I've never heard of anyone crappie fishing it. I feel sure they are some in it. I live way up where it starts and as a kid I use to wade fish for the red breast,set bank hooks for some catfish and know some folks who use to set nets for the sucker run. I haven't fished it in a long time or heard anything about the suckers. I bet with the dark water down your way the crappie would look dark.