Watch the boat traffic. Anglers do not spend a lot of time boat riding when fish are on the prowl. Everyone I saw was either camped on a good looking fishing spot, or just pulling their boats into likely looking areas. It didn't take long to find out why those folks were fishing instead of riding. The fourth or fifth fish I hooked broke my six-pound test monofilament line and I stopped fishing long enough to listen to a couple of nearby youngsters, fishing in a boat with their dad, teasing each other about who had caught the most, and biggest, fish.
Fishing is always fun.
I'm not gonna repeat that well-worn line from the beer commercial, but in this case it's surely true. At Lake Hubbard recently, it doesn't seem to make much difference which creek you're in or what color lure you use. The crappie are definitely into their annual winter movement into the creeks and seem to be schooling either along the breaks in the submerged creek channels, or in and around submerged brush in two to 12 feet depths. I caught Monday liked blue and white plastic trailers on small jigs, and I lost a lot fewer jigs in the thick brush when I used weedless jigs instead of the exposed-hook models. I know for a fact that it is easier to catch and hold a fish if the hook on your lure is exposed, but I tend to get frustrated when I get snagged frequently, so I prefer weedless jigs.