I have been fishing Dardanelle a couple times a week and right now on a scale of 1-10, I give it a 2-. I did talk to a guy yesterday out there that was killing the big drum, he caught a 10 lber on his light gear. His name so happened to be monkeywrench. Dardanelle has had a monsterous shad hatch this summer and anywhere you stop you will see billions of 1 to 11/2" shad. It is hard to compete with the real thing. I give it about 3 more weeks to pick up and I will be there.