I have one word for you, COVER, we have worked on our brush pile, bullrush
section next to our pier for 4 years now. This year the big pay off, I caught
a 12" Black Crappie right at the edge of the bullrushes around 7pm the Sunday
before Labor Day using a small Walleye Sucker for bait. A week later a friend
caught a 13 1/2" Black Crappie in about the same place. We have also caught
sizable Muskie right off the pier because of the cover and the abundance of
small fish and minnows.

Good Luck to ya,
Margie
Presque Isle WI, and Milwaukee WI