Looking for info on lake conway. How hard is it to run? Are the boat lanes marked? Of course where are the fish.
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Looking for info on lake conway. How hard is it to run? Are the boat lanes marked? Of course where are the fish.
boat lanes are marked, but there are still stumps in the middle of most of them!
Lake Conway is not hard to run at all, the lanes are mark pretty well, However the lake is low and some of the floating semi submerged logs can be found with a boat motor right now. I run a 18' bass boat out there with a 150 hp johnson, i have not had any troubles but i have lived on that lake my whole life. 65 mph is the only way to run lake conway. i Know where to start and where it is safe to land in all water conditions. The best advice i can give is that the faster you run the higher the boat and motor runs out of the water. As for the fish, if it is crappie you want go to Golds or to Caney Creek. Any other species is going to be tough to catch right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by arkyfishing
I am NEVER riding with you!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by slabsntaters
Its not that bad...just when the channel makes a sharp turn he tends to try to throw you out of the boat!!!!!
I think I will just keep going about 2 mph.
x2 I have rode with them or him, whatever
x2!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by creekslick
i always wondered why he kept getting the seats redone in his boat, till i rode with him!!
everyone keeps talking about them big slabs, so i was thinking of making a run up there. just wanting a heads up about it since it is a three hour pull
If any of you guy would like to learn a little more about Lake Conway, I would be willing to take you out and show you around, in your boats at your speed of course. I have an ability/Knowledge of Lake Conway that very few people have. I was raised on that lake, and have fished that lake my entire life. From catfish to crappie, bream to bass, I know that lake. As I grew up, I was on Conway 7 days a week. Now with work and all I average 2 to 3 days a week. I would not think of taking a person out there in my Boat and try to show them that lake at 65mph. The stumps look like fence posts at that speed. A boat ride with me on Lake Conway in my boat is not for faint at hearted individuals. However and I can say this with Great certainty You would be way safer with me in my boats at 65mph than you would be striking out on your own on lake Conway. Lake Conway will eat trolling motors as snacks and outboards for the main course anytime an inexperience angler wants to try it. I have towed many, many first timers to the ramp because they did not know what lake Conway is capable of. I have pulled people and their equipment out of the lake after they have flipped their boats out on Conway because they did not know how to negotiate stumps. I AM NOT trying to Brag but, I KNOW LAKE CONWAY.
All I can say is congrats on your survival!! Years ago I would run Barnett like that but I was on that lake quite a bit back then and knew the lanes well. Back then there was more visible wood than not though compared to now.Quote:
Originally Posted by slabsntaters
I used to run Conway lanes wide open at about 25 MPH in my stick steer until Dano fixed his ramp a few years ago. Watch for floaters in the lanes. Fun chasing commarants too.
You can't do wrong by fishing out of Dano's in Gold creek or the pool until about April. After that I just read about Crappie Pro catching them.
DP
Me and a few other guys watched you run across the lake before, had to be you cause guy was haulin some serious butt. You scared the chit out of all us, but to see a couple of your honey holes id ride with you. That is if you got seatbelts, restraints,or three point harness or maybe a roll cage. Be careful and ill see you out there!