Hays,the comment about crappie not breaking water would be right about 99.95% of the time. One day while fishing a river close to home I had two crappie jump clear out of the water throwing the jig in the process.Both were fish over a lb.It's been about ten years since it happened and hasn't happened since.Some will get there head out of the water and try to shake the hook.Some crazy crappie in that river.Now when I see one start to come up I stick the rod tip under water to keep them down. Once,while fishing Mark Twain lake during the spawn crappie were so aggressive they would come out of the water and grab a jig held a couple inches above the water's surface.Unfortunately these days are few and far between.