Ok I know I have my limitations when it comes to catching crappie but these last few months have turned into some of the most frustrating fishing I've had in a long time. I fished 3 days in the last week and had a grand total of 8 keepers in about 24 hrs. of fishing and I'm not even catching alot of dinks. I'm hearing the same reports from fishers on the Missouri side too.....is this the worst fishing season ever......sure is for me. Now today I even tagged along with Lee for some catfishing ( he is the pro at catching these slimmers) and guess what........WE DIDN'T CATCH ONE FISH!!! We gave up on the cats and caught a small number of 5 -8in. crappie in the trees and put another #%!&!#$%! fishing trip in the books. I'm going to start tallying up all my fishing crap....boat, tackle, rods & reels and see if I can unload all this stuff on some poor optimistic fishing newbe!!...................WOW I thought I'd feel better.....NOT!