Well this probably sound like a strange question, especially from someone who has been fishing for 30 + years but here goes!

Give me some advise on fishing live bait for crappie! I hear ya'll talking about fishing minnows on slip cork rigs, ect but honestly I have never ever used live bait for crappie so I have not a clue as to how to set up for this.

I grew up and have been crappie fishing all this time with nothing but a good ole jig pole and a tube jig, flipping a jig up in some buck brush or next to a cypress tree is my favorite way to crappie fish.... The past couple of years I have branched out and caught alot on an ultralight and road runners but still have never tried minnows.

I have a fishing partner (girlfriend) now that loves crappie fishing just as much as me, if not more, and I thought to maybe increase the action a little bit for her we might try some live bait so we can catch some big fall stringers like I see ya'll post up here lately.

Any tips, instructions or pointers would be greatly appreciated and would help me and maybe some others on the board!

Thanks!

Shawn