East Crocker Lake

East Crocker Lake is a reservoir in Box Elder County, Utah and covers about 24.5 acres, reaches about 23.9 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 251.4 acre-feet.

East Crocker Lake is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover.

Fish and Baits

Fish listed for East Crocker Lake include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, and Largemouth Bass.

For black crappie on East Crocker Lake, fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops.

While looking for bluegill on East Crocker Lake, use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.

To begin with largemouth bass on East Crocker Lake, work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.

When channel catfish are the target on East Crocker Lake, fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.

Other targets listed here include Common Carp; give each one its own bait and depth instead of trying to catch everything with the same rig; check the clearest edge before moving, then watch water color during the day.

How to Read the Water

Do not let the deepest number control the whole day; nearby cover, firm bottom, and food usually matter more than the deepest hole by itself; test the quiet side before the windy side, then return to productive water when light changes.

Season by Season

shallow water is worth a careful look in spring and again during fall; bright summer days favor shade, weeds, or deeper breaks; under ice, a small depth change can be more useful than a long move; start beside the first useful break, then use the same depth on the next similar feature.

A Simple Tackle Plan

A medium spinning rod, 8-pound line, a small box of jigs, a few crankbaits, and a simple bottom rig cover most situations; change depth or speed before changing every piece of tackle; change depth before changing the whole spot, then keep one slow bait ready.

Record the wind, water color, productive depth, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce; begin where shallow cover meets depth, then repeat the depth that gives the first bite.