welcome to the forum ....
a guide there kan show u more than a million posts
they live on the water ketchn crappie ....
the knowledge from a single trip will carry u a long ways there i am sure ...
best of luck to ya ....

Thanks to you all for the info! I live in China Spring down Wortham Bend, so I am putting in off of Yankie/Flat Rock boat ramp. I do have my own boat w/depth finder, etc. I grew up on Lake Belton & we know it well. But, I have lived in Waco going on 3 years now, so I want to learn how to fish this lake. I have done well the last 2 yrs during the white spawn up all 3 Bosques and have done well with cats up the rivers on trot lines as well, but as far as fishing the lake, I am a complete rookie. A guy told me about the old damn, and I found it, but have yet to fish it either.

MonsterCrappie - I thank you for the offer of taking me out, & I do agree that it could probably save me some money in the long run, but I have gotten some good info on here from some guys for some good starting points, so I am going to give these a try 1st to see what happens.

As far as techniques of slabbing & the lures ya'll are using, seriously, I appreciate you all sharing this info with me. Hopefully I will gain some good experience this spring/summer & be able to share some goodies with all of you as well!

try the pile I gave u called "wacogood" first. you will probably limit out right there.

There is nothing like getting info ideas etc from any of us .. Depth location location location and all .. But theres really nothing like finding them on your own figuring them out and ketchin .. Its about the pride .. If you are a fishermen you will ketch .. Go get em .. PM SENT

Take leanin post suggestions on this. If he tells you a specific pile GO TO IT!!

Stacked up 75 more today. Same pattern. I doubt that you find a single pile with a limit on them just yet. Most piles have 5 or 6 feeding fish right now and a good pile has a dozen. Stick and move. If you sit for a few minutes with no bite, head to the next pile.

I found a simular pattern to Zach this weekend during that awful north wind. Some piles I could see fish on the graph but coudnt get bit, most piles we caught a few quick and then moved on. Found a couple piles that gave up 10-15 and then went dead. Dont stay on one spot long without a bite on waco. There are lots of piles and lots of fish so if they are not active on one pile, move on to another and find fish that want to bite.

another thing that helps is dont always go in a daisy chain, from closest pile, to the next one in the line, to the next one, because someone else could have just did the same thing. mix it up sometimes, go hit some piles u had not hit in a while, or go scan for new ones. variety is the spice of life.

I have been guilty of this in the past. Plan to change that up this year by looking for and fishing new piles. Heck, there's a lot of piles I have marked that iv never even put a jig in.
Iv been holding off letting those 2 lbers grow up for the tournament in August.

for crappie which is best.....south of the twin bridges or north of it.

I fished for blues on the north end this winter and did ok in the timber, and luckily didnt tear my boat up. I was told blues werent in the south end so I didnt go there

Crappie can be caught all over the lake, no specific area.

Short time I have visited TFF, I have appreciated the willingness of others to share. Baits, depths, temps, pics of graphs, etc, I have used it all to increase my knowledge of crappie fishing. I agree jig master.

Well, I am heading back out Sunday morning. Going out with a friend & his son, 1st time we have fished together, so I am hoping that all of this info will help me put us on some fish. I told him how generous you all have been sharing information & that I feel confident we will catch something. Ive got a plan & will stick to it going over some of the areas ya'll have offered & techniques of not daisy chaining. So far looks like the wind is going to be out of the North(my grandfather & father always have said that fishing during a strong North wind is not the best conditions) but looks like its not gonna be as strong as last weekend. I know of some of the areas ya'll have offered will put us out of the wind tho, so will definitely hit those up. I will update next week & let you guys know what happened. Thanks again to all ya'll & HAPPY FISHING!!!

if you are talking about blue cats, I caught quite a few channels & blues, including a 34 lb blue in the mid bosque last spring during that 2 week period where the water got out of banks. I know there are blues on the south end, just hafta find the good holes, which I have no idea where they are in Waco, these were all caught in 18ft in the river while water level was up...