Frustrated

[uaagr]

I've made 5 trips in the last couple weeks, some only a couple hours, I have yet to catch a crappie! I've caught bass and catfish, no crappie. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, getting frustrating and I have no confidence on the water anymore. I'm not setup to spider rig, I have jigged brush, roadrunnered brush, fished docks, tried to troll with two rods, shallow, deep, fished the harbor, Atkins lake and river backwater. Apparently I'm terrible at crappie fishing, I don't get it. Any advice, tips, etc. anyone around PB wants to teach me, I'll gladly go, I have a boat as well. I've hit bottom and it's eating on me, apparently I'm the only one on here who isn't catching fish.

[RCC]

I'd pick someplace convienent and fish it until I caught. Been having some crazy patterns going on here. I've been 3 trips and never caught fish in the same place twice. Trip #2 was 4 hours fishing with 6 dinks before finding where they were hiding. It's the time of year when water temps are changing and the fish will be moving, so you could go back tomorrow where you didn't catch today and find them stacked up.

Good Luck

[Slab Junkie]

That kind of stuff will make you want to pull your hair out. Just hang in there and try to think like a fish. Fish the best cover you can find. Sometimes the fish do things that make us scratch our heads. Be willing to completely change tactics if your current ones aren't working and look for new cover areas if the ones you are at aren't producing bites. I'm sure your luck will change real soon!

[arkansasbowhunter]

Rcc said it too well. Fish are in one place one day and another the next. With the changing water temps fish are moving daily. Give me a shout some time we will go. Also fishing goes in spurts. Our lakes are not like nimrod per say where they bite great year round. A lake may be hot for a couple weeks then turn off. To keep in the fish we change lakes.

[Billy E]

Dont give up! Keep changing colors, location and depth. You'll find them

[uaagr]

Thanks to all for the advice and encouragement. I'm going to definitely keep at it, I hate to lose, so all this losing has really got me motivated to figure them out and win!

JW,
Thanks, I'll take you up on the fishing. Just let me know when you dont have someone to go with and if I can I'll tag along and maybe learn something. I still have your number from the NWTF committee, if you don't have mine I'll text ya.

[BigKev77]

I am with you man. Spent the whole morning looking at water.

[rtark]

I fish lake Dardanelle and Nimrod mostly where there is ample 15-30 fow, so what it takes here may not mean squat where you fish. I would say that 90% of my success is being able to know what my depth finder is telling me. Fishing without it would be like fishing with a paper bag over my head. If you are not seeing a lot of baitfish, don't waste a lot of time there. If there is crappie where you fish, they will be near the baitfish. You remind me of camo express. He was getting a little discouraged this time last year and he stayed with it and now he is kicking butt. Hang in there, you'll figure it out.

[mdperson]

Don't give up we all go through those time. And there is always dynamite! lol

[arkansasbowhunter]

I dont have your number.