Thread: Greers ferry

Originally Posted by DRPEPPER

Hey Creek
We have a family camping event in Shilo next week. I will be getting some time to drag something around in the evenings (Thur / Fri, Sat morn.). Bummer I will be driving back and forth to work and camping too.
You still dragging cranks? or jigs?
DP

dr pepper, how long have you been camping at shiloh camp ground? and does anyone remember who ran/owned/leased the shiloh marina "back in the day?" like when the lake was new? i was lucky enough to fish greers when it was new and it was hot. we camped most of the time at shiloh. that was when don ray owned the narrows boat dock and larry nixon and his dad guided out of the narrows. larry was guiding night fishing when he was 14 years old. at one time there were over 40 guides out of the narrows and one of the best was glen cossey. most of them fished out of kenzie craft boats that were made at flippin, ark before forest wood started making his ranger bass boats. the lake was so hot guides from the northern states came down and guided on the lake. when the bass fishing on the lake "cooled down" some of the guides moved down to toledo bend and sam rayburn lakes to guide. i got aquainted with several of the guides and ran into one one a trip to sam rayburn and he took me fishing there. by the way, glenn buercklin ran the shiloh marina back then. i have a pamplet from the shiloh marina with an aerial photo of part of the lower part of the lake and a conture map on the other side of that part of the lake from 1963.

Larry Nixons dad started Fairfield bay and ran the marina.Greers Ferry was an outstanding crappie lake with all the timber still standing. My father started fishing and guiding out of Chereokee park had a restraunt and baitshop no trolling motors just sculling with a paddle i got to help clean fish. I still have his paddle.They had one of the first Bass tourments in Ark no money gave away just prizes you brought the fish in on a stringer.Mr Baily who runs the Shiloh boatt dock now.,Al Harris was one of his top guides on crappie.Carl Davis,Bob West,Rooster West great fishermen of their day.Rooster West weighed in 7 smallmouth out of Greers Ferry in a Carl Garner event that tiped the scales at allmost 5 lb ea weighed 35 lbs did'nt win,Little known Ron Shuffield won the event as a guest of Red River marina with 40 lbs (7 fish) their were 2 ten lb bass weighed and an 11 lb,er won big bass lots of 5 and 6 lb kentuckeys back in the day it was said at one time their was a state record of every type of native fish in arkansas in Greer Ferry. I think the town of Greer Ferry was the called Stark!!!!

OLDdUCKHUNTER AND JACKIE 53
Thanks for the history lesson. I don't know a lot about the Shilo area. I did get into some crappie a few years ago along the shore (across the from the swimming hole) fishing some land slides. I may try again in the evenings in the same area.
DP

My Grandfather sold lots at Fairfield Bay when it first opened. I think they went for 4-500 bucks each. I remember catching the tagged bass from under the dock when I was a 7-8 yo kid.


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' WOW" and the World walleye contest out of Fairfield bay what a crowd.Left out Mr Dick Baily and the late Mr Hubert Gilpin( spelled Wrong) Great fishermen on Greers Ferry! And a big thanks to Scott Henderson his team for bringing it back!!!!!Greers Ferry!!!!!

Well caught a few crappie and several bass. Thanks for the info. And creekslick i saw why you said to be carefull i never knew there was that much stuff in that lake.

Glad you caught a few, the lake is still dropping about a .10 a day. If we don't get a good rain before long it is sure gonna be tough to run up the river arms.