DutchmanAZ Report post Posted June 29, 2023 Plan to do some night fishing for crappie on the Salt end this coming Sunday. Assuming the standard lights, jig colors and minnows. I'd appreciate any pointers or recent reports, and I'll do the same after my trip. Thanks in advance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BassSlayer Report post Posted June 29, 2023 Went out the nights of the 10th and the 24th. Tried 3 locations on the 10th by cover in 15 to 20 foot of water and marked fish on the graph. Fished minnows and jigs, Not one bite. Fished last weekend in Sally Mae cove along the high bank in 40 to 50 foot with minnows and jigs and caught one crappie. Lots of minnows and shad around the lights but no bites??? Caution you to bring enough warm cloths, outside air says 65 -70 degrees but feels like 32 around 2-3 o'clock in the morning. LOL Good luck let us know 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchmanAZ Report post Posted June 29, 2023 Thanks for the update. Hopefully we'll have a bit better luck, but won't know until I give it a shot. I'll update this thread after the trip. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchmanAZ Report post Posted July 3, 2023 2 July report: Well - Rosy crappie kicked my butt again. Absolutely nothing..zip..nada. Not even a sniff. Launched at Schoolhouse around 6:30 PM still hot as the front porch of heck. Screwed around a little across the lake and as the sun set made our way back towards the launch. Found brush piles/trees in about 20' of water. Lowered the lights and soon had a TON of small minnows once it was fully dark outside. A pair of friendly game and fish officers checked our licenses and we chatted for a bit. Fished with JD green grubs and minnows, plain hooked minnows on a split shot, other colors of jigs the same way, using slip bobbers or just dropping the line overboard. Fished various depths but no takers. Sat there until about 10:00 or so, with no bites other than from the damned bugs. Was still at 100 degrees or close at that time with no breeze, so we packed it in. Hard to believe with that much bait rising to the light we didn't get anything. Heard what I assumed to be bass jumping around, but I didn't have anything to throw their way. Thinking back, I don't think I've ever caught a crappie at Roosevelt. Plenty of bass, but the crappie certainly have the winning record. Stayed at the Roosevelt lake resort for the first time. Rooms seem to have been recently remodeled. Took a while for the AC to catch up to cool down the room, but it was good by the time we got back from fishing. The cafe/bar/restaurant wasn't bad. Their beer was ice cold. Quote 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
