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Thank you guys, I have a question, hope someone can give me some advice. I live by ( 3 miles ) and fish a 12 acre Game and fish lake they stock catfish in summer and trout in winter. I just happened on to catching some crappie last Dec and Jan. The lake would be considered a shallow lake 4-10 foot except by the spillway where it is around 15 ft. I caught the small crappie ( 6-8 in ) in Dec and Jan by the spillway fishing about 4 ft deep using live maggots. Since then I can't find or catch any crappie where have they gone? The water is muddy now because of all the rain, how can I find and catch them. I know the lake is full of crappie and some big ones also, I caught one that weighed 3 pounds and a friend of mine caught one that weighed over 4 pounds. I have used minnows, jigs and even the maggots but not finding them around the spillway or fishing dock. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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