Episode 1340: CTL - CRAPPIE TALK LIVE (EPISODE #1): THE FOUNDATION FOR CATCHING TROPHY CRAPPIE

BASS TALK LIVE

Mark Jeffreys

Bass, Dallas, Sports, Outdoor, Fishing, Bassfishing

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Matt Pangrac and Zeke Anderson kick off the 2025 season of Crappie Talk Live (CTL) with an overview of the upcoming season, a tutorial on winter crappie basics, and some tips on catching crappie in early winter on fisheries with timber.

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0:00.0	Hey folks, Matt here. I usually don't pop on to these things before the episode start, but I wanted to just give a little bit of a preview of what this show is about.
0:10.4	This is Cropi Talk Live, not Bass Talk Live. It started kind of a passion project this year where we are trying to teach bass anglers how to catch a giant crappie all across the country.
0:22.4	It's something that I've gotten into for the last five years.
0:24.7	Really enjoyed doing it, but I wanted to say, hey, if you are not into the croppy game,
0:30.3	I hope you give it a shot.
0:31.8	But if you're not into the croppy game, it will not impact at all the content that comes out from BTL Bass Talk Live, Monday through Wednesdays, day four with Uncle Frank, all of the same content. This is just additional content, kind of targeted towards those bass anglers who are looking to get into new species, try new things, experience new stuff on the water. So without further ado, the first episode of Cropi Talk Live coming to you on your
0:59.9	favorite MP3 podcast platform.
1:03.6	There's going to be eight to ten of these episodes.
1:05.4	It's kind of kind of run through the winter through February and then back to bass fishing
1:10.5	100% of the time.
1:11.6	But without further ado, episode one of Cropi Talk Live.
1:25.8	Welcome to the first episode of Cropi Talk Live, CTL, a little passion project that we've been working on.
1:34.7	Matt Pangrack, your co-host sitting across from me is Zeke Anderson.
1:41.2	Zeke, we're actually doing this.
1:42.8	I know we talked about it for about two years. The BTL, the Bass Talk Live listeners have had to put up with me talking about croppy fishing for the last four or five years. And now we're going to kind of give them a little look into the world of cropy. I kind of mentioned at the beginning of the show we're going to run through this year. We're going to run this entire season, what we're going to talk about, the things we're going to cover how we're going to do it we're going to do it we're going to run this this entire season what we're going to talk about
2:02.4	the things we're going to cover how we're going to do it we're going to kind of give you a play
2:06.1	by play so even if you have never caught a croppy before hopefully by the end of these eight to
2:10.7	10 weeks we're going to run it kind of through February 8 to 12 episodes you will be a what
2:16.0	I call them a crappie master croppy master sure mean, it's super excited to be a part of this. It's so fun to be able to teach
2:22.9	people how to get into this sport, how to catch these fish, how to target these fish.
2:28.3	And man, just really, really excited to get into it and dive into it. Obviously, I've been on BTL a few times over the years,
2:37.2	and every time I come on, Matt and I both seem to get a lot of messages and comments wanting
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