Ozark Rod Company/Crappie Pro Approved/Pounding Them On Lake Dardanelle/5-19-11

Went to Lake Dardanelle yesterday and picked up a Guy on the bank named RTARK. I let him in my boat to make sure the fisrt time I went fishing with him was'nt just Luck.:pWell we fished the morning with not much luck and then he said in his easy going low southern voice "Russ We need to hit this Log I been fishing" I fired up the Lowe and headed that way. No sooner then we pulled up to that Log we started nailing slabs and after that just about anywhere we fished was yielding some slabs. At about 3PM I dropped RTARK off at the boat ramp so he could watch his Grandson play ball and headed back out onto the lake alone. It was hard leaving the ramp when a complete stranger came up to me and RT and invited himself into my boat after seeing our fish. After explaining to the stranger that I was not a guide and really just intended on fishing the rest of the day by myself I headed out. While watching the depth finder I noticed a submerged Hedge row running from about 7 to 12 deep and about 40 yards long. I really got excited when I saw hundreds of little blue dots all around it on my Hummingbird.

SO I yanked out my two New Tony Edgar signature series 11ft Jig rods from The Ozark Rod Co. This was the first time I fished with them and I can honestly tell you they are one light, tough, sensitive rod. This rod has an awsome feel in your hand and a nice full bend in it with backbone to pull up those two pounders out of the brush. The Rod tip is a solid re-inforced Titanium tip designed by our very own Midsouth Man to go down into the brush and punch that jig out without breaking the tip. There is also no inner ceramic guide in the tip to worry about breaking in this rod. Let me tell ya I put this rod to the test all day yesterday fishing and punching jigs out of the brush with some force. So if you're in the market for a New Jigging Pole give this one a look. I promise you it's Crappie Pro approved and I left them Bitting on Dardanlle after filling my limit and catching and releasing I dont know how many big slabs on Dardanelle. RTARK I might just make it a habit of letting you in my boat. :D Thanks

Cool thanks for sharing!!! Great fish

CrappiePro those are some really nice looking fish. Congratulations!

Nice fish and thanks for the report on the jig poles.

Glad you liked em Russ! You know I put a rod to the test and the tip design only made sense for us die hard jig fishermen.

I need to get back to dardanelle as well but I think Conway will be the stop this Sunday instead.

If you have any questions on Ozark rods or Midsouth jigs, give me a call.

Good to see someone working on them.

nice mess of white perch !!!

I am going to get some of them rods one day.... I have 4 B&M's now, it's hard to justify spending money now when these catch fish... If someone would just steal them...... Lol, no really don't steal my poles.

One weekend we were camped at nimrod and it just so happened we picked a spot next to a goon that didn't have a boat, he bugged me all week about taking him fishing, it's hard to come up with a weeks worth of excuses!
One day I was on the river downtown North Little Rock, seen a guy near the bank crappie floppin and splashing in the water, thought I would check on him, as I got close I seen he was a HoBo, he was acting like a rock star or something pointing to the crowd splash splash waving at all the people! ROFL there was no one around!!! I got close enough to toss him a bear, he offered to burn one if I took him on a boat ride! YEA RIGHT!! where would Joe be today if I let that nut in the boat!!
Needless to say we didn't go on a motor boat ride!

Them are some good ones Pro!

i just gave 2 of those rods away!!!!

Nice work Russ!