Fished HD yesterday from noon to 5 p.m. Caught about 15 crappie and one small largemouth bass. 6 keeper crappie. 2 were good size.

I couldn't quite put a pattern on them. We caught most (black crappie) in 15 fow, but our two largest (white crappie) came from a brush pile in 5 fow. A week ago, I was catching a lot in 30 fow, but couldn't get a bite there yesterday.

Caught everything with chartreuse road runners. Tried white, but didn't work so well. Also tried a couple other spinner baits, but no luck.

I'm still trying to get the hang of this fishing business. Anyone want to tell me why I had luck in some areas, but not others?

I'm taking two of my kids and a couple neighbor kids camping at HD this weekend. We plan to do a lot of fishing from my boat. For the kids, I'd be most interested in quantity catch and release of anything (not just crappie). Any tips?