Best/Worst Time of the Day for Crappie?
I'm a newby crappie fisherman, but have done a lot of bass fishing. I was wondering what the best and worst times of the day are to catch crappie in the summer? If I take kids, is live-bait the way to go? I ask because yesterday around noon I was marking fish all over just off the weedlines (suspended 7-10 feet in 10-18 fow) but couldn't catch a thing. I've read a lot of CDC and went to the recommended colors up here (black and chartuese tubes) and tried red/charteuse and white/charteuse - did not have one bite. I saw others fishing for them but only saw one guy pull a small one up. I even tried a worm on the end of my jig incase they were small gills and not crappie on the finder (but they were stacked pretty vertical).
Thanks for any help!
-Will