Thread: Shad on Conway

Welcome to the board, I know thirty years is a long time so if you don't mine keep the Info coming,it's a big help to alot of us.

Welcome to the board from Batesville. This was my first year to fish Conway and it sure had plenty of bait fish in it.

Creek slick, Conway has always been a fertile lake, shad populations have always been big, and the years that the shad have been real prolific as they were this year the fishing has been hot and cold, on the days that the shad are so abundant and I cant catch fish, I just sit back and ask myself how can a person compete with this much live bait, I mean the fish dont even have to work to eat, they just open their mouth and swallow shad. But the big freeze we had will knock the shad back for a couple of years and that will improve the fishing on Conway.

Crappie Pete, I will share what knowledge I have, thirty years worth of fishing on Conway a person learns alot. I have always tried to share with others, just like you said it helps. I want everybody to enjoy what Lake Conway has to offer a sportsman.

Slabsntaters, thanks for your reply, there is alot I can learn from good people like you, and believe me I don't know alot, I read as much as I can about caughing crappie. I hope one day I will run into you on the lake, it will be nice to meet you.Keep the Info coming, I enjoy every bit of it.

I cannot wait to hear of your 30 yrs of knowledge. I am from Illinois and Crappie Fishing has kicked my butt this fall and winter. Thanks all.

Thanks for the tip, I have not been Crappie fishing long, but to hear someone with 30 years on the lake that I like fish is great. I was fishing the lake the other day and notice the shads, anytime you want to hand out tips on the lake i am all ears, again welcome and hope I meet you on the lake one''

Originally Posted by crappie Pete

Thanks for the tip, I have not been Crappie fishing long, but to hear someone with 30 years on the lake that I like fish is great. I was fishing the lake the other day and notice the shads, anytime you want to hand out tips on the lake i am all ears, again welcome and hope I meet you on the lake one''

Hello crappie Pete, the shad are really thick this year again, however the crappie seem to be biting really well, i have not had much chance to go yet, between bass tournaments and deer season, i have been busy. Not to mention my boat is in the shop for some badly needed repairs. they are telling me they will have the boat for about a month. so i may do alot more deer hunting than fishing this winter. Right now the crappie are shallow for the most part. we have had no cold weather to push them to the deeper water. There is a new hot spot on Conway that is producing Crappie very well, but it is hard to fish. you just about have to have a flat bottom boat to fish it. Just north of cantebury cove there is some cypress trees that are really thick like a thicket. Its full of logs and Gator grass. if you can get you way inside them logs and gator grass as deep as you can go, there are some monter slabs to be caught.