A few gooduns from Dardanelle today

I hit the water about 8:00 AM and got to my spot and started to sit down. I noticed I had no seat. So I loaded back up and decided to forget it when I remembered my friend lived a couple miles away so I got into his shop and took a seat off of his G3. The last trip, I got on the water and realized I had forgotten my depth finder, so I went to my friends house and got his G3 boat and took it. The time before that, I let out my trolling motor and it would not turn. Battery was dead as a hammer, so, I went to my friends and got his G3 again. Friends are great to have around.
After about 30 minutes with no bite, I decided to take off the baits that had been working so well and downsized from a 3/16 to a 1/16th and slid on my old faithful blue and pearl slab bandit and that did the trick. I caught 19 good keepers in the next 90 minutes and culled 10 keepers. I have recently been fishing in the main lake just off the Dardanelle State Park on the Russellville side where there are some submerged creeks. On the way home I dropped off a few to an old life long fishing buddy that is having health problems and can't fish but still knows how to fillet and eat them. I love days like this.

These are for ole Don untill he has better days.
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And the rest is for me
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Nice catch.

good looking fish, are you enjoying that crappie getter?????

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Originally Posted by MEATGETTER

good looking fish, are you enjoying that crappie getter?????

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Its "those" crappiegetters.( more than one). I just posted to you about them while you were posting this, I guess.

Nice catch. Were is the big one you hit with the hammer.

Those are some dandies, Ray! I'm guessin' you really are enjoying those "Crappie Getters" from the looks of those fish! Thanks for the post and the pics. Thumbs Up

Nice catch! Hands Clapping I went today and they bit for couple hours then just quit over here after the wind died. Guess the Don you gave some fish to was Romine? I gave him a couple bags of fillets after the fish fry last night over here. Do you think this cold front will hurt the bite again?

Nice Catch RTARK, Looks like down sizing worked for you real well. I gave your lake a break last week but dont know how long i can hold out from getting back over there. See ya in a few days.

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Originally Posted by Billy E

Nice catch. Were is the big one you hit with the hammer.

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HEE HEE, I use the hammer on myself when I run off and leave my seat or DF

Good catch. I give a lot of my fish away too.

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Originally Posted by CrappiePro

Nice Catch RTARK, Looks like down sizing worked for you real well. I gave your lake a break last week but dont know how long i can hold out from getting back over there. See ya in a few days.

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It looks like your doing pretty good where you r fishing. You didn't miss much, the last day I fished at Ouita I got 6 small ones in 6 hrs. Today, I never got one bite on the yellow jackets or SS, but when I went down a few sizes business picked up. Also, they didn't want it moving much either.

Nimrod; Yep, thats him. He's getting more fish than I am. In my mind cold fronts hurt. I just don't have any confidence after one comes through, at least not for a few days but that's just me.

Nice Fish!!!!!

nice catch

rtark, i had to laugh when i got to the part where you started to sit down and didn't have a seat. if you didn't have a friend i don't believe you could fish. and yes, i'm still laughing.

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Originally Posted by olduckhunter

rtark, i had to laugh when i got to the part where you started to sit down and didn't have a seat. if you didn't have a friend i don't believe you could fish. and yes, i'm still laughing.

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I'm surprised that I didn't sit back in it. I just got back from returning the seat and my friend and I are making a check list to tape on the bottom of storage compartment door. He told me to call him if I forget where we put it.