Also if you are gonna crappie fish get some aberdeen style hooks and a pair of needle nose pliers to put in your pocket...
http://www.basspro.com/Gamakatsu-Cra...ct/15834/55463
Aberdeen hooks have a longer shaft (like me) and it's easier to remove from the fish mouth unless they gut swallow it.
If they have the hook in a vital area and you don't want to keep the fish and he isn't bleeding, cut the line and let the fish go, sometimes they will live.