New to Board, need a little help

I have been lurking on the board for about two months and I have to say, I have learned alot. I have been fishing a right good while but have not fished for crappie except by casting jigs around the spawn in shallow cover, which has only given me a short window to do well. I am fishing a customers tournament next week at Smith Mountain and I know little about the lake. We are launching at the state park. If anybody can give me
a little direction, it would be greatly appreciated. We are now rigged for most methods I have read about on the board.




Thanks, Steve

Welcome to the board! Sorry I can't help but we do have a few on here that fish SML.. Hopefully they check in..

What kind of tourney are you fishing on SML??? I may be interested...

Blake

Welcome aboard. Sorry I can't help you with SML as I've never been there.

Welcome from GEORGIA.

Welcome aboard, Snafu! I've never fished SML, but based on occasional reports dock-shooting and longline trolling seem to be very productive there.

Your home lake, Chesdin, isn't a great place to get serious about crappie fishing. A few of the regulars reportedly find them way up the lake, but everyone else catches endless dinks wherever they go. Fortunately, you have several other choices within a reasonable drive--and then there's Buggs.

There's a lot of variety at Pickett Reservoir and the dozen other Pickett ponds and lakes. Lee Lake is also good for crappie if you can fish in standing timber. Great Creek Watershed is another interesting crappie fishery--but it loads up with grass early in the season.

And then there's Buggs.

drag some slip rigs with minners 3 to 5 down in 9 and cast around kinda flashy with lure and often ,,find em anywhere. may not all be silvers but ya fishin unknown water's right.... enjoy ya time on the water you will find fish/////////

Welcome, good to have you here.

Can't help with SML--I have never fished there, but welcome aboard, Snafu! :welcome