Zoom, zoom, zoom the boats go bye, they can’t see that stump out the corner of their eye. I have noticed being on the tournament trail (Crappie USA) for a while that many anglers pass visible structure. They will travel 20 to 40min. just to get to particular spot on the lake and miss 20 to 40 spots that they could be fishing . There’s one thing I’ve learned, a tree standing alone in a cove or a flat probably has fish on it.

Crappie are attracted to structure, this could be a dock, bridge pillar, stump, tire or a falling tree. I’ve seen guys fly right past a stump or a shrub to get to a creek and that stump produced one of the large crappie in that tournament. Tip: When fishing look for isolated structure, they will normally produce fish. Another tip to remember in high-pressured lakes look for areas that people normally look over and fish visible structure in that area. If your crappie fishing and it’s extremely sunny fish to shady side of the tree first. Crappies love the shade that’s why they will congregate under boat docks. Hope these few but helpful tips will bring bigger and more crappie in your boat.