Well I can tell you that not alot of fishin is going on here on rathbun only about half of the club members have been out and the reports are mixed some have done real good others fair 5 to 8 feet in the brush and cover most using bobby garland and turbo tails by TTI blakemore and some on minnows or combos been a few real nice ones taken have a couple of pics on the club website Home - Lake Rathbun Crappie Club I know there is enough guys fishing that all of the bait shops are open earily this year not sure what waer temp is dnr reports surface temp at 59 but I am still thinking spawn is coming early this year maybe we will get lucky and hit it on the first club tournament date????