Hello everybody. I am obviously new to this forum but not to crappie fishing. I was born and raised in southwestern Oregon so I spent most of my life fishing some very crappie rich waters. A couple years ago my young family and I moved to northwestern Montana. The hunting and fishing here is amazing but there are no crappie waters close by. Eastern Montana has some good crappie fishing, but it's a long drive from where I live. The Idaho panhandle has some good crappie lakes so most of my efforts will be directed there from now on. I really look forward to learning from the members of this site and meeting some very fine people. Thanks to all of you.