Quote Originally Posted by constructskeeter View Post
Well I went out this morning and didn't catch a single crappie or bream. Found a few bream beds but they had already come and gone, maybe this next full moon will bring em back. As you'd said, docks, 20' water and man made brush...I stayed hung up all morning in the stuff yet no crappie??? Your right about the sea wall, kinda takes away from the natural water to shore that fish like best. I talked to some guys at the ramp and they mentioned Ouachita also. I said well living on the South end of HS it's a pretty good drive up there but I may have to give it a try. Also the bouys entering coves are mostly in the right depth and lots of times people sink brush around them cause they offer a place to tie off in the wind and waves. I found brush there as well but no fish. I'm really getting tired of wasting boat gas on water that's yet to prove worthy so to speak when I know where to find some fish, it's just not very close, long drive. Kinda sucks though cause I was hoping to find some fish over here as big as these lakes are you'd think???
There's lots of crappie in Lake Hamilton. They are just harder to find and stay in tune with this time of year. It has been sporadic for me on Ouachita too. A month of so ago I was catching good numbers in brush 16-18 feet deep. Since then it seems I will catch a couple here and a couple there. Some days I find them in a particular brush pile and the next weekend can't buy a fish out of it.

IMO the bream here are spawned out. If you want to catch big bream go to Ouachita or DeGray and fish deep on points and humps with crickets. There are some really nice red ears and bluegills in Ouachita. Maybe we need to get together and go fishing sometime? I fish Ouachita about 95% of the time and most always have a empty seat in the boat. On occasion I will make a trip to Dierks, Gilham, or Nimrod. If you're interested shoot me a PM.

I grew up fishing Hamilton but don't fish it much these days except occasionally during the times of year when boat traffic is down. There's just too many amateur boats out there for me. It was a totally different lake 20 years ago. It's just way too busy now especially on the weekends. There's still lots of fish in it though.