06-13-2006, 10:16 PM
Hi Joe,
Welcome to the Board and Lake Mead.
Here are my suggestions based on my experiences thus far.
I find that the bites are hotter at night than in the mornings. Don't get me wrong. I know you can catch your fair share in the morning but the bite at night lasts longer and seems more intensive. The largest striper I caught in Overton Arm was about 5-8. I recommend Glory Hole. It's a decent size cove on the Northeast end of the Overton Arm. We fished two nights in that cove last summer and caught a ton of stripers off the back of a houseboat. The bite in the morning and especially during the day wasn't good at all. However, once the sun set, it was on.
As for crappie, I typically see them only at night. They use boats, houseboats, and other obstructions to hide themselves at night. They get pretty close to shore. Over the Memorial Day Weekend, I saw a fairly large school of crappie hiding near and under our houseboat. However, once we attracted the stripers to the houseboat, the crappie left in a hurry.
Live bait is king. Anchovies will get the job done but you can never beat live shad. Or in my case, I've used small crappies as live bait. I use the smallest hooks possible with a tiny piece of anchovy to catch small crappies (about the size of a cell phone). I then put a number 2 hook through the top portion of its mouth, and cast the crappie about 20 yards out. You would think that using a decent-sized live crappie would get you a large striper. That wasn't the case though. They were all 4 to 5 lbs.
I've heard the large stripers are in the Boulder Basin - Near Gov't Wash, Hole 33, and Saddle Cove. Good luck to you.
Best regards,
Paul
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Welcome to the Board and Lake Mead.
Here are my suggestions based on my experiences thus far.
I find that the bites are hotter at night than in the mornings. Don't get me wrong. I know you can catch your fair share in the morning but the bite at night lasts longer and seems more intensive. The largest striper I caught in Overton Arm was about 5-8. I recommend Glory Hole. It's a decent size cove on the Northeast end of the Overton Arm. We fished two nights in that cove last summer and caught a ton of stripers off the back of a houseboat. The bite in the morning and especially during the day wasn't good at all. However, once the sun set, it was on.
As for crappie, I typically see them only at night. They use boats, houseboats, and other obstructions to hide themselves at night. They get pretty close to shore. Over the Memorial Day Weekend, I saw a fairly large school of crappie hiding near and under our houseboat. However, once we attracted the stripers to the houseboat, the crappie left in a hurry.
Live bait is king. Anchovies will get the job done but you can never beat live shad. Or in my case, I've used small crappies as live bait. I use the smallest hooks possible with a tiny piece of anchovy to catch small crappies (about the size of a cell phone). I then put a number 2 hook through the top portion of its mouth, and cast the crappie about 20 yards out. You would think that using a decent-sized live crappie would get you a large striper. That wasn't the case though. They were all 4 to 5 lbs.
I've heard the large stripers are in the Boulder Basin - Near Gov't Wash, Hole 33, and Saddle Cove. Good luck to you.
Best regards,
Paul
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