horseshoe

How is the water at Horseshoe? (as of the beginning of May) Planning to go down tomorrow morning.

Was wondering the same thing. Talked to a guy at mallard said it was heating up real nice.

I would think it would be muddy after all the rain over the weekend. Havent heard anything from over there in a week or so though.

Yeah, I was wondering how high it might be and if it was still fishable. We were thinking of going to Reelfoot but I heard it was all kinds of messed up, plus we didn't do to good there last time. Never been to Horseshoe and was wanting to check it out.

Called there today and was told chocalate milk all over. Guess I'm gonna try the foot tomorrow

Well we decided we are gonna go out to our backyard (Mallard). My cousin went to Reelfoot yesterday and said the water was horrible and he spent more time looking for decent water than he did fishing. He knows Reelfoot pretty good, so we are not gonna even drive over there. Its about a hour and a half drive for us. thought about poinsette but not sure how it reacts to all the rainfall. Mallard still looked a little clear today. Good luck at the Foot AR Hog.

Caught about 15. Was muddy but not too bad at eagles nest. All males. Also heard the females at horseshoe are still full of eggs. Gonna try to go there next week barring no monsoons.

We fished there on Monday afternoon. Lake was muddier than I have ever seen it. We only caught 6 in the docks. The females we caught only had a few eggs left in them. The color of the eggs was a real light yellow. I think they are probably done spawning. Fish were thin.

Ringo

AR Hog, we usually fish Eagles Nest timber also. We might head that way Tuesday. My fishin buddy would rather fish at Reelfoot anyways.
Ringo, thanks for the response. Keep me informed if you go back before Tuesday.

How'd you do at mallard halfmoonboy?

NOTHING at all. Well, two very small ones. We didn't stay long though. In and out in 3 hours. : (

your game and fish really know how to manage a lake. i've fished mallard quite a lot when i lived in the bootheel and have seen them drain and re-fill it a few times. they refill it from muck ditch with a pipe with a 2 inch screen on it. all that does is pump mallard back full of shad from muck ditch and "here we go again" mallard winds up with too many shad and too many crappie. and the crappie are heads and tails. they have the money now to put in a well and pump it up from the ground and manage the lake differently but they want to spend money on new trucks and more wardens and visitor centers named after their commissioners. i forget which commissioner it was but he said we don't want to listen to our biologist. we want to manage the game like we see fit.


and that they do.


old

I agree OLD. Its seems as though their main goal is focused on the deer hunting. No doubt, deer hunting can be good here, but more attention should be paid towards Big Lake for fishing, better attention to Mallard and all of the state side for duck hunting. Mallard and Big Lake SHOULD be first class crappie and bass habitats. The potential has been there but, like you said, they had other priorities.