Crappie Fishing Pointers Appreciated

[huntest]

I am really excited to learn some late winter / early spring crappie fishing techniques. TR crappie fishing will be all new to me. Any tips and advice the group could give me will be much appreciated. I have good gps and sonar in my boat.

Where to look for them?

Deep shallow ?

Jigs grubs minnows?

Ever suspend the bait under a float?

Thanks in advance

[Dutch]

I'm not a crappie expert by any means and I rarely fish for them on the Rock. What I have found is there are a lot of them in our lakes and they can be caught several ways. Some guys may be catching them in 20 fow while others are finding them 30-35 feet deep. I know one guy who catches lots amongst shad schools.

If you want to find some, I recommend that you start out by going to a tackle shop and buy some small baits or minnows and ask the people there how the guys are reporting catching them. I'd go to a place like the one at Kimberling City over the BPS at the Landing. Just tell them that you are wanting to learn how it is done and see what local advice they can give you.

You can normally find some around standing timber or brush piles. There are thousands of brush piles on the lake. You can find them on most every bank and point. Find you some and mark them with wpts, fish them until you find some that hold fish. If you have side scan they will really be easy to find.