First, let me say I'm a beginner at this crappie fishing thing, so I'm no expert on gear by a long shot, but I thought I'd pass on what I found this evening. The Wal-mart on McCain in NLR is selling some discounted basic gear--jigs, plastics, maribou jigs. If you're like me, and just building up your arsenal, it could be handy.
On the sporting goods counter, they had three boxes of crappie gear, all packages $1 each. A feller saw me at the check-out and he asked if the crappie were biting, and I told him about the deal they had. He left the check-out line to go take a look. That made me think about dropping a line here. If you need some basic things like swirly tails, maribou jigs, shad/minner plastics, or grubs, they're selling old stock cheap.
I've now complimented my orders of meatgetter jigs, midsouth tubes, and crappie magnets... I think I'm prepared.. Now.. where's the fish? :)
