On this day, the fish always wanted it moving away. They would hardly ever touch it stationary. The ideal presentation would be to pitch it past the target area or fish and let it swing 1 to 2 feet above or to the side of the fish and let them leave the school and chase it. Dropping it into the school would often disrupt or even disperse the school of fish. Apparently Crappie hate the fishing line touching them, also like trout, the presentation can be critical. In today's case, shad were swimming around everywhere and when they see crappie they swim away from them quickly, the crappie were keying on that type of movement to strike.