I'm brand new to targeting crappie and fishing from a "boat" (kayak). I've been a lifelong bank bass fisherman. I'm not looking for anyone's honey hole, but I'm needing some advise such as depths and structure to look for this time of year for crappie.

I've found some info on the Corp piles, but they look fairly deep so I wasn't sure if they would be worth looking at right now. I'm looking at putting in around isle du buois and checking the island nearby and the Corp piles or Buck Creek and checking the bridge pilings and out toward the west side near the main lake.
I don't have a whole lot of range being in a kayak so I'm really just looking for a good place to start where I can get to some structure without paddling for an hour to get there.

I have a Garmin striker 4 with just basic sonar for locating structure and fish.

Also looking for recommendations on soft plastics for this lake (no live bait for me)

I'm looking forward to learning all about catching these fun little fish! Thanks in advance for any help!

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