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Lake Reports => Alamo => Topic started by: OneBlade on April 19, 2026, 08:18 AM

Title: Alamo 4/18 - AZMDO Mal Hiatt Crappie Tournament
Post by: OneBlade on April 19, 2026, 08:18 AM
Fished Alamo Lake as part of the Mal Hiatt memorial crappie tournament on Saturday. This event was setup and sponsored by the Arizona Mule Deer Org along with help from the Mudshark Marine crappie trail. I'll post those results in another topic.

Perfect weather no wind it was just me on my boat tried chasing crappie with livescope casting jigs, plus had a long pole on the back. Caught 1 on the long pole (bare minnow) so put my casting rod away and trolled for a couple hours with 2 long poles off the front instead but didn't catch anything. Back to casting jig tipped with minnow to 1s and 2s crappie was able to catch 20+ crappie. However max size was 1.29lb so I didn't do well enough to place in the tournament.

But this was first time I think with just me in the boat with livescope and got my confidence up. Helped to have minimal wind. Found sweet spot to cast 20-45ft away as if you get too close they go down or move away. Just needed to cast well and multiple tries and eventually they'd hit it.

Finished middle or so of the tournament was very happy with that given the competition was tough.