Better baits are clam snouts and cut bait. Crappies are available on minnows and tiny jigs over the main river channel. Buzzbaits and top-water lures will take them at that time. As the sun gets up, switch to dropoffs in 8-15 feet of water around submerged structure. Plastic worms are the preferred bait.
Crappie action is hot when the schools are found.
Better choices of lures are Bass Assassins, buzz baits and plastic worms. Better fish are being taken early and late in the day. Crappie action is good from the pier for small fish, but bream action has slacked off. Catfish, 4-8 pounds, are being caught on cut bait and chicken livers. Walleye continue to be caught by anglers drifting live minnows and nightcrawlers across the bottom.