Originally Posted by
JusFshn
Yates, They may have that CLEAR water like Brookville.. The water does need to have a little color to it, before a technique like that works best..
How do you catch a crappie in 60 foot of water should be the question? Drop shot?
Our waters are what I would call merky. As far as catching them in 60' of water, they are suspended. Normally in the dead of winter the Crappie will be around 18' in anywhere from 25 to 60'. Normally, this year has not been normal.
The funny thing is that someone in OH whats to argue about fishing in AZ, then make some wise crack about what may have been read in a book. I spend a lot of time on the water and have many friends that do also. I am not only a fishing lead at Bass Pro but the President of the AZCA. I get reports from customers, club members and guides everyday. So I'm probably a better source on AZ Crappie than old Yates. Now if I were heading to OH or anywere else to fish for Crappie, I'd listen to the local guys.
This winter has been a very strange one at Roosevelt Lake. The crappie have been deeper than I've ever seen them. The good news for Yates is that the Crappie have started to move up and some are now suspended as shallow as 10', but they are still out in open water around 45' deep. In a month or so they be stacked up in the mouth of coves and by April will be on beds.
Bill Eveland
Arizona Crappie Association