Crappie condos

I recently wrote an article about how big baits attract big crappie but I found out yesterday that little crappie will also bite mega-sized lures. While fishing with my neighbor on my home waters of Lake of the Ozarks, we tried for some crappie inside the wells of condominium docks and found that crappie of all sizes liked a blue-white 3-inch Bobby Garland Slab Slay'R (www.genelarewlures.com) attached to a 1/8-ounce jighead. I caught lots of keeper crappie in the spring on the 2-inch version but this was the second time I had tried the 3-inch model and both times I have caught small fish and keepers.
We pitched into the wells and counted the jigs down to 10 to 20 and usually got strikes when the lure was falling. The fish were suspended in the wells over depths of 40 to 55 feet. I hoped by using the bigger lure we would discourage the little fellows and catch keepers only, but we caught only 8 keepers and probably about 40 short fish.
I might have to amend that article about catching big fish on big baits after this latest trip.
To read another article on techiques for catching suspended crappie in the fall, visit my website at www.jnoutdoors.com and click on the articles section.