MNGordon, I will try and help you. I have fished Kerr Lake since the early 70's and my wife and I own property there. It is fast becoming just like Sante. It used to be called Crappie Catching as you were assured a nice string if you could let a minnow or jig down in the water around any little brush, fence post, willow bush etc...not so anymore. I call it Crappie Hunting now because that is what you have to do. Stay on the move with the best electronics you can afford. I have a friend who is a guide and I have set in the boat with him and watched him catch 350-375 fish in a day which he releases..he is now catching 6,12, and 20 on a good day. That should tell us something. If they do not wake up and put a creel and size limit inforced strictly it will be another Sante...just a memory. Smiles, G