I am not what you would call a crappie pro and have always wondered if jigs are better than minnows for cold weather crappie, never have been much of a artificial bait fisherman
But sounds like ya'll did real good on artificial, i noticed you said you had a least 60 where do you live that you can catch that many, we can only keep 50 here in Indiana. Do you have a size limit on the crappie there.