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National Crappie League

ABOUT THE NATIONAL CRAPPIE LEAGUE TEAM

Paul Alpers

Paul Alpers is the NCL Director of Sales-Tournament Director. Paul has over 28 years in crappie tournaments. Paul’s experience spans across the crappie fishing industry having been sales director-tournament director of Cabela’s CUSA then owner of Bass Pro Shops Crappiemasters tournament trail. He has won 2 national championship one in 1984, then in 2017. Paul hosted Bass Pro Shops Crappiemasters TV show for 6 years and has been a champion of kid’s fishing rodeos and scholarships. He was inducted into the Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame in 2016 for his many years of accomplishments. (573) 280-8020

Tim Ponder is an owner of the National Fishing League and has worked in crappie tournaments for many years. He has competed in many tournaments and has previously qualified and fished national championships. Tim works as a National Sales Executive, Tournament Director, and oversees all other aspects of the tournament trail. (573) 692-0354

Darrell Van Vactor is a tournament director national sales executive with NCL. He has been an owner of CUSA and tournament director with over 30 years of experience. He is well-known in the crappie industry, and his experience goes back to the crappiethon days. Darrell’s love for crappie fishing extends from tournaments to kids’ scholarships, and he has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for youth education. He was inducted into the Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame in 2014 for all his accomplishments in the industry. (270) 748-5703

Bobby Brown is NCL’s Digital Graphics and tournament assistant. Bobby has over 14 years experience in the crappie tournament trail industry. He was partner in Bass Pro Shops Crappiemasters tournament trail, working all aspects of the trail. He also worked with Cabela’s Crappie USA trail, Cabela’s King Kat trail and helped with the American Crappie Trail in recent years.” (417) 532-0244