Just got back from 2 weeks at the bend. The crappie have been turning on in the middle of the day on brush piles. It is hot but under a umbrella it is not too bad if there is a breeze. The good thing about the middle of the day is that you pretty much have your pick of brush piles because no one is out there. There is a party barge on almost every brush pile early and late on the weekends, I could not catch many early or late but I would go back around 11 they would be biting good. A quick safety tip, watch where your foot is when taking a boat trailer off the hitch even if you hear a click, I had a bad experience this week, but it could not keep me off the water.