Any time I get on the water and fish a tournament with the guys from the crappie club the stakes are going to high. We have some of the best crappie fisherman in North Alabama. The first two stops where cold and the fish had not yet started to bait for me. I started with Kentucky rigs and a custom made hair jigs from Bevon Berry. The third stop I made it didn't take long to realize the fish wanted one thing a Southern Pro Mimmow Tube. My rigs where 12ft Shakespeare Wonderpoles with 8lb Supreme Line. I switch to the Southern Pro tube with a 3/4 bell sinker right above it to keep it down. I think the fish wanted a big bait. I think the crappie are starting to feed up well for the winter. I was fishing s ditch that Timmy Horton and I had fish about two years ago. It was about a two foot ditch on a flat and they where on it. I had a great time Saturday.