Best Crappie Lake for Yoyoing, Night Fishing

My Father-in-Law and me are looking for a new lake to overnight camp at (primitive) and run some yoyos, noodles, and maybe fish over lights on.

We prefer something that has lots of trees (for the yoyos and crappie cover) and a place that's not going to be super crowded. Last year we fished Old Town Lake. Enjoyed it, but it's a really good drive to get there.

I'm not asking for GPS coordinates, which wouldn't matter anyways. Our boat has no fish-finder/depth-finder so we'd be "sight fishing". Would pretty much be going in cold turkey.

Getting a few fish, either cats or crappie (preferred) would make us happy.

Any tips or pointers?

Early spring on Nimrod, if the water comes up you can tear up Catfish and Crappie on yoyos.
Why not just pole fish grasshopper? Looking to fill a freezer? Come up when we have our build and learn some spots.

If you don't mind a bit of a drive Lake Chicot is really good. You can camp at the state park and there are lots of trees across the lake from the camp ground. There is also a marina at the park where you can park your boat. Cane Creek is another good place. There is also a state park there. It is good for catfish and ok for crappie. Just some suggestions.

Lake Conway, Either Greens Lake or Dix Creek, both have primitive camping areas and lots of cypress trees to hang yo-yo's.

Peckerwood Lake, but it's pretty expensive to camp...Word is out that it might be selling. The man that owns it sold all his John Deere dealerships and word is out that Peckerwood is selling too..but its just a rumor..

I hope that's just a rumer!! We are running out of good holes...

I thought Frank Lyon owned Peckerwood. Didn't know he was into John Deere dealerships! Anyway, even if it sells it ought to stay open for daily fee fishing, wouldn't you think?

Frank Lyon does own Peckerwood. Yes he sold his John Deere dealerships, no he is not selling Wingmeade. That is a bad rumor. Peckerwood great fishing!!!

Hambone is that you? From another form.

Well, if I know you, and even if I don't. Welcome aboard man.

Let's go fishing!

10-4 Hollywood

toledo bend

Can you leave yo-yo's out during the day if not baited during the day? And maybe no one will cut them.

Think about going down to lil maumelle tonight and trying it for a while. If I do any good, Leave them hanging, UN-BAITED, and try again tomorrow night.

Yes you can leave them out during the day unbaited. You may find that you have less of them when you come back thought.

Midway when the river is above 22 is hard to beat.

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Originally Posted by Gomer Snerd

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is that as far away as you could send him? i figured lake powel would be what you would suggest.

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Originally Posted by Slipcork

Can you leave yo-yo's out during the day if not baited during the day? And maybe no one will cut them.

Think about going down to lil maumelle tonight and trying it for a while. If I do any good, Leave them hanging, UN-BAITED, and try again tomorrow night.

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Probably better ask local wildlife officer. The book says must be attended during daylight hours, neve saw anything about baited or not?

A guy I went to school with was at peckerwood a year or two ago and they had been running yo yos all night and took all the bait off of them and tripped them and left them hanging and went to eat breakfast off of the lake and were going to come back and bait them back and stay with them. When they got back from breakfast there was a game warden there waiting on them and wrote em a ticket for leaving their yo yos out during daylight unattended

Powell doesn't have enough to hang em on. We catch more stripers on Powell.

Maddox Bay is great for yo-yo's. In early spring you can catch some nice crappie and catfish. Plenty of cypres Trees