East Canyon Crappie help, please?

[Freakyfisherman]

Despite my best efforts, I'm being forced to be a good sport and go on a trout-fishing expedition with a couple of buddies still too young to properly appreciate panfishing.    

 They have elected East Canyon as the destination, and, hoping to salvage the day out as best I can , I'm wondering if anyone can provide a little guidance on hitting the crappie up there? 

 Anybody know how?  Is it even worth a try?  Are they big enough bother, having only been stocked 5 years ago?   My crappie experience in Utah has been limited to Willard (where I'm totally hit or miss), Pineview, and Utah Lake, and it seems to me that East Canyon is a quite different lake from any of those.  

 Where do I look?  Shallow or deep?  Likely to be suspended over deep water?  I finally have a functional sonar, but it isn't much.  What kind of structure am I looking for?  

Failing crappie, who knows how to catch SMB through the ice?  I'm hoping not to have to even TOUCH a slimer..................

Although I haven't scored crappie through the ice on East canyon, I used to catch them from the bank near submerged brush when the lakes stayed filled up enough for that to happen. That was back in the 1990s. I have heard them caught near the dam through the ice. Pre dawn to just after sunrise will probably your best time, or from dusk to just after sunset. I haven't tried to get one through the ice there, but I'm thinking 30 ft of water near a drop off would be a good place to start and as mentioned suspended. Good luck
Gabe