Ok Im not a smart man... But I went crappie fishing with my 4 year old son at a crappie pond. And we fished for 2 hours and no bite's at all. My guestion, is the lake is warmer than the ponds? I hear that some are catching crappie and some are catching 2 that aint even keepers. Now a pond is a smaller body of water i guess it is a smaller body of water so their for it gets colder. So their for we had no bites. To be honest I just wanted to go fishing really bad !!! and so did my son... Im new to lake fishin, with my buddy, he just got a boat so we are wanting to slay some crappie and walleye. But I have never caught a walleye... Fishin buddy keeps tellin me, you fish for crappie you might catch a walleye? He has caught his like that. Sorry experts of the lake fishin... Im just a pond fisherman. Trying to find out Lake Stockton? I love fishin boys no question asked!!!!