Crappie Busters is a tournament organization that was founded in the fall of 1991 and is currently ran by Mary and Mike Hawkins (Boat House Pro-Staff). The tournament schedule offers anglers 8 to 10 crappie tournaments at various lakes in eastern Kansas; Clinton, Perry, Melvern, Pomona, and Council Grove to name a few. Crappie Busters attracts anglers in a 200 mile radius around Topeka, including Kansas City (Missouri), Lawrence, Wichita and as far as Omaha (Nebraska).

  In the spring of 1999, Crappie Busters became affiliated with the American Crappie Association and formed the Crappie Busters of Topeka, Kansas  with a total of 14 members, and increased to 28 in 2000.  Our goal is to give the crappie fishermen of Kansas every opportunity to have a part in any and all types of crappie fishing.   Crappie Buster Tournaments are open to everyone, however there are advantages to being a member of the club. Crappie Busters offers anglers the flexibility of: