the world’s richest crappie tournament, the Mr. Crappie $300,000 Invitational on Table Rock Lake Oct. 20-22, 2022 in Branson, Missouri.
Over the past three years, the Mr. Crappie Invitational has raised the bar for all crappie tournament anglers across the country. Who would have ever thought of crappie anglers winning $100,000, and the Invitational Qualifier allows the crappie tournament anglers to punch their ticket to the Big Show in October. Kerr Lake is among the top 10 best crappie fisheries on the east coast. We have heard some fish tales about 4-pound crappie coming out of Kerr Lake.
“I am very excited to be able to host one of only two qualifiers for the world’s richest crappie tournament in Clarksville: Virginia’s only lakeside town,” Mecklenburg County Tourism Coordinator, Tina Morgan said. “This is the first time this tour has visited Kerr / Buggs Island Lake, but I know it won’t be the last; there’s some great crappie fishing in store for these anglers and we can’t wait to show them our little piece of paradise and all that Mecklenburg County has to offer. As we like to say here, you’ll find More of What Matters in Mecklenburg and we’re ready to demonstrate that to our new
fishing friends.”
On May 13-14, 2022 Mr. Crappie’s $75,000 Invitational Qualifier weigh-ins will be held at Occoneechee State Park in Clarksville, Virginia. Crappie fanatics get ready for a week full of fun fishing on Kerr / Buggs Island Lake. You can plan your stay now at www.VisitMeckVa.com.
For more information, visit CrappieExpo.com.
Amid a fishing trip on the bass-starved Ohio River in the summer of 1987, Alan McGuckin’s Dad told a then 16-year-old “Guck” — “I don’t care what you do for a living, just promise me you’ll do something you love.”
Originally from Pittsburgh, McGuckin considers himself a blue-collar kid, who has been richly blessed to live-out the best piece of advice his dad ever gave him for many years now in the Tulsa area.
After earning a degree in ecology at Juniata College in Pennsylvania, where he placed radio transmitters in largemouth bass to track their habitat preferences, he moved his life to Oklahoma in 1992, where he earned a Masters in Zoology and Fisheries under the direction of Gene Gilliland at the University of Oklahoma, before then embarking on what’s now a nearly three decade long career as a marketing and media veteran in the fishing industry.
His career spans 28 years of wisdom-rich marketing experience working to strengthen brands and increase sales for Lowrance, Terminator Lures, Toyota, Yamaha Outboards, Boat U.S., Carhartt, Costa, Quantum, Vexus Boats, and Zebco.
- Member of the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame voting committee, as well as a Board of Directors member for Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful
- Co-piloted the Terminator brand of premium lures from its birth to more than 10 Million pieces sold between 1997-2006.
- Has authored and published more than 800 stories on Bassmaster.com, along with several other popular bass fishing websites.
- He has generated $3 Million dollars’ worth of branded digital media since 2020, as a content creator.
- Serves as emcee for hundreds of guests at the annual Toyota Bonus Bucks Owners event.
- Avid angler, who fishes nearly every weekend when not on the road working.
- 13,000 followers on Instagram @GuckFishing.
“Guck” lives just north of Tulsa, OK at Lake Skiatook with wife Sherrie, an elementary school principal who also loves her job, and has a genuine passion for slinging a Rapala Brat crankbait on shallow points and habitat-laden flats.
