Originally Posted by slabbandit
slabbandit.......I've spent some time on Nimrod, but it has been several years past. For the years I was there I was always able to catch crappie shallow, including during the summer and winter months. During winter, look on the North side of the lake, follow points and creeks to 6 to 10 feet of water and look for structure (submerged brush, rocks, ditches, etc.) The North side will be warmer due to the sun being southerly in it's winter path, and you can find them as the sun warms during the day. During summer, drifting in 8 to 12 ft of water along the edge of creek beds and the main channel anywhere you see stumps or brush piles. Some of the best catches I had were in summer on jigs tipped with small minnows. You can also find summer crappie early and late in even shallower water as long as the main channel is very close. For example, there is a place on the left side of the lake if you're heading up the creek that has a tall rock cliff that's ideal. The creek bed is just right off the cliff about 30 yards out. I've casted Beetle Spins from the deep water to the shallow and let it bump the rocks on bottom as it gets deeper and have easily caught limits in less than an hour, most were in the 2lb and + size. There is an island almost straight out from the County Line camp in the center more or less, and there is a rock face on the deep side there. Try casting a red and white Roadrunner there working it deep. None of the fish stay in these places constantly, but will go there to feed. You just have to be there when they are feeding. Try them early in summer, and up in the day when it's winter.
As to why they're that shallow, all of them had been stuffed with last spring's shad, and I assume they are going shallow to feed on them around stumps, rocks, etc. Hope this helps you get on them, you will have a blast. :D
I'm sure you already know this, but Blue Mountain Lake also has some great crappie too.