Pretty new to crappie and only know two ways to fish for them. First and most productive for me has been a jig with a plastic bait of some kind under a slip bobber. Other way is casting out and draggind in the jig with no bobber. First crappie I got was years ago fishing for bass and got it on a 1/4oz jig with a plastic augertail on it. have never tried that heavy a jig again!