They make great bait. We just caught a lot of small to average channel cats and bluegill at T-ville. Fished for crappie all of about 15 minutes (caught one short fish on a jig) then switched to fishing the banks with cicadas and minnows. It was a ton of fun on ultralight takle. Also caught three carp (4 to 7 pounds). They weren't crappie but I enjoyed it.

Take care,
Greenfish