I figured out where to get trees for Joe Pool brush piles. Joe Pool has trees all around it. I can just bank the boat. Get out and cut a few down. Tie them to cinder blocks and go drop them. Yall think that would be illegal to cut a few down ?

Send me the coords ... LOL Kidding.

I have a boat ... we could do two at a time ... lmk ... if it's not illegal.

New Ranger boat. Check
All the jigs and terminal tackle. Check
2 Garmin finders and a Panoptix LiveScope. Check
Minnows. Check

Went out by the dam on Granbury yesterday. Caught Sand bass, Largemouth, catfish ..... NO crappie. Went to Pat Cleburne lake today. Nothin by the dam. Btw that is a small lake and I didn’t see much brush ...
Seems I’m failing at crappie fishing. Of purse I know nothing about that lake or where to go but I found plenty of brush piles, standing timber, scanned around boat docks everywhere around the south end.

zilch

With the crazy weather and such .... has been tough for me to get some crappie in the boat. What the hell? Today and yesterday was perfect. Decent water temps. Bah .....

I must SUCK at crappie fishin ..... anyone fish Granbury or Whitney that wants to come out on the boat and fish and show me where the hell these things are at? I’m about to buy a damn scuba suit and dart gun ....

Not Whitney but just down the road is a lake I'm a little familiar with and would take a backseat and fish with you on. I can usually find some crappie there but without electronics. I'm far from a master at crappie fishing but usually find some and can offer some help and show you some area if you know how to use those electronics.

I love this thread! No one wants to post and say i got skunked. Good on you. not everyone is SK, Buff, and Slew catching limits by 10:00!

I don't have any real advice but share in your misery. you have me beat on electronics. I know there are some people who charge a small fee to set up your electronics. i'm considering getting that done as i believe some real small differences on settings for your boat/finder/lake combo can make a big difference.

this weekend, i'll be taking a guided trip on my "home" lake so looking forward to learning some secrets. now having said that, my guide has a livescope so i'll have to handicap my learning a bit in that department until i can buy one. at $300, it seems like a bargain in the grand scheme of my annual boating budget.

time is precious but i'm trying to get my two girls more interested so i can get away for more weekends and longer days without leaving them.

I'm a realist and I'm results oriented. I am here to learn. I don't have all the answers. Sure, I have caught crappie before. I've caught a lot at once, but that is not nearly as repeatable as I'd like it to be. But what I want to learn is to do it like SK, Buff, Slew, etc. I want to be able to go out and utilize the electronics, do the work, and be rewarded for my work more often than not. I have no ego here, I want to learn to fish and teach my family to fish.

I have 2 trips booked, and I have my notes ready to go. I have surgery Thursday (athriscopic on my knee) and as soon as I'm ready to walk a little I'll be at it again. I LOVE to learn. I know how you feel about getting the girls involved. I love having my kiddos involved. Lmk how it goes or if you need anything from me, we can all learn from these great guys who post their valuable knowledge. That's what community is.

I plan on sinking some brush piles. when they are done and you can get around you can always go out with me and we can catch some