This may be the reason : "limited white crappie population" Sounds like you may have to pick another lake
(copied off your DNR website about Piedmont Lake) -- DNR.
- MWCD personnel and the Division of Wildlife have cooperated to produce fish attractors such as Christmas tree piles and felled shoreline trees in the lake. This added structure is excellent for concentrating bluegills, largemouth bass, and a limited white crappie population.