Fished with my son Jay Sat. from 9 am to 3:30 pm. Only one Crappie and it came off half way to the boat. We were in the river end with a good sized flotilla (maybe 25 or 30). The bite was super slow so we decided to try up by the dam, nada. We returned to the river end to find that the bite went off and most people had multiple fish. We missed it.
Fished Sunday from 8:30 am to 1 pm and got 4 slow trolling in the river end.
Sounds like slow fishing but it was better than being at work, right?
We were fly-fishing at Alamo on Sunday, up on the river end. (We were the two guys in the kick boats) Picked up three nice crappie (1.5-2 pounds) , and six nice bass. Two of the bass were over 3 pounds. We were using fast sinking lines and streamers. for us, the bite was from noon to 4:00.
Joe
Quote from: Azflyfisher on January 10, 2011, 01:43 PM
We were fly-fishing at Alamo on Sunday, up on the river end. (We were the two guys in the kick boats) Picked up three nice crappie (1.5-2 pounds) , and six nice bass. Two of the bass were over 3 pounds. We were using fast sinking lines and streamers. for us, the bite was from noon to 4:00.
Joe
Hey Joe, I was the guy in the SeaRay with my son and my pitbull.
Quote from: Piscolli on January 10, 2011, 10:13 PM
Quote from: Azflyfisher on January 10, 2011, 01:43 PM
We were fly-fishing at Alamo on Sunday, up on the river end. (We were the two guys in the kick boats) Picked up three nice crappie (1.5-2 pounds) , and six nice bass. Two of the bass were over 3 pounds. We were using fast sinking lines and streamers. for us, the bite was from noon to 4:00.
Joe
Hey Joe, I was the guy in the SeaRay with my son and my pitbull.
And Joe, we were the ones that inadvertently trolled behind you a bit too close for comfort. Just waiting for your backcast with that sinking whatever it was to get impaled in my scalp......... :greengrin:
Glad to see you guys out in the middle of the lake with everybody else. We saw you catch one of those green carp. Sure looked like you guys were having fun. So is the cold water & "shrinkage" a problem........nevermind!!
LLL
Bill and LLL,
Pleased to make your acquintance! Next time I'll remember to ask "OK, which of you guys are on that crappie forum!"
No, there's no shrinkage to speak of. :D I'm only wet slightly above my ankles, and the waders keep me warm and dry.
Sorry if my back cast got a little too close--I'm sometimes a little lazy and forget to turn around and see if there is anyone/anything I might be hitting.
Joe
A bunch of us from the AZCA are hitting San Carlos on 2-12. Have you ever fished Crappie there?
I've been fishing San Carlos the last two years. 2009 was great! 2010 not so good. I think I made 4-5 trips last spring and only caught a handful of crappies. I'll put San Carlos Feb 12 on my calendar. I hope we see a few good reports before then.
Joe
Trailer lites ago so due to weather forcast going to alamo saturday looking for any helpful tips from you guys that fished there last weekend. Any one going if so stop by will be there in blk and silver tritton with marvin and stevert
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I'm going up to Alamo this Friday the 14th, I'll post and let you know how it is and what worked (if anything). With another week of sunny weather hopefully the bite will better.
The biggest share of our fish came while slow trolling ( 0.5-0.7) at a depth of around 5' but the bigger ones came from around 12' but with the continued warmth they may start moving up. Good luck.
Thanks ya'll what a great bunch of guys unlike those bass turds :laugh:
anyone have the males go black in the livewell? would indicate movement?
umm i have a new guy question. when do the fish hit the shallows at alamo? i heard that in general it is earlier than other lakes.. i ask because ive been there twice, i mostly fish bartlet and pleasant cause i dont have a boat :crybaby2:
I have never had success fishing shallows (shoreline) at Alamo. For the life of me, I can not catch them on the shoreline at that lake so I have no idea when they actually move up. lol
STABLE WARMING WEATHER :thumbsup: at Alamo they can move up as early as mid February and as late as April and early May, actually years ago during an unusual warm early spring had crappie up shallow at roosevelt the 3rd week of January. Warming temps with stable water levels and that magic 62+ degrees up shallow can set the spawn off. Have caught hundreds of crappie through the years up in anywhere from a foot of water out to 6' up spawning. Last year it never happened at Alamo worth a darn, lake came way up, was cold then they dropped the lake for over a month to bring it back down to flood stage, water was muddy and cool way into the end of march, same thing happened to Roosevelt. The year before Roosevelt and Alamo were on fire from early march well into April. Last year bartlett was great but it started late due to that lake coming up so much due to spring runoff
you can have 75-100+ crappie days when they are up (in the love mode)
awesome. so this warm weather patch were getting into will hopefully pull them in. im planning a alamo run end of feb. so heres to hoping. if anything the dock at bartlet might produce by then.....hopefully
I live in Mesa and usually go out every other weekend or so for Crappie. I usually have a backseat open if you want to go sometime. I'm new to this area but I tend to hook into fish everytime I go out.
weather still a little cool, though we have warming days up to 80 (but that is going to change midweek and be back into the 60's with a couple minor storms coming) the big thing that will warm up the water temps is some stain to the water and over night temperatures that warm up. We have high 70's during the day but still having the 45-50 degree nights so water temps are not going to come up much right now, add a little night time wind and it does not warm up. All depends on what mother nature does if we stay dry and warm going into February things could happen butttttttttt if we get a couple cold storms with some precipitation it can throw things back off.
Quote from: Southern_Pride on January 17, 2011, 10:47 AM
I live in Mesa and usually go out every other weekend or so for Crappie. I usually have a backseat open if you want to go sometime. I'm new to this area but I tend to hook into fish everytime I go out.
That's a pretty good offer right there.
Quote from: Stevert on January 17, 2011, 09:03 PM
Quote from: Southern_Pride on January 17, 2011, 10:47 AM
I live in Mesa and usually go out every other weekend or so for Crappie. I usually have a backseat open if you want to go sometime. I'm new to this area but I tend to hook into fish everytime I go out.
That's a pretty good offer right there.
+1, that's exactly what we hoped this site would do. Get people together and help each other learn more about our sport. WTG! :You_Rock_Emoticon:
Quote from: Southern_Pride on January 17, 2011, 10:47 AM
I live in Mesa and usually go out every other weekend or so for Crappie. I usually have a backseat open if you want to go sometime. I'm new to this area but I tend to hook into fish everytime I go out.
i might take u up on that one day even though my fishin partners (brothers) will be ticked lol. hope u got a big boat
Its not that big. Its an 18ft Bass Tracker TF. It gets me where I want to go then I rely on my Mississippi/Alabama instincts to catch fish. HaHa. Just PM me your info and if my seat is open next time I head out, I will give you a shout.