Locating the spots on new lakes.

[basscatcher89]

One thing about crappie is they arebhere today, gone tomorrow. So I always search with the sonar. I use SI to locate brush and bait fish. Then I use sonar and DI to determine if Crappie are present before I drop a line. I push minnows in front 80%. If you get in an area with bait all over troll jigs behind. Try to stay on a contour at depths you are seeing bait.

I'm glad you said that cause one of my days on the big lakes I was running along looking at the lake master chip and could see where the main break was in the lake. I saw tons of bait but could see the striper arches below. I drug through the bait a few times and could feel my jig running around the swarm of bait but never had any luck with the game fish hitting. I should of probably put more miles on that day just running that ridge.