One of my favorite spot to crappie and bass fish is a little back water slue that isn't far from here and always makes for a good day out. We normally catch something worth while , if the crappie aren't biting the bass might be we have caught some pretty nice ones here ,and then when you least expect it there is always that surprise that pops up .We were bass fishing on this lake and it was kind of a slow day ,the crappie weren't biting so we were structure fishing for bass and they were making us work for every thing we caught and they were all small.When I hung a hauss I fought it forever it seemed and finally got it in the boat and there it was the biggest grindle I ever caught it weight 38 lbs.not much to eat but one heck of a lot of fun so it isn't always about the kind of fish we catch its that we caught something and in this case bigger is always better.
For the most part here we like to use a jigg or a shiner minnow for crappie fishing they just tend to work the best in this slue but bass fishing here is a hole other story at times they might hit on almost anything depending on the water clarity, temp ph ect. it is the same here as any were else but my favorite is ether a Texas or a Carolina rigged worm in the summer but that's just me.
