Johnnie Crain

Having grown up in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, Johnnie Crain, has had great opportunities to fish massive lakes including, Bull Shoals, Table Rock, Lake Taneycomo and Norfork Lake, both in Missouri and Arkansas. Johnnie has spent hundreds of hours wading and fishing clear water streams where he could not only see the fish, but observe they way they feed as well.

When he moved to Iowa, Johnnie was met with several new fishing challenges such as fishing the Mississippi river where there is current and shallow dingy water and fishing small lakes that are constantly pressured by anglers. Johnnie can't think of any fishing situation that he has not come across.

When not fishing or writing Johnnie is a highly sought after seminar speaker, speaking about fishing techniques and tips at sports shows, boat and tackle shows and at fishing club meetings. Highlights of these seminars include working with great anglers including Kevin Van Dam, David Fritts, Ted Takasaki, Rick Clunn and many more too numerous to mention. Johnnie has fished with many great anglers and learns something new every time that he can share with other anglers. Professional anglers don't keep secrets, our livlehood demands we prepare anglers to become better anglers and to recruit more anglers to support the economic aspects of fishing.

Johnnie has won several Outdoor Writer of the Year Awards and is a feature writer for several Midwestern magazines, Bassin' USA ,com web Moderator, and writes features for Simm's Outdoors.com. Johnnie also was the host of Johnnie Crain Outdoors live -call-in radio show for six years and has appeared on numerous t.v. shows as a special guest.

Anglers across America know they can depend on Johnnie to give insightful and entertaining information which anglers of any age can easily understand and use. Johnnie often incorporates fishing songs along with his seminars. He is an accomplished singer/songwriter and uses these skills to entertain an audience.