willhunt4coues Report post Posted February 24, 2009 From what boats I have seen and people I have heard from Carlos is rockin with crappie right now. Get the kids out this is the time to get them addicted to the outdoors. I will be heading out on Saturday with my 11 year old girl to see if she can catch more than me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted February 24, 2009 Can you do well from the shore or do you have to have a boat? Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willhunt4coues Report post Posted February 24, 2009 Can you do well from the shore or do you have to have a boat? Amanda Good question. From what I have heard they are in different depts so I would think the bank would be okay. They are doing awesome trolling with BBC or JD jigs, small cranks, or even minnows but everyone is saying you will run out of minnows in minutes. Everyone I have heard from is sayin they are catching anywhere from 100 to 200 in a 4 to 5 hour period. Best place to put in is at soda if you have a boat. Good luck everyone. If you see me out there I will be wearing a Coueswhitetail shirt stop by and say hi. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coueschaser3 Report post Posted February 24, 2009 if anyone has any info on fishing from shore i would love to take my girlfriend out fishin there, ive never been out there but here its amazing. or can you rent aluminum boats or anything there? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted February 24, 2009 I don't think there is anywhere to rent a boat. I wonder how a float tube would be? Seems like that would be fun!! Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted February 24, 2009 Is there any place in Globe that sells minnow? TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WadeNAZ Report post Posted February 24, 2009 I usually get minnows in the Valley or at Kilmer's (have to head toward Roosevelt and then backtrack though). Went up with Family over the weekend. Fished from 10:30am until 4pm and caught 60 plus trolling John Deere Green and Blue/Black/Chartreuse grubs on a 1/16th oz. jighead. did not seem to matter if you tipped it with a minnow or not. you can get to some good spots on the south side of the lake to fish from shore but I am not familiar with all the different roads on that side of the lake. Just head toward the water close to where you see all the boats . The fishing should be good from shore. When I fish from shore I would just use a minnow under a slip bobber. Good luck to those that get out there This is my buddy Eric with a 2.5 pounder! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willhunt4coues Report post Posted February 24, 2009 Kilmers is out of minnows untill Wednesday or Thursday. Be sure to call them before you leave so you will know if they have any 928-425-0700. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted February 24, 2009 I usually get minnows in the Valley or at Kilmer's (have to head toward Roosevelt and then backtrack though). Went up with Family over the weekend. Fished from 10:30am until 4pm and caught 60 plus trolling John Deere Green and Blue/Black/Chartreuse grubs on a 1/16th oz. jighead. did not seem to matter if you tipped it with a minnow or not. you can get to some good spots on the south side of the lake to fish from shore but I am not familiar with all the different roads on that side of the lake. Just head toward the water close to where you see all the boats . The fishing should be good from shore. When I fish from shore I would just use a minnow under a slip bobber. Good luck to those that get out there This is my buddy Eric with a 2.5 pounder! Thanks for the info!! All those crappie are making me hungry for a fish dinner!! Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
couesridge Report post Posted February 24, 2009 crappie are definatley hitting right now at san carlos we caught 160 of them last week in 4 hrs just trolling using a chartruise grub with a pink head Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
June Report post Posted February 25, 2009 If your in Tucson , Jesse at Saguaro Tackle and Archery should have a healthy supply of minnows tomorrow afternoon. I heard this past weekend if you had long legs you could walk on water!!!! from boat to boat that is. Should be anyday now that they will move closer to shore. Have fun and great fishing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maloney2121 Report post Posted February 25, 2009 We have a place up there on the hill. Went up this weekend and killed the crappie. Right now it seems it would be better to catch from boat. They seem to be a little deeper in the 15-20 ft of water. We were fishing about 9ft with minnows. There is a bait shop going toward roosevelt that has minnows for about 2.50 a dozen. when it gets warmer they should move where you might be able to catch them from shore. Here is a few pictures but it only shows about half the fish we caught. On sunday with 3 people on the boat we brought in about 70 and threw back at LEAST 30. Great weekend with the boys!!!! Also on sunday I took a fairly close count of boats on water and at one point counted a 109 boats in seeing range. One of the pictures if you zoom in will give a idea of how many boats there was on the water Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jim Report post Posted February 25, 2009 I'm taking the wife on friday. She has never been in on the hot bite she's going to have a blast. Then it's on to Rosy saturday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted February 25, 2009 The pictures on here are killing me. I'm leaving Friday and plan on staying thru Monday if all goes well. Look out crappies here I come. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
