Crappie report around the dam/Indian Point area

[Kenny8906]

Has anyone had any luck on crappie around the dam area lately?  I'll be up for this coming weekend and would like to put my boys on some crappie if possible.   I was curious on depth range and what type of structure to look for.  Thanks in advance.

[Bill Babler]

Don't want to be glib but you have come to the wrong place. 

If you have Live Scope or Active Target it is possible you might find some in Brushy Creek suspended in some deep trees. 

Dam area and crappie are very seldom used in the same sentence on the Rock. 

Wish you the best of luck. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

21 hours ago, Kenny8906 said:

Has anyone had any luck on crappie around the dam area lately?  I'll be up for this coming weekend and would like to put my boys on some crappie if possible.   I was curious on depth range and what type of structure to look for.  Thanks in advance.

Maybe up Long Creek....

[Phil Lilley]

You'd have more luck catching big blue gill right now than crappie, esp around the dam area.  Off points in 18-23 feet of water using night crawlers.  Might snag a walleye or two in the process.  Even flatheads and channel cats.  And of course those stinkin' bass will bother you too.

[Kenny8906]

I appreciate the insight,  we will probably throw some FB jigs and just have some fun.

[Bill Babler]

Reports from the last 5 to7 days are the Gills have all but vanished, taking the walleye and bass with them.   Used some crawlers and never had a single blue gill bite. Still worth a try. 

Saw some bass surfacing and gave up the live bait and started chasing shad schools. 

Might look back in either Big or Little Indian, Point 1 cove, Clevenger, Beardsley Branch or Powerline for these shad as they are starting to move into major creek arms and the deep larger arms. 

We caught bass and walleye and also 2 Gills yesterday under and in shad balls on a 1/2 oz. flutter spoon and also on top with a Surge Shad.  We also had some swimming a 2.8 oz. Keitech thru the same suspended shad balls. Shad were hanging at 15' to 30' at depth  as there is still a strong thermocline at that depth.  We had 2 walleye in the shad balls that were 30' deep over 80' so they were not near the bottom. 

Watched everyone of them bite on the Live Scope.  Way more follows and refusals than takes.  Kind if humbling when you can watch them Poo-Poo. your junk. 

Got the scope really dialed in. My lady client called it video game fishing. 

Had one quality small jaw on a football jig  25'. 

Wish we could just skip September on go immediately to October 20th. and beyond on the Rock. 

Rumor has it 2 loads of trout were stocked yesterday from Roark Creek up to Cooper, and that might be a really fun deal. I'll know more when the trout guys call me later today. 

Good Luck. 

[dan hufferd]

On 9/28/2021 at 7:26 AM, Bill Babler said:

Don't want to be glib but you have come to the wrong place. 

If you have Live Scope or Active Target it is possible you might find some in Brushy Creek suspended in some deep trees. 

Dam area and crappie are very seldom used in the same sentence on the Rock. 

Wish you the best of luck. 

I'll second that, not that Bill needs any reinforcement.