Crappie at DVL?

[cpioutdoors]

I am heading up to DVL for the first time this weekend. Found this awesome forum so come here for some advice.

Does anybody happen to know how the crappie fishing is recently? How deep are they now ? Are they reachable from shore?

What's the average size of the crappies at DVL? I am asking because last time I went to Lake Cuyamaca for crappie and caught a lot of them. But all of them are 2-3 inch. Hope that's not the case at DVL

Thanks a lot in advance!

[sonarbp]

Better odds for crappie if you fish from a boat. DVL has a nice healthy population of crappie with some getting as large as 3lbs.

Good place to fish for them is the east damn.

good luck

sonarbp

[JigStop]

Try jigs, tipped with crappie nibbles, off the rocks 20-25ft. deep, more shallow in the spring. They hold off the ladders on both dams because the nin-come-poops that built the lake didn't put any structure in so rip-rap is the key. Using minnows will help keep the bluegill and sunfish away, if you only want crappie but the smaller live shad is always best.

[Bluegill]

Try jigs, tipped with crappie nibbles, off the rocks 20-25ft. deep, more shallow in the spring. They hold off the ladders on both dams because the nin-come-poops that built the lake didn't put any structure in so rip-rap is the key. Using minnows will help keep the bluegill and sunfish away, if you only want crappie but the smaller live shad is always best.

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Bluegill

[RamboBoy]

I am heading up to DVL for the first time this weekend. Found this awesome forum so come here for some advice.

Does anybody happen to know how the crappie fishing is recently? How deep are they now ? Are they reachable from shore?

What's the average size of the crappies at DVL? I am asking because last time I went to Lake Cuyamaca for crappie and caught a lot of them. But all of them are 2-3 inch. Hope that's not the case at DVL

Thanks a lot in advance!

I went to the DVL last Sunday. I saw a huge crappies schooling in Saddle Dam and lots of crappies in the stairway, about 5 to 10 feet deep.

Good luck!

[cpioutdoors]

Better odds for crappie if you fish from a boat. DVL has a nice healthy population of crappie with some getting as large as 3lbs.

Good place to fish for them is the east damn.

good luck

sonarbp

Thank you for the tips, Sonabp!

[cpioutdoors]

Try jigs, tipped with crappie nibbles, off the rocks 20-25ft. deep, more shallow in the spring. They hold off the ladders on both dams because the nin-come-poops that built the lake didn't put any structure in so rip-rap is the key. Using minnows will help keep the bluegill and sunfish away, if you only want crappie but the smaller live shad is always best.

Thanks ,CC。

[cpioutdoors]

I went to the DVL last Sunday. I saw a huge crappies schooling in Saddle Dam and lost of crappies in the stairway, about 5 to 10 feet deep.

Good luck!

Appreciate the heads up, Rambo.

[cpioutdoors]

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Bluegill

Thank you for chip in , Bluegill. Good luck at Skinner this weekend!

[RamboBoy]

Appreciate the heads up, Rambo.

No problem! Good luck!