the crappie 'frenzy' lasts a few days... you hit it or you don't... it doesn't always happen on the same set of days in each region of the lake... one day the south end, silver shores, between iroquois and point, fireman's, north end , watertower inlet, clp, the weed point between park and big bay, and of course the canal... best time to target is after 2 wks of ice out- first day it hits over 60 degrees... if you find one of these super bite days, by all means, POST THE WATER TEMP!!! THIS IS THE KEY... look for gravel bottom where the weed growth has empty patches...