With 20 to 30 mph wind not counting the gust I'm going thursday.

Had a friend fishing in the Newport area today,he called me at 1:30pm and said he was fixing to load the boat.Not even a bite,I talked him into trying something for me before he loaded his boat.I only have two floaters in my tackle box and do not like useing them,I'm a no floater watcher but know they have their place in catching crappie.I ask him to set the floater at 4in,make his cast and let it set and only let the wind work the float.At 3:30 he called back and said he had 15 and loading the boat he had supper.I said ok and ask at what depth did they take the jig,he said your not going to beleive it but caught them in 1 to 1 1/2 foot of water.For the last two days its bugged me bad as to why I didn't catch anything sunday,the old floater trick didn't even come to mind sunday.Then again I'm the type if you try putting a floater on my line I'll run 10 miles just to get away from you.
Like I told him sometimes crappie want chase nor fallow a lure nomatter how slow or fast it drops though the water depths.However they will take a jig thats doing nothing but hanging and looking them in the face and not going anywhere.
Maybe the reason for no fish in the cooler as of late they are swallower then we think...