Fall Crappie Camp Anyone?

There are 84 campsites at Kirby Landing on Lake Greeson. The way we're thinking right now the best spot would be in the East Camp because that is the closest place we can pull our boats up to the bank with low water in a protected cove. Jerry and I will have his popup camper set up in a centrally located area with a banner up. Somewhere I've got some red plastic ribbon that we all can tie to our boats so we know who the crappie campers are. We'll have a dry erase board up at one of the campsites posting info like seminar times, fish fry times and place, etc., maybe even a log book so crappie campers can sign up with name, crappie.com handle, time there, campsite number, etc. Bait can be bought at the Salem Quick Stop or at the Marina store. The marina store will also have some the terminal tackle we normally use. Personally, I want digital pics of our catches and of folks on the water in their boats so I can make a webpage out of it. If you don't have a digital camera, mine will be there at the ready. Don't clean them fish without a pic first. Michael, we just might have to fix that depthfinder issue. I have a good used Humminbird 300TX with brand new transducer I'll sell you for a steal. Everyone might want to bring some deep diving crankbaits too. We got a report today that the walleye are biting too. Bring your chainsaw so we can cut firewood or bring some. It's going to be great campfire weather. All the way around, it's just going to be a great time and I know perfectly how to get it started. Walk up to anyone and use that nasty little two-letter word -- "Hi." Then follow it up with, "you wonna go fish'in?"

Today Darryl and I compiled a list of waypoints for crappie condos that we think should be productive during Fall Crappie Camp. The deeper ones are producing now and the shallower ones should be productive if the water cools down between now and Crappie Camp, which it should with the predicted forecast.

Most of these waypoints are on bamboo condos but some are wood and some are a combination of wood and bamboo. Most of them should show up well on your graph when you get over them and many of them have additional cover nearby so keep and eye on your graphs as you move around the area.

To get the waypoints, click on the link and then save the file to your desktop or other location of your choice. Then open the file with EasyGPS - available as a free download at www.EasyGPS.com - and then transfer the waypoints to your GPS using a data cable.

I also included a waypoint for the boat ramp at Kirby Landing. All the other waypoints in the file have FCC prefix (for Fall Crappie Camp) so they shouldn't conflict with any waypoint names already in your GPS.

Fall Crappie Camp Waypoints:

http://www.actionfishingtrips.com/FCCWPTS.loc

Here is a link for the waypoints we published for last Spring's Crappie Camp:

http://www.actionfishingtrips.com/ccwpts.loc

Some of the Spring Crappie Camp condos may be productive but many of them are too shallow and even sticking out of the water right now. But, if we get a lot of rain and the lake comes up then some of the deeper ones should be productive.

We looked at both sides of the campground today and it looks like the east campground will be the best to camp on for several reasons. There is an area on a protected cove where we can pull our boats up to the bank near our campsites. With the water down though it's going to take from 150 to 250 feet of extension cord to reach from the power boxes at the campsites to the boats to charge TM batteries so bring plenty of heavy extension cords.

The area has some sites with water hooks-ups but there is a central water spigot for the ones that don't. It's close to the bathroom and not far from the boat ramp. When you come into Kirby Landing Recreation Area take the left at the fork past the Pay Booth and we'll be on the right side of the road on the cove behind the marina. I'll have my Coleman Niagara pup-up camper and we'll have the Crappie Camp sign up that Big J made for us. We'll also have a dry erase board with information like sites that have room for another tent, schedule of mini-seminars etc.

The extended forecast is looking pretty good right now - http://www.weather.com/outlook/recre...h/tenday/71964.

Just about perfect camping weather!

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Originally Posted by spikles2

Jerry,

First off, I appreciate all of your hard work in preparing such a big event. There are very few people who are as gracious as you and Darryl are when it comes to information. That says alot. We are in Arkadelphia so if I can get the wife away from Millwood for just one weekend :D we may make it down there. She likes to get on the water by sunup and leave after sundown so you may never see us though. 12 hours is about right for her. She won't even let me relax!!!!!!!!! Quote Why aren't you fishing, we came out here to fish? end quote (8 hours into trip). Take care!!!!!

Michael

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Hey Michael:

Hope y'all do come over to Greeson for Crappie Camp. When you finally drag your wife off the water come by and join us for pot-luck dinner.

PS Your wife have a sister? :)

I have "almost" convinced my wife that I need to come to CC this year. I have never heard of a "Crappie Camp" until reading this board. I threatened her by telling her I will post her work and personal email address so everyone can express how crappie camp will make me a better fisherman. She was wondering how I was going to fit all of my belongings into a tent. I don't think the walls will hold up my deer head :D I am still working on it though... don't count me down and out just yet!

give us a minute, we'll figure a way to hang that head

When I first moved to Hot Springs to start guiding fulltime, I practically lived in the back of my truck and a tent for three months, a little out of necessity and alot out of desire. It was worth every minute of it and guess what, I still have that same woman and she's now proud that I did it.

I am hereby officially out for Crappie Camp. My 4yr old daughter had chiari surgery about a month ago and has been recovering fine, however, we had to take her back to Children's Hospital on Saturday. She now has a spinal cord infection and is in ICU. We will probably be at Childrens for the majority of the week and weekend. I really hate that i am going to miss meeting you guys, but for once in a couple of weeks, my mind isn't on fishing at all. They are expecting a full recovery, it will just take so time.

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Originally Posted by bobberwatcher

I am hereby officially out for Crappie Camp. My 4yr old daughter had chiari surgery about a month ago and has been recovering fine, however, we had to take her back to Children's Hospital on Saturday. She now has a spinal cord infection and is in ICU. We will probably be at Childrens for the majority of the week and weekend. I really hate that i am going to miss meeting you guys, but for once in a couple of weeks, my mind isn't on fishing at all. They are expecting a full recovery, it will just take so time.

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May God bless your family.

Hey bobberwatcher, hope your daughter does great, will miss you at crappie camp. But hope to see you at Cane Creek sometimes.

I am sorry about your daughter. But they do very good work there at Children's. I should know I camped out up there for about 3 months when I was 3. Stayed on 3 Gold. Cancer Unit.

Now 11 and doing great. Love to fish and hang out in the deer woods. And ride 4 wheelers and shoot guns.

We will be thinking about yall.

Kristan.
Daughter of Slipcork.