DP -

I have only been out to Lake Maumelle 3x, and those have only been late afternoon/night fishing. We've had some fun out there and caught a lot of fish, but not the first crappie. We think that it may be the overpopulation of catfish. Gooch has had much better trips in the past, and he is more knowledgable about the lake. You definitely need to get you a map of the lake that shows all of the features. You can get one at Zimmerman's on S. University (the maps are behind the cash registers, next to the coke machine.

1st trip: Set up on the ledge of a hump close to the channel in 26' of water. Caught a big channel cat and 23 big white bass.

2nd trip: Set up on a sharp bend in the river channel. A couple of white bass, and that's it.

3rd trip: Set up on one of the old, inundated hwy 10 bridges. Caught a dozen or so gar and 1 nice cat.

P.S. You're right about the sore butt. It can get hellacious out there.