Hi all!! Brand new to crappie fishing and I've been doing a ton of reading and youtube watching, but still have a few questions. First of all, I'll be specifically targeting crappie for the first time this March on the warm side of a nuclear power plant lake. So I'm expecting the water temperatures to be more summer like (probably 70+) as opposed to spring like temps/conditions. For example, today the main lake is 46 degrees and it's discharging on the warm side at 71 degrees. The second pool is 64 and the third, and final pool before the water goes back to the main lake, is 63 degrees. So I'm expecting temperatures to be pushing 80 all the way down to high 60's lower 70's depending on what part of the lake we are on. Any tips on fishing these sorts of water temps? I'm sure I should approach it differently then if I was fishing the main lake at normal spring water temperatures. Where should I be looking for crappie? Deep? Shallow? In-between?

My second question involves rigs. I see there are TONS of different ways to rig jigs and minnows, so not sure which route I should take. I have various hair jigs in various colors in 1/8, 1/16 and 1/32oz. I also have numerous colors and sizes of the Bobby Garland slab slayr's and baby shad plastics with some painted jig heads to match. And a bottle or two of crappie nibbles. I also have some crappie size light wire hooks (can't remember what size) for minnow fishing as well as various sizes of ESB bobbers. I also picked up some #7 3 way swivels for tying up some double rigs. So for a jig rig should I just be doing a hair jig or jig w/plastic (serving as my weight), and slip bobber? Or would I be improving my odds by doing a spider or coleman type double rig with a jig? What about minnow fishing? Not sure what the best way is to tie up a minnow rig. Single? Double? I thought about buying some of the commercially available double minnow rigs, but figure I have the swivels, lines and hooks that I should just tie my own. Do you guys tip all your jigs and minnow hooks with crappie nibbles?

Thanks for any advice, tips and tricks you guys are willing to share to help me with my first crappie venture!! Hoping to not only catch my first, but 2nd and 3rd, and 4th, and.......