Thread: Northeast Ark.

Portia should be fine by the time you get here. Haven't been back to Horner or shirey.

A friend fished it last thursday with no problems...bass.

Several nice days between now and when you get here. If I get by there I'll check it out but it should be fine.

Black River is still flooded big from Elgin on down.

Talked to a buddy in Marion last night and he said they were killin the crappie and big gills on horseshoe.

Got a good report on Old Town from a guy who fished Fri. Got a report today that Portia and Shirey Bay were really high but the water didn't look bad. We are going to hit one of the bays off the Black River tomorrow at day break. If we can't do anything tomorow, we are going to hit Old Town on Tues.

Any updates on any of the bays off the BR will be much appreciated. Might save me a trip if you guys know the fish are off there right now.

Fished Portia Bay yesterday. The crappie were small, and the gar were abundant.

Originally Posted by rockmike

Fished Portia Bay yesterday. The crappie were small, and the gar were abundant.

You pretty much just described my 8 hrs on Portia today

I fished hard for 8 hrs from 7 to about 4:30. I fished jigs 1/8 and 1/32 tube jigs and road runner jigs. I used about 5 diff colors of tube jigs. Water was high; probably 7-8 ft of water on the bank side of many of the cypress trees. Water felt cold too. Clarity was good. After fishing almost every tree, stump, fall downs, and everything else in between I started trolling jigs. Caught some of the smallest crappie I've ever seen. Seriously, I caught a 2 inch long crappie today!

I caught only one crappie big enough to keep. Overall, I think I caught 10 or so crappie, a few good bream, a poly cat, and a lmbass.

Any updates on Old Town? We are considering heading there tomorrow.

Also got a great report from Horseshoe on Sat. 42 good crappie in 4 hrs. That is good fishing! I guess it is between Old Town and Horseshoe tomorrow.

Originally Posted by htr2133

Also got a great report from Horseshoe on Sat. 42 good crappie in 4 hrs. That is good fishing! I guess it is between Old Town and Horseshoe tomorrow.

Got the same kind of report, so headed down there this morning. Fished all day for two fish. Found a few on the beds, dropped every color under the sun at them, and think I shouldda took a treble hook, cause they wouldn't bite anything. Thats my luck.Lots of folks fishing, nobody that I talked to was catching anything to brag on. Tomorrow will be good, I gotta work.