Well, my wife and I tried McMurtry Sat morning but we only caught small crappie, nothing to brag about or make me want to go fish the lake again, at least not until the season changes. So I guess I will stick with Blackwell until I decide to make a drive to a different lake. @ swollencrappie, I mostly fish from my boat, unless its windy then I just fish off the rocks around the fishing dock or inside the dock. I spend a lot of time fishing the crappie dock during the winter. I mostly use jigs unless my wife is with me, she only uses minnows