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There is a bait shop at WyCamp. I'm not sure it is open yet. For those not familiar with the area, Wycamp is located between West Helena and Barton on Hwy 49. There is a Conoco Truckstop across the road from the bait shop. The bait shop itself is located in the front half of a shop with a sign next to the road. In years past, they have had good bait.
The bait shop at Wycamp is now closed unfortunately. I tried to get some bait from there last Saturday morning.:mad:
I guess the closest one is in Marianna? Forrest City for sure.
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Originally Posted by Gut Shot
I know what you're talking about with David. He could star in a pirate movie!! Nice guy--but I wouldn't want to get crossways with him. And the crackhead----I know exactly what you're talking about. Last year he tried to get me to give him some money to watch my truck. He was "in charge" ramp security that day. :rolleyes: I'll be down there next week---SPRING BREAK!!! Hopefully it didn't rain too much to mess up the lake. I glad we didn't get near as much rain on this side of the state as some did. Mena had over 10 inches the last I heard:eek: Horseshoe and Old Town may be the only options for me next week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gut Shot
How's it going Polebender. I believe that I met you at Burnt Cane a few weeks back when I was fishing with my father or brother. David lived behind us when I was growing up in the 70's in West Helena. I don't remember him being cock-eyed back then but I do remember that he loved the weed. His nickname was "Hash" Hires. He is friendly enough but has had a few brushes with the law over his smoking habits if you know what I mean. I was fishing last year at Old Town and he was mowing the property and saw some of the "locals" snooping over a boat pulled up to his dock. He calmly walked in the store and retrieved his shotgun and fired 3 rounds right over their head. You should of heard the screaming as they got out of there like track stars. I have known him most of my life and even with his shortcomings, I trust him to keep an eye out for my stuff if you stay there. The thing is you just have to get over his looks and get used to not really knowing who or what he is looking at because of that eye.:p
This is a good thread, it is not only informative, but its quite comical too!
I am getting long in the tooth now (almost 48) and I have learned that real life is the most comical of all. :p
Well, what was the fishing report from Old Town this weekend. Did anybody do any good. It sounded like there were going to be plenty of people trying it last weekend but have not heard any reports from anybody.
I can say that I had fish to eat. I caught 7 crappie and 13 catfish from there this weekend. But that was nearly 18 hours of fishing. Friday the wind was strong. Saturday was a little better. The water is never clear, but it was really muddy in my opinion.
I only ended up with 8 fishing about 5 hours on Saturday. I noticed that the water was muddier south of the spillway. Directly across from that is a creek that feeds into the lake. I suspect that it as well as the creek just south of that was cousing this.