Proven Crappie and Bluegill Patterns The author Jason Mitchell specially designed a fast action finesse spring bobber specifically for fishing soft plastics and this system is deadly on crappie and bluegill. Even on lakes with good structure and good weed growth, it seems like a percentage of panfish, both crappies and bluegills will pull out and suspend over holes and troughs at first ice. On many bodies of water, most of the panfish will be suspending over these deeper basin areas by mid winte…