Alamo 2/25

[wadefisherman]

Teamed up with Mac today, got on the lake @ safelight and tried long line trolling with no luck for the 1st hour, switched out to spider rigs and started catching some fish. Off the lake @ 1300 hrs with 19 slabs, the trollers were not feeling the love today. Quite a few folks gave up on trolling to try minnow rigs, best we spoke to had 3 fish. Post cold front seems to have shut down the jig bite. 4 fish around 2 lbs, very good quality on all fish. Most females had very bloody eggs, spawn seems very close. Water temp topped out @ 59. Very light bite, had to really watch the poles today. It was great spending time with Mac, it's been awhile.

[FishMan]

Nice work Brian, congrats on the fish and for getting some good quality "float time" in. Stay on them for when I finaly get a day off.

[Fishless]

Dang water back down to 59 degrees with a bigger cold rainy, windy storm due in this weekend with cool temps all the way into next week was going to hit it next Wednesday in front of the full moon coming thinking it would start but now it will probably throw everything back a week or so, no weather all winter and now when things are starting to rock and roll it hits we need the moisture just wish it would of come early on

[sandman]

Way to go B.

Has anyone else noticed a pattern here?

FISH THE TWO WEEKENDS BEFORE ANY AZCA PUBLISHED EVENT. 

[cousinlll]

Great to have both Brian & Mac back on the water again!  Nice job guys

[sparkchaser]

Well done, glad you guys got out there and got some.

[IAMMAC]

It was a great time that's for sure.  With school and working full time, I rarely get a day off.  But with Finals being on Monday and Tuesday Wednesday was a go for fishing!  We had lots of strange looks and some interesting conversation as people trolled by.  It's always funny to hear...."Look, they got ANOTHER one!"  Spider rigging is a must when the bite shuts down!  You don't need to use just minnows either, jigs work just as good when using the right size.  Like Brian said, most other boats had 1-3 fish in the same area and we had 20 boats around us.  Had I known we had 19 we would have stuck it out for one more!

[azbohunter]

Thanks for posting your report. Sounds like a great time and 19 isn't a bad number! LOL
I was pretty sure I was finally going to get back to Alamo only this time for a few days with my wife. We were planning on leaving Wed and fishing through Saturday, I was really looking forward to the time together. We have both been fighting the respiratory gunk that is going around and her a bad back! Plus I had to make a unplanned trip to Oregon to help my mother with some aging decisions (she is 91 and currently alone).
I thought alright, a few days to just relax, fish and enjoy some quality time with the Mrs.
Forecast for the next few days??? Up to maybe 2 inches of rain, a foot to 18"  inches of snow possible for the Flagstaff area?? AHHHHHHHH.....this sucks! As bad as we need the moisture and as much I am happy for it, it is putting a damper on my excitement about Alamo. I will probably go ahead and go and hope for the best and just be happy to spend some time on the water but I am expecting a real slow down if the forecast comes close to being accurate.
What do you all think?

[Fishless]

Thanks for posting your report. Sounds like a great time and 19 isn't a bad number! LOL
I was pretty sure I was finally going to get back to Alamo only this time for a few days with my wife. We were planning on leaving Wed and fishing through Saturday, I was really looking forward to the time together. We have both been fighting the respiratory gunk that is going around and her a bad back! Plus I had to make a unplanned trip to Oregon to help my mother with some aging decisions (she is 91 and currently alone).
I thought alright, a few days to just relax, fish and enjoy some quality time with the Mrs.
Forecast for the next few days??? Up to maybe 2 inches of rain, a foot to 18"  inches of snow possible for the Flagstaff area?? AHHHHHHHH.....this sucks! As bad as we need the moisture and as much I am happy for it, it is putting a damper on my excitement about Alamo. I will probably go ahead and go and hope for the best and just be happy to spend some time on the water but I am expecting a real slow down if the forecast comes close to being accurate.
What do you all think?

they keep moving back the main portion of the storm from saturday to Sunday and monday now some times the weather guys are spot on and other times they miss the forecast by a bunch as far as timing and amounts of moisture the one thing they are talking about is wind which is a pain on a lake. Only problem with Alamo it is a hell of a time commitment to drive there where as a bartlett or pleasant is only an hour or so away. If you go and weather is bad you relax at the camp site if they goof on the forecast you are ready to fish

[azbohunter]

Thanks for posting your report. Sounds like a great time and 19 isn't a bad number! LOL
I was pretty sure I was finally going to get back to Alamo only this time for a few days with my wife. We were planning on leaving Wed and fishing through Saturday, I was really looking forward to the time together. We have both been fighting the respiratory gunk that is going around and her a bad back! Plus I had to make a unplanned trip to Oregon to help my mother with some aging decisions (she is 91 and currently alone).
I thought alright, a few days to just relax, fish and enjoy some quality time with the Mrs.
Forecast for the next few days??? Up to maybe 2 inches of rain, a foot to 18"  inches of snow possible for the Flagstaff area?? AHHHHHHHH.....this sucks! As bad as we need the moisture and as much I am happy for it, it is putting a damper on my excitement about Alamo. I will probably go ahead and go and hope for the best and just be happy to spend some time on the water but I am expecting a real slow down if the forecast comes close to being accurate.
What do you all think?

they keep moving back the main portion of the storm from saturday to Sunday and monday now some times the weather guys are spot on and other times they miss the forecast by a bunch as far as timing and amounts of moisture the one thing they are talking about is wind which is a pain on a lake. Only problem with Alamo it is a hell of a time commitment to drive there where as a bartlett or pleasant is only an hour or so away. If you go and weather is bad you relax at the camp site if they goof on the forecast you are ready to fish

Guess my biggest concern is IF there is 2 inches of rain in the drainage that feeds Alamo, what is the lake going to be like? Have thought about Bartlett but I can do that as a day trip and if I am going to do a 3 nighter I would rather spend it at Alamo and hope for the best. Think I will just wait and see.....