Pics of a few fish I caught yesterday

[CrappieHusker]

Lake of Ozarks crappie starting to move into shallow water in our part of the lake. We caught/kept these yesterday. Mostly whites and a few blacks. Threw back more than we kept.
:D
Nothing real big, all between 10" and 11 1/2". Also a couple of 13" white bass.
All on various jigs, no color favorites.

[mr. baker]

Nice. What part of the lake?

[LOZcrappie]

I'm heading down to our place at LOZ tomorrow night. How deep were they, what were they biting on, any other suggestions? I can't wait!

[CrappieHusker]

Having problems with my Suzuki 4Stroke, so all of these fish were caught off our dock. Caught most in 3 to 25 feet of water, suspended between 3 feet and 8 feet down over brush, PVC, logs, concrete and small animals. :D Did not really matter what we used. Do not like to use minnows, take too long and love the way crappie hit jigs. Will try small crappie crankbaits tomorrow if I get a chance. Only problem with them is the treble hooks--taking the time to unhook the fish. Slab busters worked very well, but could only catch about 6 or 7 per skirt as they get hit pretty hard and because of their design, have a tendency to not last longer than that many hits. They are a super crappie-getter, caught both the white bass with a slab buster also. Color did not make a lot of difference, but the fish preferred a slow presentation, but are really beginning to chase a slow-moving jig as the water warms, so no need to just vertical jig as we had to 10 degrees ago!
We are on the Niangua Arm, but I have friends near the 45 MM that have been catching crappie for 3 weeks.
Good Luck!