It always takes Crappie Masters a little longer to post their results than Crappie USA.

But I did finally receive results from the Crappie Masters event held Saturday at Reelfoot Lake.

Tony Duncan and Randy Allmon won with seven crappie that weighed 11.78 pounds. That’s an average of 1.68 per fish. It’s pretty strong for Reelfoot - a lake that’s known for producing big numbers of crappie, but not very many monsters. There were only two crappie caught in the whole tournament that weighed 2 pounds or better.

Duncan and Allmon said they caught their crappie in super shallow water, using weedless purple/chartreuse jigs on Wally Marshall poles. They earned $5,300 for first place.

The Crappie Masters press release identified Duncan and Allmon only as a “local team,” so I can’t say for sure where they’re from. But I remember seeing their names up high in the results for several past tournaments on Reelfoot.

They must know that lake pretty well.

Click here to view the complete results from the tournament.