welcome aboard
Schillins, welcome to the crappie.com. You can catch crappie shallow or with in casting distance of shore pretty much all year. If you have structure around that will hold them. In the spring and fall is when you will find them concentrated in the shallows. You can use jigs, minnows, any combination of the two, crankbaits, bobber and minnow all these and more will catch crappie it is a matter of being where the fish are.
Check around the message board you will find alot of very usefull and informative information.
Again welcome,
Bob G
Bob Griffith
Ice Team Power Stick
Clam Corp. Pro Staff
Keystone Crappie Association member