Quote Originally Posted by Crappie Greg View Post
Mark and Matt Hedrick 2 of the best on Maumelle, the fish are deep in brush along ledges, not sure how deep they are right now,30-40 ft of water the later we get into the cold months, this lake is one of the hardest to fish in central Ark and wind can be brutal,but once you unlock the secret it is one awesome fishery
You're not joking about the wind! I heard tin boats are the worst in wind, so I learned something that day. I marked a route on the GPS and ended up on a hump with some structure, ton of baitfish and (I think) crappie in about 18 FOW. It was open water and I anchored just forward of the hump and let the wind push me back over it. I was with my two sons and we threw everything we had: dropshot with #2 plain hooks and minnows, 1/8th oz jigs with a rainbow of colors, some tipped some not; large shiners, small pink minnows. Then we put on slip corks and jigs. 3+ hours...nada. This was the day after Thanksgiving. A front had just pushed through I think that past Monday and temperatures dropped. Forecast had called for partly sunny in the afternoon, but from dawn to dusk, we didn't see a ray of light once. Was just overcast the entire day.

Finally pulled into a cove behind one of the islands to get out of the wind and those big shiners under a cork nabbed me some nice bass just over a weed bed. I'm still trying to justify the impulse buy of my boat to the wifey, and demmit she wants to eat some Crappie not Bass! LOL