Crappie, sac-a-lait, white perch....(bump for evening traffic)

I dont care what you call it, myself and some friends are hoping for a few tips... I follow this board regularly and have read some of the recent threads on this topic. We plan on fishing false river, henderson, and the channel under I10 in the basin. I am an experienced fisherman, but grew up cutting my teeth fishing trout, cats, and bass in WV. So it goes without saying i have the basics of fishing down, but am looking for local pointers and suggestions related to fishing these waters for the title fish.

Some background: We currently plan on using worms, shinners, jigs, and Berkeley crappie bait... We will be fishing out of a flatbottom jon-boat under man power and a trolling motor...

We recently went this past Sunday to false river and were skunked. We were fishing at multiple depths to try to locate fish, but were unsuccessful fishing the piers/docks and some bank structure. We did see tons of coot and mallards! Which is always nice. I think this Saturday we plan to go fish under I10 in the basin. We currently fish out of a flat bottom jon-boat powered by hand or trolling, so that does limit us some.
The OD board helped us greatly in preparing for duck hunting, everyone had great suggestions and really help make this a memorable year for a guy from WV and one from TX. Along the way we introduced a friend to hunting and he may now have the "bug". We hope to shoot the moon and get him hooked on fishing.
I am hoping someone from this board can give us pointers on false river, the basin under I10 and henderson. I.e. depth to fish this time of year, bait, jig color, specific locations on these lakes... I know some are secretive about their "honey holes" but if you could spare some information we will forever be in dept to you. If you have other suggestions, bring them on, and if you could maybe include a map showing boat launches at these new suggestions (remember I am not from LA), ect...



BONUS QUESTION: On a side note, it is my understanding there is no limit on frog other than size on public land. I remember gigging as a kid and would love to do it again, how is henderson or the basin around I10 for gigging/catching frogs?






The notes of cliff: I am not native to LA and am asking for pointers on fishing false river, the basin under I10, and maybe henderson swamp for crappie.... Everyone here was very helpful to us duck hunting and we were hoping to tap some of the enormous knowledge on this board related to fishing.

A little something for reading and your help!


Thanks for the advice so far, keep it coming!!