I live in Whitney Point and have fished that lake for years. From what I have learned from that lake is that the crappie seem to be in the deeper waters in the later part of the winter. If you are only fishing this lake for the Crappie Derby, then you may want to try there. There is a web site for the Crappie Derby and it has a pretty good map that shows the lake and it's different depths. Good luck and we will see you at the derby. The ice is really getting thick and mabe,just mabe,the derby will go on as scheduled.