Fellow Northwoods enthusiast, Mr Joe Ertl, seldom gets out of the Cities, and even more seldom during peak crappie time. However, he recently found himself in this predicament, with a full week off of work, and crappies on his brain. We had a solid four days of slaying, despite having to tough-out the last major storm of the winter which consisted of complete whiteout sideways snow and 14" of accumulation.