Big rains ruin everything on the AR river near the main channel and its where I have always found the bigger fish, at least since the good ole days 6-8 years back where the back water and flats were so full of giants there was no question about where you were going to fish on any given day. Pushing, pulling and spider rigging never really gave the wind much thought from what a 1-2oz weight could fix, but now single poling and a scope and the wind is the achilles heel for me. If the wind shows 12 on the forecast, its gonna be 17-20 in some of the "nestled" lakes.

IMO, the best time to hit it and my favorite is Pre-spawn. Get out there when its in the 20's and 30's solid for a week or so and NO ONE is fishing or has been out there. Fish are going nuts and gorging on stunted and shocked bait fish. Thats the time I try and stack the freezer.

It will be like a light switch flipping and we will go from Spring to 90 degree weather and it will be solely hair jig time and maybe a minnow.

Big wind and very high river water is my only enemy. Although, the lakes and high water have been pretty dang good this year.