Chris,

I actually did that last year with a buddy's backhoe. You just get tired of looking at the same hole. I've been testing my "honey hole" for the last month. The crappie have been real funny. Always on the shadiest side of the cypress trees, not much action in brushpiles. They've have not been aggressive. barely biting the jigs, not biting swimbaits (tsunami) at all. I may hang out some yo-yo's sometime to see if they are spooked by the boat, but I don't think they are. I've been using a 10' jig pole (uncle buck) with very light action. I can tell when they even touch the line ( high vis). They will pick up that jig, and when you pick up on them, they let go. That's why I'm considering going to some other lake that they might be biting on. I noticed the river moving pretty well yesterday as I came across the 440 bridge, muddy & a wake on the navigation buoys. Got any suggestions for biting crappie on Friday? It's supposed to be beautiful!