I am new to the lake wylie area and never have fished for crappie. I love catfishing and for the most part you can find me out there night stalking on any given weekend, rain nor shine ...im there. While fishing lake wylie I have caught numerous crappie and tend to mumble a little bit when I do because I am using heavy equipment and the fish hardly can be felt on the rod thus taking the fun out of it, knowing this..what type of rods do you use when crappie fishing? recommended fish line? Also, I am at highway 49 . at this time of year do the crappie seem more into the creeks such as allison big and small or are you finding them more out to the points of the coves? is this cold spell having any affect on your honey holes? I ask this because im seeing fish usually round 20 feet down and will they search for deeper waters.