get them shipped to you !! Grubco is an excellent place to get your live bait, and they are also a site Sponsor !! http://www.grubcobait.com/

Dale Cochran is a great guy, and very supportive of our sport. Tell him I sent you :D ... or tell him you're a Crappie.com member. Neither will get you a lower price, but it will continue to show Grubco that its sponsorship of the site, is a good deal ... and they will continue to support the site.

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As for catching deep water suspended fish - they're not there by accident. And they don't get "massive" by accident, either.
Find the depth of the Thermocline, and fish just above it.
Look at a map of the lake - find those "middle of the lake" drops/points/channel bends/humps ... and any cover that may be on them.
They're not just out in open water, hiding from your hook :p they're there for a reason, and they're oriented to a specific type of structure/cover/depth setup. They're also there, because there's food there !! Watch the Depth Finder for schools of baitfish, suspended at a certain depth ... fish slightly deeper than the bottom of the school, as long as that depth doesn't take your bait below the Thermocline. If there's ANY type of structure or cover (tree, hump, brushpile, bridge pilon) that extends above the Thermocline layer ... fish around it !!

... luck2ya ... cp