It was heavenly today.

Xring's boat is in the shop today so I called and invited him to fish with me today and naturally he agreed to go. I picked him up about 9:30 so it would warm up a little, drove over to Lake Dardanelle and launched the boat. It was clear and sunny and cold but no wind. The water was calm and clear. We didnt even have to use the yamaha we were so close to the fishing hole, just the trolling motor. We tossed out a couple bouys and dropped our jigs in and it was a steady bite. I had tied a few jigs the night before and wanted to try a new color.(shown below) Me and that little Goblin bait was putting it on Xring pretty heavy. He was needing a lesson after he put it on me yesterday. We saw a couple old guys fishing nearby and was not having any luck at all so we moved over by them and showed them how we were doing it then we marked one of our good places and told them to pull in there and work it over. After a bit they were yanking um in with a smile you could see a city block. We had two limits of mostly 11-12 inch fish. I gave my neighbors several of them before I took the picture of xring filleting the rest. I am posting a pic of the colors that are working well for us here. It was a gorgeous, perfect day.
The goblin is bright orange head, black body and white marabou tail.
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Good colors here that work good here.

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It is with deep regret that I pen these lines, I made fun,,yep,,laughed about the "goblin" begged rtark not to put it in the water, I was afraid it'd scare every crappie in a mile plum outta lake Dardanelle. Its strange how ones perception of things can change in a relatively short period of time, after rtark had put 7 or 8 in the ice chest,,and I was still waiting on a hit...I,,in most gracious maner remarked about the effectiviness of that lovely hand tied masterpiece. I may have hurt his feeling earlier when a boat passed and I asked him to keep that THING in the water, I didn't want embarrassed......
But sometime later, rtark,,being the gentleman he is, offered me the use of a "goblin" for the paultry sum of $20.00 and a promise to be included in my will....which I gladly accepted...lol
Then,,and only then did I begin to harvest crappie...and lordy,,did we catch'm, me'n my buddy rtark!!!

He did put a severe whipping on me today...but he started with the goblin, I got one after he filled his limit...and had raped the brushpiles we were fishing..

Thanks ole buddy...

nice fish guys, ray you going to make me come back up their!!!!!!!!!!

Way to go, guys! Hands Clapping Good lookin' jigs too, Ray. Looks like y'all had a great day on the water. Thanks for the post and the pics! Thumbs Up

Nice haul! It was for sure a beautiful day, or at least what I could see of it from stuck inside my office lol. Entertaining post n pics! Y'all stay after em...

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Originally Posted by TAV2

Nice haul! It was for sure a beautiful day, or at least what I could see of it from stuck inside my office lol. Entertaining post n pics! Y'all stay after em...

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I hate it you were having to work today, but someone has to work and pay taxes so that I get my SS check and keep the crappie population in check. Thanks TAV

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Originally Posted by MEATGETTER

nice fish guys, ray you going to make me come back up their!!!!!!!!!!

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From what I been hearing you and ole spanky have been hammering them pretty hard at Conway and Pine bluff.

Those are some good looking jigs. Nice fillets.

Nice catch and good report and pics. Those are some good looking jigs too. Congrats.

You two need a part time job because ya'll are killing me.Doh

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You two need a part time job because ya'll are killing me.Doh

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I have a part time job, and only get to fish 1/2 day,,the daylight half..the other 1/2 I have to explain to scooter why its so important for
"daddy" to get out there and catch crappies...lol

nice fish love the jigs

Way to go guys.

Nice catch fellas

I didn't know jig color is that important. Nice catch guys.

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I didn't know jig color is that important. Nice catch guys.

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IMO,,color can be important, very important...as can be a varity of things, sometimes it seems that what ever you offer is promptly taken,,other times a feather jig will out produce a plastic/rubber offering. But hey, its hard to beat a maraboo feather jig for action in the water, they appear very lifelike in the water.
we have fished some very strange color combinations lately, they resemble nothing I ever saw in the water, yet, some unlikley combinations have wore my butt out. Thats what makes fishing fun, that and buying more and more,,Got to have some of those.....lol

Nice looking Jigs RTARK and great job in heaven. I will be back to fishing soon, but right now im hot on bambi's tail. Killed my first deer last Tuesday (nice doe) and the young man you met with me on the lake killed a nice 8 point down near Monticello. So im going to hunt a bit longer and may get out fishing inbetween that time. Talk to Ya soon

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Nice looking Jigs RTARK and great job in heaven. I will be back to fishing soon, but right now im hot on bambi's tail. Killed my first deer last Tuesday (nice doe) and the young man you met with me on the lake killed a nice 8 point down near Monticello. So im going to hunt a bit longer and may get out fishing inbetween that time. Talk to Ya soon

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We are tossing a lot of decent fish back in just for you CP. Are you sleeping on your stand? Kill a big buck so you can stay in the same league as your girl.

LOL Ive seen a few bucks, let them walk to see another year or two probly about the time they are ready my daughter will get the shot. LOL Keep throwing a few back for me ill get there evntually. Yous guys are whacking em good. LOL

You just keep hunting CP, I'll step in and help catch your share.