It helps to have a lot of brush around. Y'all would be able to take one of the coves and make a great place that holds crappie. Start out in the 25' depth and make piles up into the shallow water. Set them on the flats beside the channels. A lot of fish will spawn in the 10' depth because of the temp changes we have been having the last few years. Anything will work, even just a limb because the crappie just need to have cover to hide in.