So Crappie is new to me, what bait do you use? I grew up salt water fishing in Florida so this river/lake fish is new LOL.

I know how to catch cat

and I use Night crawlers to catch what I catch, seems to be a lot of drum and perch. So I was wondering what do you use to catch crappie?

oh and at the dam, what size weights are you using to keep your pole still? this is my husbands question, hes afraid the normal "trout" stuff he uses is so light weight it wouldnt work.