First I would like to tell everyone on the board Hello and Happy New Year.

My father-in-law and myself went fishing this past Sat and had I guess you could say some awful luck. I only caught 2 nice Crappie. Anyways... Santa brought me a nice gift for Christmas which was a Lowrance X-125. My whole goal Saturday was to go out and try out this new toy. I fish the Lake Des Allemands area and we found that most places (canal's and the Lake itself) was only 6-9 feet deep at most. The only place that we saw extreme depth change was in the Bayou. There we saw anywhere from 3-18 feet changes.

I suppose what I am getting at is what would some of you all suggest I try to put more fish in the boat? Am I doing something wrong?
I caught both of my fish with the Crystal Shad Bass Assassin shad.
I even had shiners as back up. And nothing.

Could someone help me start a successful fishing year?

Thanks in advance for your help.