Quote Originally Posted by petercreek View Post
X-Ring tell me what you know about Piney. I fish Illinois Bayou, Delaware and Goose Island with my nephew from Russellville. Mainly the waterworks dam and strip mines in the Bayou.
Could you be a bit more specific in the imformation you need?

I'll take a shot at answering your question, Piney is,,I believe the largest stream entering into lake Dardanelle, its a mountain stream and has water in the 30 ft range in the lower reaches. Its high shear bluffs are breathtaking and its not uncommon to see bald eagles fishing above you.
As in all streams that I'm aware of, the crappie migrate upstream in the winter months and early spring to spawn. The last time I was there, a few days ago, the crappie were still scattered but were concentrated in the upper 25 % of the "narrows" The water temp was 53.9, I caught fish in 20 feet of water and also caught some in 10 ft of water, they seem to me to be moving out on the flats for short periods of time before returning to the steeper breaks along the channel. No males were showing any color change as of then. I suspect that another week or so of warmer weather will see the water temps approaching 60 degrees and the males staging on the shallower flats. Hope that helped