Having grown up on strip pits , crappie like dirty water strip pits rather than clear ones that are not real deep, say up to 15 feet deep. We own some of both and i have tried over the years to get crappie started in clear pits but not much success. I think our clear pits are all steep banked, not much flats and ledges for them. Gills , a spinner with a live worm is killer this time of year. I know this isnt a perticular pit but i hope the info might help.