Erling report anyone?

[GoTennTitans]

I remember my father-in-law, Dale Wilson, and his brothers, nephews, etc would always go catch crappie around Christmas time at Lake Erling. BUT, that was some 15 years or so ago. Can anyone give me an Erling report? Thanks. GTT

[Mac Daddy]

You can still do it today. I went last weekend and kind of got a slow start but finally found some. I talked to a lot of people fishing and it was slower last weekend than it has been, but people were catching some fish. Most people are fishing out from the park on the far south end of the lake you won't have any trouble wondering where they are fishing exactly, there will be a lot of boats on the water. They will all be basically doing the same thing, fishing off the edge of the channel, and there is a lot of winding channel to fish so don't let a lot of boats being there discourage you from going because it will be that way all winter. You'll see a lot of boats who will tie up in one spot, don't think they are on the only good spots, because they are not, there are a lot of crappie in that lake, you'll find them. The larger trees that are still standing and the larger stumps will often give you an idea where the channels are. I caught most of my fish fishing about 15' deep in about 20 to 25 fow using a blue and white crappie magnet that I dipped the tail into chartreuse stain making it blue and chartreuse. I did that because someone who was beating me badly was using a Bobby Garland blue thunder with a chartreuse tail and I didn't have anything like that. I think the electric chicken has been working for a lot of folks as well. The pattern that began to produce for me was holding it really steady, then about a 3 or 4" jig up every so often. Seems like they wouldn't hit it setting still but a little jig would make them bite. Too much action didn't work either. If you catch a fish don't give up on that spot too soon, there were more there for me but the bite was slow. I fish Lake Erling a lot because our grandkids live near the lake, you can catch a lot of fish this time of the year, it was just slow last weekend. I'll help you anyway I can, if you've got any questions, just let me know.

[LowePro]

Mac you are the man! Always eager to help ANY way u can. True blessing to the fishing world and society!

[shawnh]

Great report!!!

[TowboatTroller]

Where is this lake at?

[jackie53]

Mac will figure them out!!!

[Mac Daddy]

Where is this lake at?

It's in the very southwest corner of Arkansas. Good to see you're a Kansas bow hunter. Spent a lot of time there this year.

[don3778]

Mac Daddy has got it exactly right. You will see large schools of crappie on your electronics holding in or just on the edge of the creek channels, and like he said, sometimes you have to hold the jig real still, then just make very small moves.

[l_tedford]

Reports like this was once what this site was about. Keep it up.

[GoTennTitans]

You can still do it today. I went last weekend and kind of got a slow start but finally found some. I talked to a lot of people fishing and it was slower last weekend than it has been, but people were catching some fish. Most people are fishing out from the park on the far south end of the lake you won't have any trouble wondering where they are fishing exactly, there will be a lot of boats on the water. They will all be basically doing the same thing, fishing off the edge of the channel, and there is a lot of winding channel to fish so don't let a lot of boats being there discourage you from going because it will be that way all winter. You'll see a lot of boats who will tie up in one spot, don't think they are on the only good spots, because they are not, there are a lot of crappie in that lake, you'll find them. The larger trees that are still standing and the larger stumps will often give you an idea where the channels are. I caught most of my fish fishing about 15' deep in about 20 to 25 fow using a blue and white crappie magnet that I dipped the tail into chartreuse stain making it blue and chartreuse. I did that because someone who was beating me badly was using a Bobby Garland blue thunder with a chartreuse tail and I didn't have anything like that. I think the electric chicken has been working for a lot of folks as well. The pattern that began to produce for me was holding it really steady, then about a 3 or 4" jig up every so often. Seems like they wouldn't hit it setting still but a little jig would make them bite. Too much action didn't work either. If you catch a fish don't give up on that spot too soon, there were more there for me but the bite was slow. I fish Lake Erling a lot because our grandkids live near the lake, you can catch a lot of fish this time of the year, it was just slow last weekend. I'll help you anyway I can, if you've got any questions, just let me know.

WOW, thanks so much. Probably gonna try it out one day after this 3 day deer hunt coming up after Christmas. Again, thank you........way more info than I expected to get. Merry Christmas to you all. GTT