Finding crappie but small ones..

[Gators]

I went night fishing last Saturday night and had alot of fun catching good catfish and alot of small crappie. We were in 20'the of water.My question is how do I find the bigger crappie? Is it to early for them to come back up to feed in minnows-shad yet?

[CrappieJigMaker]

No they been feeding on shad here in the ohio river for about a mth now.

[Wood_Duck]

I fish Norris Lake and it's about the same here. Tons of small crappie under 10". Average has been about 7-8". But this lake isn't known for producing much in the way of crappie to begin with.

[ERNEST PATY]

OK, I'm curious, what do they feed on there the rest of the year. Here they feed on shad/minnows all year.

[NIMROD]

What Mr Patty said X 2. My advice to anyone fishing only catching dinks is change location. I see that here on Lake Nimrod almost daily. Folks can't stand to leave biting Crappie even when they are all dinks!

[bfish]

OK, I'm curious, what do they feed on there the rest of the year. Here they feed on shad/minnows all year.

Some places can have heavy feeding on may and willow flies, at certain times.

[Turtlebait]

Agree dfish and at times a fly rod will catch more then the jig pole.