lake conway shallow water fishing advice

I have learned how to catch a few in deep water in lake conway, but haven't a clue on what types of shoreline or areas might hold shallow water crappie. any advice. not looking for your honey hole, just some general advice.

went yesterday and fished in the log jams and shore line area around adams lake, as well as in the Cyprus areas out from the banks. used minnows and got no bites in 6 hours.

the only excitement was when I almost ran up on a 12' or so alligator sunning on top of the logs in the jam on the south side of adams. I had never seen a gator on the lake before and it was scary. I was about 20 yards from him before I accidently saw him. whew!!!

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Originally Posted by ibmack

I have learned how to catch a few in deep water in lake conway, but haven't a clue on what types of shoreline or areas might hold shallow water crappie. any advice. not looking for your honey hole, just some general advice.

went yesterday and fished in the log jams and shore line area around adams lake, as well as in the Cyprus areas out from the banks. used minnows and got no bites in 6 hours.

the only excitement was when I almost ran up on a 12' or so alligator sunning on top of the logs in the jam on the south side of adams. I had never seen a gator on the lake before and it was scary. I was about 20 yards from him before I accidently saw him. whew!!!

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I saw the gator out there last week. First time I have ever saw one in the wild. Scared the fire out of me!

It was shocking how much noise he made when I guess I scared him trying to take a picture and he decided to hit the water. It sounded like a gun exploded.

Don't know if this will show up cause I was too far away when I decided to take a picture, but here is what I have. He was facing the shoreline so I just got his (or her) tail.

I wonder if there are any other gators this far north? I was surprised last year when I heard that lake Conway had one. I wonder where it came from and how it got there. I bet a few days last month he was wishing he lived a bit farther south. We see them from time to time on Lake Erling in SW AR.

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I wonder if there are any other gators this far north? I was surprised last year when I heard that lake Conway had one. I wonder where it came from and how it got there. I bet a few days last month he was wishing he lived a bit farther south. We see them from time to time on Lake Erling in SW AR.

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I heard that the AGFC put one or two in years ago to control the beaver population, but don't know if that is true or not. D10 might know.

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Originally Posted by ibmack

I heard that the AGFC put one or two in years ago to control the beaver population, but don't know if that is true or not. D10 might know.

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Not true

Not true. We are not sure how they got in the lake, but they are there. They are native to this type of area, so we are going to let them do there thing. If the population gets too big and we start to have problems, we may need to revaluate this stance.

I am glad to know that the AGFC is NOT putting gators in Arkansas lakes. Whew! Do y'all have a clue bout how many are in LC?

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Originally Posted by ibmack

I have learned how to catch a few in deep water in lake conway, but haven't a clue on what types of shoreline or areas might hold shallow water crappie. any advice. not looking for your honey hole, just some general advice.

went yesterday and fished in the log jams and shore line area around adams lake, as well as in the Cyprus areas out from the banks. used minnows and got no bites in 6 hours.

the only excitement was when I almost ran up on a 12' or so alligator sunning on top of the logs in the jam on the south side of adams. I had never seen a gator on the lake before and it was scary. I was about 20 yards from him before I accidently saw him. whew!!!

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Get you some of these and follow the guys you see posting about Conway on this forum. You'll figure it out QUICK!! [emoji12]

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hehehe, that's how I learned how to catch the deep ones in fall and winter. guess I need to stay with what works, lmao.