I’m new it fishing for crappies & bluegills, how do I go about finding the right spot for the big ones.

Crappies and Bluegills are both fish that are targeted by larger species as food. They also of course are targeted by fisherman and have learned to avoid their offerings as well. In order for these fish to become large they need to be very wary of predation. Big bull bluegills are found in dense weeds. I have much experience fishing in Northern Minnesota. Northern Pike fishing or Largemouth Bass fishing was too boring for my two children when they were very young. I would therefore take them fishing for bluegills because of the non stop action they provide. We would often find spots that were extremely weedy and very difficult to reach by boat. It was in these areas we always caught the largest bluegills. The lack of predation in these areas promotes the larger growth of the fish that use the area as their habitat. Big crappie are another matter altogether. I have fished for crappie in Minnesota and in Kentucky Lake. I have found crappie to be a fish that school by size. Since there are many less truly large crappie you will not catch them often. When you do catch them you should catch several at one time however. I have caught crappie in the two pound plus class in many different conditions. I do not see a real pattern that differentiates where a school of two pound crappie hangs out as opposed to a school of crappie that weight 8 ounces. My best suggestion is to make sure you are fishing a lake that holds truly large crappie and then use normal crappie fishing techniques.