Winter Crappie In Dam Area

[ten_scoach]

Does anyone have any advice on winter crappie between dam area and 86 bridge? Most of the brush piles I know are in 10 feet of water or less. It seems other area lakes doing well on winter crappie but haven't seen much on TR. Any suggestions are appreciated.

[Bill Babler]

Good Luck. You might do just about as well at home in the bath tub and you would be much warmer. The area of which you speak is not a hot spot for Winter Crappie.

May be in some of the private docks in Beardsley or Clevenger however, but it will be a bear.

If you have a boat try the James or the Kings or even Roaring River up the White River. You can also just motor up past the 86 bridge to Long Creek.

[ten_scoach]

Thanks for confirming the way I have felt about my success! I see that mdc put some brush piles around gage's ....I mean bass pro marina. If I can find some of those in deeper water we'll give it a go. Do you typically hit the brush piles in the winter months or troll? Thank you again for providing feedback.

[Bill Babler]

If you are going up LongCreek, you are better on the flats rather than trying to fish the trash piles that MDC put in the lake. Use your electronics and fish where the mud or silt flats dump into the channel. Lots of good places above Cricket Creek Marina. Starting next week, this may start to get going. The crappie will scatter out of there on the bottom. Use a swimming minow and a 1/8th. oz. jig head to fish slowly along the bottom in either Cricket or Long Creek.