Thread: Conway Redear beds

Used to my pops would get me on a good trip or two up there for these redears that were super fun to catch cause you'd have to fight em out of the pads or they'd hang ya up. Well, he hasnt mentioned anything this year but is that sport of catching bedding redear at Conway over this year?

Originally Posted by blueducklane

Used to my pops would get me on a good trip or two up there for these redears that were super fun to catch cause you'd have to fight em out of the pads or they'd hang ya up. Well, he hasnt mentioned anything this year but is that sport of catching bedding redear at Conway over this year?

The main redear bite has come and gone, there are a few scattered redear left around to catch. But most of the fish now have transitioned to bluegill beds.

Originally Posted by Lkconwayguru

The main redear bite has come and gone, there are a few scattered redear left around to catch. But most of the fish now have transitioned to bluegill beds.

I spent a few Summers trying to get a pattern on them before I gave up. They disappear after the spawn.
DP

Daughter and I went out of plarm and came up empty handed

If this were 1965, I could be a Pro Guide. We literally caught them by the #10 washtub full, just with a rented boat and a paddle and some crickets. We had a million holes we knew of. Course, we had to push down all the fallen timber that was floating in the lake.......which is now the stumps that are beneath it. (Why the stumps live for 100 years and the non-cypress trees don't, is a mystery to me). But we didn't have an ice chest, and we used a washtub. And when we started driving (1964-1965) we would make several trips back to town from Art Pond Landing (Ms. Sippell) to fill it up again. Zebco 33 reels, St. Croix two piece rods, and crickets. Cost us $1.00 each per day to fish and we caught billions.

Today, I couldn't find a six incher if I tried out there.

Originally Posted by Buckrub

If this were 1965, I could be a Pro Guide. We literally caught them by the #10 washtub full, just with a rented boat and a paddle and some crickets. We had a million holes we knew of. Course, we had to push down all the fallen timber that was floating in the lake.......which is now the stumps that are beneath it. (Why the stumps live for 100 years and the non-cypress trees don't, is a mystery to me). But we didn't have an ice chest, and we used a washtub. And when we started driving (1964-1965) we would make several trips back to town from Art Pond Landing (Ms. Sippell) to fill it up again. Zebco 33 reels, St. Croix two piece rods, and crickets. Cost us $1.00 each per day to fish and we caught billions.

Today, I couldn't find a six incher if I tried out there.

That is how I feel these days....

I do remember that as a youngun, I would stay in that boat all day and just whip the fire out of the water. It led to some great stringers of fish.

I am going to get on the water this Saturday and see what I can find.

Buckrub
Those are memories I have fishing Lake o Pines in Texas with my grandfather just about in the same era. He had a spot out in the middle of the lake; no trees or anything to mark the spot. He triangulated tress over a mile away to put us on it. We wouldn't go in unless we had 80 in three baskets.
DP