When you do Crappie Fishing in rivers, lakes or streams that have moving water you will need to switch between live and artificial crappie baits depending on the crappies mood. Remember crappies are cold-blooded and the water controls their body temperature. Look for places in moving water where crappie might be hiding waiting for bait fish to swim by, you will have to put your bait right in front of their nose’s but boy will they really hit! When crappies are sluggish it is because the temperature is out of their comfort zone. Kind of like your neighbor that doesn’t have air conditioning or still using a wood burning stove when things get cold. They just don’t feel like doing anything until its right in their face!