Try keeping the baits just above the weedline. The crappie will use the weeds as an ambush point. A hook with a weedguard may be a good bet for you as well, just in case. It is just like brush or trees down here in MS. The fish hold on them at certain times, so you fish as close as you can to em, sometimes that means losing hooks, but it also usually pays off with some slabs. Good luck