Got a nice bunch of crappie this evening on Toledo. 22', but the crappie were around 10'. I had been seeing these fish for around 3 weeks on the Lowrance and, verified they were crappie with an aqua view, but only catching very few on jigs. No luck keeping minnows alive, so I bought a Grayline $400 minnow bucket. It works great! No dead minnows at all and plenty of crappie in the livewell.

Sorry no pics, this site is just not friendly to posting pics.

Earl, I know its off topic but what's the striper fishing like over there?

I don't think I've caught any stripers, but I do catch hybrids on hellpets. I have one spot I can pull a hellpet thru and catch a fish nearly every pass.

I guess I don't know if those big stripers are still in here.

I fished there back in the days of the dinasaurs but have heard there are some big ones in there. Thanks - - - AL

TB still has stripers just not as many as it use to. Most foks will also agree that the 20+lb fish are no longer there.

thats good i always use minnows when crappie fishing they work great

Could've save ya some money on the aireator/minner bucket by buying one of each at any Wal-Mart, Cabela's, BassPro, or Academny and maybe paid $30 dollars total, or for two, $60 (one for each you and your partner).

Though I don't own a boat yet, I have a trolling minner bucket with a portable aireator that takes 2 D batteries (I use Duracell and they last for a year or two before running down) and has a metal clip that I attach to the handle of the minner bucket.

Works like a charm and my minners never die and are always spunky. That being said, congrats on the catch!