On the water 9am launched out of Windy Hill and headed up to the Salt end at least up to and past Schoolhouse ramp but on the other side of the lake. Trolled with my 16ft rods and double-minnow rigs off the side and front and only caught 3 crappie (lost several others) and a couple bass. All crappie were 2lbs+ though. Found the area I chose was near the same area as a majority of the National Crappie League tournament guys were fishing at up there as well. I counted 11 boats in the floatilla at one point and over half were using LiveScope and casting at fish. LiveScope was lit up with bait balls as well as lone and pairs of crappie, but we didn't leverage that useful information well (still learning and adjusting settings). NCL tournament results haven't been posted yet but top weight was 5 fish over 12lbs I think. I don't think they used minnows either. NCL 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place were also at 10lbs or more for 5 fish.
NCL guys put on a great tournament and at weigh-in had speakers, digital display for weight, and pretty good process for that. They held a raffle and gave away some good BnM rods, Canyon Cooler, marble cutting board, etc. Campfires both nights were great and food also really good. Florin fried up some pork belly (Chicharrón) that was good and lots of other good stuff.
Next meeting, and NCL tournament, is March 23rd at Alamo Lake, then Spring Crappie Fest on April 6th:
http://www.azcrappie.com/forum/index.php/page,scf2024.htmlOther spring crappie fishing events listed here:
http://www.azcrappie.com/forum/index.php/topic,5061.msg
