Some call it the cycle. I call it fishing pressure. Go fill your sack ladies and gentlemen. It's been on fire since October. Heck I've never been when at any time a yr u can't fill a bushel sack up with crappie. But one things for certain and that's the size is starting to decrease every yr. As far as top lakes in the country I wouldn't put it in the top 10. I heard(I'm sure I'm wrong so don't bash me too bad) that there were around 60 boats fishing for a big mama fish(no pole limits, no hook limits) and 2.4 something won and only a handful of fish weighed over 2. That's pretty discouraging considering the weights I used to see posted.