Thread: Question about a "slow" pond.

Hi everyone. I have been fishing this pond in NE Arkansas for about 3 years and mostly caught bass. This spring the bass weren't hitting and my buddy and I changed over to small beetle spins and wam! I caught the crappie pictured below.

I am new to crappie fishing and now I love it. Here is the question. We have crappie fished this pond three times now and it seems like we are doing something wrong. I've been reading up on crappie and I believe the are suppose to group up in schools right?

But... At this pond we might crappie fish for 5 hours and only catch 2 or 3 slab crappie and a couple of very small ones. Even using minnows, small live crawfish, jigs of all colors.

So how do we get on them like some of the stories I've read about where anglers just wear them out once they find the "spot"?

we try all depths, different retrieval speeds, all types of baits but can't seem to get them back to back like I hear can happen.

Any advice?