Lake of the Ozarks Crappie Fishing report

My wife and daughter wanted a fresh fish dinner so we went crappie fishing on Lake of the Ozarks a couple hours yesterday (3/25) and quickly caught enough black crappie for a family dinner.  We're so blessed to have such a wonderful fishery in our backyard!   Of late, the black crappie are sunning on shallow chunk rock or pea gravel banks in the afternoon. (3 to 10 feet of water depth with adjacency to deeper water)  The surface water temp yesterday was 48 degrees and Lake Ozark Crappie love to soak up the sun driven warmth provided by rocky banks in the afternoon.   Fish banks on the north side of coves that have max afternoon sun exposure.  We scan these banks with Humminbird mega side imaging and key in on specific areas using Mega Live forward imaging.  Once we find them we simply spot lock anchor the boat, and proceed to catch them with cork and minnow or cork and jig!   Prespawn fishing with this technique can be fast action and a lot of fun!    Our crappie dinner was outstanding!