Quote Originally Posted by SuperDave336 View Post
Another tool you could try before on the lake is the google earth pro desktop version. It lets you view historical map pictures and you might find a time before the lake was built or a year it was drained low and find structure that way.



We have no limits here in NC either and I hardly keep any at all if we have some in freezer already.
Thanks for telling me about google earth pro. I used Google Earth to look at the lake but did not know there was a pro version. I just Googled it and found it under Google Earth versions.

I found a second map for the lake that shows more in the line of structure and provides fishing hot spots. It even provides gps coordinates for each location. It does not provide crappie information but does provide hot spots for bass. Those spots all have the type of structure that crappie love so this map is more useful than the first map I bought.

As soon as I can get out on the water I am going to check out the spots it provides.

I have mixed emotions about no limits on crappie catches. I do believe that in lakes with large numbers of crappie the size limit should be around 8" to remove the smaller crappie but I am not sure about being allowed to keep all you can catch. But apparently it does not do the harm I bought it would since Fish & Game sets the limits on each lake.

One saving grace in this area is that everybody is salmon crazy so from what I have been able to find out, few people fish for crappie.