Sounds like you had some pretty good fishing Chuck.. As well as some decent fortune of being gifted a nice crappie.. I do want to ask you if you have tried one of those flys out I sent to you? If not you prolly should as I have a feeling it will bring in some fish for you. They work great up here and even better during our early fishing which for us is right after ice out. Just use your ultra lite rod and put a split shot up around 2 feet ahead of it. Then do a slow troll doing a few s patterns where you know the fish are. They should work great on your crappie as well. Most any kind of fish we have here will hit them. So if you get a chance give one of them a try.. Thanks..