Found some today

Well went to the refuge and met up with blue thunder, LuvPt and arkansasdrakehunter and another master from the crappie forum here. I think every fisherman in south and central arkansas was there this morning though. On the lake we started out fishing we counted 80 boats. man the parking lot was busier than walmart on a day after thanksgiving sale. We went back to where we were catching some fish and the boat traffic was terrible as it shut the fish down. We all decided to try another lake and left out from the first lake. I had told a few folks about this lake on the forum and we got there around noon. With only three boats on the water and no one crappie fishing we decided to lower the poles. We all took different directions to try and locate some fish. I managed to catch about a 30lb catfish but he was too big for the net so I quick released him after a 20 minute battle in the open water. Man I thought i hooked a submarine for a little while. It was a fun but tiring fight.

while fishing I heard a big commotion and looked over and saw LuvPt loose his umbrella to the wind. By the time he circled back around it had sank. The next thing i new he anothe one up. Man is he prepared but I think arkansasdrakehunter got shorted out of the shade on it. Blue thunder looked like he was ready for a barbeque with his boat set up. Man these guys know how to do it up right.

I ended up with a limit today but had to work for em. I am not sure how the other boats faired in todays Mardi Gras boat parade. I thought I might see some crappie.com folks there but no one spoke up and I don't know any of you. Hope to hear some reports from you guys that fished there this weekend.

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Wow them are nice

Great job...again! Wish I could come home for a few days and hit the refuge lakes that are hard to get into :o

laugh it up bowhunter cause dim ribs sure were tasty! buffalo that is, me and lily hooked into a nice one and it sure was delicious. yea luvpt sure wasnt showin any luv to poor ole ben, that was under handed i thought. hey we didnt catch a boat full but it sure beat mowin the grass. we really enjoyed it

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Originally Posted by blue thunder

laugh it up bowhunter cause dim ribs sure were tasty! buffalo that is, me and lily hooked into a nice one and it sure was delicious. yea luvpt sure wasnt showin any luv to poor ole ben, that was under handed i thought. hey we didnt catch a boat full but it sure beat mowin the grass. we really enjoyed it

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Yep... I know right where that lake is LOL. Nice catch Guys

lol

I bet he brings his own umbrella next time! Anyway, that didn't matter....he was catching too many to notice how hot it was! I ate some of those White River Crappie tonite and didn't even filet 'em. Just scaled 'em and cut the heads off.....Out of the ice chest and into the grease. They were out of this world good.

I tried 'em friday ABH only mangaged 20 might have been the front. Most likely operator error had a big time though. Hey I sent you a PM. Yes Sir!!! in temps like these you could sell shade. I've often wondered how them parachutes fair in a little breeze?

Was there Thursday and Friday, my buddy and I caught a limit each throwing road runners, my favorite way to fish. Had a good time, but we had a couple of cloudy mornings to fish so the temps were tolerable. Really enjoyed fish the refuge, just don't get to do it often, so far to go.

Sounds like you guys had a blast. WTG!!!

Nice pics glad y'all got some.

Thanks for the Report and great catch!@!! Think im going to try around devalls bluff tomorrow am...

Looks like you made a good decision to move to another lake. And you hooked that catfish on Crappie gear? Musta been a real good outfit to hold him on the hook long enough to see it. Congrats on a fine day of fishing.:)

Arkansasbowhunter, it was nice meeting you and bluethunder. Luvpt showed me alot about trolling and I promise you, I will bring my own shade and tackle box next time, Doh LOL. I had a blast and I'm glad I got to see some new country. I will repay the favor real soon. It won't be long and the MS river lakes will be ready to troll. I think out of all the 100 or so people we seen fishing today, bluethunder had the best looking fishing partner by far. Ya'll be safe and thanks again JW, for showing us around. Luvpt, thanks for letting me tag along and thanks for showing me a few tricks of the trade.

hey gabowman. It was a fight on a 16ft crappie pole taboot. It kept peeling that 6lb line off the reel like nobody's business. I wished I would have gotten a picture of the thing but I couldn't get it in the boat as it was too big for my net. the other guys were at the other end of the lake and couldn't offer assistance. Oh well, I have the memory of that fight. I was glad to see it end for sure. Never caught one that big on tackle before.

Ben I really enjoyed having you along. I learned as much from you as you did from me. It was good having a hardcore single-pole jig fisherman in the boat because that puts another angle on things to learn from. I think we all had a great time and I look forward to doing it again. I'm thinking about taking off early tomorrow and hitting a MS river offshoot way down South. I've heard some good reports from down there.