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I stayed at the cabins Gutshot referred to on Melwood lake. Not too bad of a drive, nice folks and decent accomodations.
I am curious to know what someone was calling the "West" end of the lake. It is a horse shoe with both "ends" on the East side. I fished the West side of the middle of the shoe pretty hard, with no luck.
Brian I believe that what most folks are calling the West end is the end closest to Helena, AR. That would be North if anything. The water normally gets warmer there about a week or 2 earlier than the rest of the lake. I have seen years that it was the opposite though.
Gut Shot you and Brian P are very close to figuring out what took me 3 years! The West side of any lake you fish right now will be worth the effort! Good luck! coolerfullllll
The northeast of most lakes will warm faster. Winds froms sweet are generally warmer.also protected from cooler northern winds.
Something to keep in mind about Old Town is that since the water is generally 4 to 5 feet everywhere with only a few exceptions where it may be 6 to 8 in small spots is that the water will warm (and cool) very rapidly. In my humble opinion that is why the fishing on Old Town can be absolutely great one day and absolutely terrible the next. Rarely is the fishing just so-so. It is either one extreme or the other.
Thats very true.