Hey Everyone!

New member here and a boat newb. Got my first boat week before Thanksgiving and am still in the process of breaking in the motor. I am desperate for Crappie. Only have caught a handful here and there over the span of about a decade, and am hoping to change that now that I am a boat owner.

Still in the process of breaking in the motor, so I haven't hit Lake Conway yet because the going anything over 10 mph on that lake makes me nervous, but hopefully sometime soon. In the mean time, I was wondering what y'all think of Lake Maumelle. I know in past years, it got a bad rep ("dead sea" and all), but has it changed? The last few AGFC fishing reports have stated excellent for Crappie, but 4 days straight before Thanksgiving yieled me nothing but black bass and chain pickerel.

I scour YouTube each week to see if anyone posts any fishing videos on Lake Maumelle. I found this one yesterday: https://youtu.be/S3dJTll5EgQ Those folks were there the day after I was and it looks like they did OK (about 4:00 minute mark into the video for crappie).

At this time of the year, are the crappie in deep (> 20 feet) or can they still be caught off brush piles in shallow water?

Thanks for any feedback!!