Try vertical-jigging these lures when crappie are holding deeper, and switch to the float as they move into the shallows. Along with small tubes and jigs, small, suspending minnow baits also work ...

and crappie. Anglers wanting to use minnows as bait can catch their own in a minnow trap or cast net if it is legal to do so in their area. They can also be bought, as most bait shops sell live ...

While these are considered micro-size lipless crankbaits, they're big by most standards for ice fishing panfish ... winter crappies will only take live minnows and barely move your bobber ...

Crappie are slow on minnows in 30 feet of water ... in the normal winter habitat in about 13-23 feet of water by the Live Scope anglers. Very few scattered reports of a few males coming up ...