I have been fishing Norfork since about 1994. We stayed at Blackburn's resort until the original owners sold it. We then started staying at Teal Point Resort, which is the nicest resort on Norfork and very close to Blackburn's. usually go down once in the spring and once in the summer. I don't feel that the stripers have hurt the crappie population. Although, I have heard that crappie fishing runs in 7 year cycles. The middle of the 7 years being the best fishing. This past year I went down in April, June, and November. Without a doubt it was the slowest I have seen it in the past 13 years. So I would say that we were probably at the 7th year of that 7 year cycle. I see the crappie fishing only improving over the next 3 years. I would highly recommend staying at Teal Point if you are able to get in. They are booked pretty solid as people from previous years usually reserve their cabin for the following year. But if you are going down in the spring or fall they may have some empty cabins available. www.tealpointresort.com - to check it out.