Thread: Arizona Crappie????

I used to fish Ute Lake and another lake (maybe Conchas) in New Mexico back in the mid 70's. I spent 2 years there. Yeah those lake are definitley different than our Ohio lakes. Then again, they are some what similar to EF Lake and Ceasars Creek Lake in Ohio but on a much smaller scale. EF falls off pretty quick into deeper water (60' -90')especially on the lower end of the lake. These lakes are fairly deep with alot of rock shores but we do have more trees here. And we don't have rattlesnakes.

I know we used to catch most of our crappie at aroud 8'-10' deep suspended over deeper water. What few trees that were there, were magnets. If we could find shallow cover we caught fish. Of couse back then, the depth finder was the anchor and a rope and I was the motor on the boat.

I would think those western lakes would be a great place to add some cover to, condos and xmas trees.

One day I hope to make a trip out west again. I'd like to do it when I can take more time than one week to enjoy it.