Thanks, I will have more minnows to use myself. I have tried to just use artificial but keep going back to the old standby (minnows). I figure if it ain't broke don't fix it and if it is broke it won't fix itself. I started out catching crappie on minnows years ago when artificial bait was not much more than a lucky 13 and a plastic worm with 3 hooks embedded thru the middle with a little silver spinner on the nose end for bass. There was really nothing other than what fly fishermen would have used back then to try crappie with back then. Artificial has came a long ways in the past 30 years I have to admit and I have boxes full but I still like my minnows.