Now thats a darn good question. Last Saturday I caught 50 dinks in 30 foot of water and fishing 12 to 14 foot deep. I was showing fish 25 foot deep, so I adjusted the depth of my poles to 23 foot deep. I caught about the same class of fish about 40 of them. So, I moved off that spot,about 150 yards down and caught more small ones. By this time I had used 8 dozen minnows and had one 6 pound catfish and 4 keeper crappie. I used double hook on my line one with a jig. The fish seemed to like the minnows best. Don't fret, the big ones are there, they just didn't bite that day for you and I. Thats the bad thing about crappie fishing, you got to pay your dues.