CC, hope you guys wack-em good at Guntersville next week. Thanks for the info on Malone. I may be in touch if I get another chance to get over that way this year. As I said, never fished there for crappie, in fact only been on the lake one time and then bass fishing. Pretty lake, with clear water like some of the lakes in central/eastern KY/TN. Still, I would think a man should be able to find some crappie in the back of the creeks or trolling the creek beds???