Thread: Greeson fishing report anyone?

Originally Posted by Buckrub

We spent 15 years fishing it annually in late April, and tore them up. Big Black Crappie that would tear up your pole. Constant limits. I don't remember when we quit, but it was getting bad towards the end. I do remember listening to the OKC Bombing on the radio at Jim Wylie campground, so whatever year that was.

Used to be, every cove was ringed with buckbrush. Every piece of buckbrush had a bite on it. Some had a lot of bites! But the COE drew down the lake, or the Power Company, or someone.........whoever is in control.........and it stayed down long enough that all the beautiful buckbrush died.........and now there's no crappie structure other than what the two guides have manually sunk. We went back a few years ago for a 'nostalgia' trip, and stayed in some expensive cabins close to Hwy 70 bridge (the east/first one)........and did poorly. We'd camp at Jim Wylie......beautiful spot, restaurant used to be right by the bridge, not many folks fished it, we had it to ourselves. If it got bad we'd make a drive to Gillham or Dierks for a day. Great memories.

But all in the past, sadly.

Well It's about an hour maybe just over drive for me to get there from the Dequeen area and it's a big beautiful lake, shame they don't brush it any better. I've always said these tournament groups that fish all the time need to have a set up where 2 days per year brushing is manditory and for those that wanna do more a couple more times in the slow Winter Months. Next a portion of the proceeds of each tournament need to go back into stocking. Best way I know to do that would be have somebody's big stock pond to keep stocked up and raid once per year....cheaper than buying the fish and Im sure the G&F could do it way cheaper if they would. They do some stocking though so that's good. I still think if they'd quit all the trout $ and use some of that for better tasting fish we'd all be better off.
Fella's when you have as many bad outings as I do you won't mind putting a little back into the lakes but that's just me. I should have just took the chainsaw out on Dequeen lake this Winter cause after that ice we had a lot of cedars were tore down just ready for the cutting and dumping out in the lake. I made 15 or 20 piles but wish I'd made some of them bigger and made a few more.

Originally Posted by constructskeeter

Folks sure aren't a catchin them it seems though.

Jerry Blake catches them every day on Greeson. You just have to know how & where to fish for them.