Hey CEB. I saw where you mentioned you are still going to the Little Maumelle twice a week. How have you been doing? Catching any? Have you been getting out into the Arkansas River?
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Hey CEB. I saw where you mentioned you are still going to the Little Maumelle twice a week. How have you been doing? Catching any? Have you been getting out into the Arkansas River?
jhook I will answer this one for Chris. He is catching a few each time out but only when he uses my equipment. Dont know whats wrong with his poles but they just dont produce like mine. When he starts back to school I would be glad to rent them out to you, if I can get em back from him.
We are watching the weather right now and thinking about a late afternoon trip out there after work today or a nightstalk on Maumelle tonight. If you go keep us posted on your success.
LOL - thanks for the offer Gooch, but I do an excellent job keeping one pole hung up. Unfortunately I've been travelling and working too much lately and haven't wet a hook now in over three weeks. My daughter will be in town this weekend and wants to go to the Little Red, so Saturday looks like a trout day.
As for Chris, poor fellow, guess he's got to get his fish time when he can. As a second year med student, the closest he'll come to a crappie for the next few years will be the baked fish sticks in the UAMS cafeteria.
Keep us up to date on what type of luck you're having. Do you ever fish the Arkansas River, or just the Little Maumelle? If you do fish the Arkansas, do you have any pointers? Where do you go?
Many thanks.
J
I think y'all might already have this tread covered without me even having to post anything. But, I guess that I might as well add something. I haven't been doing much out on the Little Maumelle the past week.
Last Saturday morning (overcast/front just came through), I didn't catch anything at all. I got out there about 6:30 and didn't catch anything down my usual stretch. I got one hit and missed him. I did hook up with something BIG on the 8' flat north of the channel. The rod bent over, and I thought it was hung because whatever I hooked never moved. All of the sudden it shot off and snapped the line on a line guide. I left about 10:30am.
Monday morning, with clearing skies. The water surface temp had dropped about 4 degrees. It took a while for me to catch onto the pattern. They were holding about 16' deep in 18-20' of water. Not too many big'uns, but nice size. I came home with 7 for about 5.5hrs fishing time.
I haven't got into them good since I first caught those out there trolling. I just can't find them now. I do know that they bite better under bluebird skies with a few days of very stable weather. I plan to go tomorrow or Friday, and if they aren't doing anything, I plan to get out on the main river and troll the primary channel ledge.
I used to fish the river with some regularity but now I am married with a kid so I dont get out there much. There are a couple of places between Palarm and Maumelle park that I used to catch some large numbers of fish on but I couldnt tell you were they were I would just have to show you.Quote:
Originally Posted by jhook
One place is a couple of culverts that run into the river out of a large slew that is in an agricultural area. When you get a localized shower and water starts moving thru those culverts it is on with the fish. Bass, crappie and whites will stack up below it waiting on a easy snack.
We will have to meet up some day out there and go for a ride up river so I can show you.
I went this morning. Huge whitecaps around the mouth of little maumelle, so I went upstream about a mile. I kept 3 crappie and let a couple go. I hooked into one cat that must have been about 10lbs. I got him to the top of the water, but that was about as far as I could go with him on 6lb mono. I heard a splash and turned around in my seat to watch 4 bucks swim across the little maumelle about 30yds from me. Three of them were 8pts and following was a 6pt. Of all days that I didn't take my camera, because it was raining.
Thanks for another update Chris. I know you're having to work at it, but you are consistently catching crappie...which is more than most of us are doing.
Glad one of those bucks didn't try to climb in your boat. Had a sick raccoon make run at me once years ago on Lake Conway and dang near got in the boat when I was tied up to a log. Scared the hell out of me. Slapped at him with a paddle a couple of times and he ran off. Not sure a buck would be so easy.
Take care.
Boy I bet a big ole 8 point could really mess up a spider rig. Between you scouting for me on the Little Maumelle and Jerry and Darrly on Greeson I may get a chance to bang some crappie and deer on the same day. Now wouldnt that be a meal?Quote:
Originally Posted by ceb
Just lend me your bow, then I'll be able to catch crappie with your poles and shoot a buck with your bow....You'll never even have to leave the house.
Hey, I need to borrow all of those poles that you used to catch all of them crappie this weekend. I think the luck is starting to leave the crappie poles that I have right now.
Gooch,
You have a PM
Titleman