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Also I would not take it as gospel that there are a lot of crappies in there. When people say " there are some very large Crappies in the lake if you can find them" it usually means there aren't a lot of them. In small lakes and ponds crappies usually only get big if there are few of them. Even the large populations of bluegills and shiners can keep their numbers down. They will eat eggs in the spring and compete with crappies for food in the winter. Crappies eat a lot more plankton then bait fish this time of year. It's actually a good thing if there are just a few big ones in a small lake because crappies can overpopulate and stunt in a flash in that size of water.Good luck,Tim
Don't count out the morning bite either! We've had some of our best crappie fishing this year from 5am till 7am. If you know this lake well enough to know anything about the bottom that will also help. If most of the lake is sand or rock bottom and you know that there are a few spots that it changes to a silt or mud bottom, well lets just say don't tell anybody about them. Bug larva, worms and other invertebrates hang out in the muddy or soft bottoms and they can be a magnet for crappie/walleye at night or in the morning. Also look for humps, old road beds or anything else that changes the depth and structure at one time. Hope this helps.Smitty