Maumelle - need advice

O.K., I'm putting the board to the test!

I have a buddy who has recently slipped his boat on Maumelle. He knows I catch a lot of crappie. He has opened his big mouth and made a bet with some friends that he and I will catch more crappie than they do. The challenge is Saturday.

Here's the catch. I have only been on Maumelle three times in my life, all in the winter.

I need a phone conversation with some of you guys with actual (recent) knowledge. I can take instruction and can catch fish, but big water with little visable structure is a pretty big challenge for a one day trip.

Any takers? I'm available for conversation until 10 pm each night. Day calls will depend on my meeting schedule, but try me, I need the advice.

My phone number is 501-351-3551 (Little Rock).

Apparently, my reputation has been put on the line! LOL

Thanks.

Mike

Got this from the AG&F Weekly Fishing Report today..

Lake Maumelle:
Crappie are biting well around brush and rocks in 15 to 20 feet of water. Kalin’s Tennessee shad-colored grubs have worked well, as have minnows.

Good luck!

I saw that too.

Still no calls. Still need help.

I will be glad to initiate the call if anyone wants to P.M. their phone number.

My buddy has really put me on the spot!

Thanks for the reply.

Hey there Titleman, I don't fish Maumelle but I do drive by it everyday and I have talked to people that have crappie fished it. First off it is normally a real clear lake. My guess would be that you would need to fish in the 10 to 20 foot range on creek channel edges or off of the many island points. I remember years ago there used to be a couple guys who crappie fished Maumelle several times a week. They would put there report in the paper on Thursday. Day in and day out all summer long they were catching them on brushpiles in the 20 to 25 ft. range. Almost always there color choices in jigs were Red/White or some combination of red.

Be sure to check the paper this week and let us know how things went.

Good Luck!

If it was me I would go prefish if possiable ? Mostly drive around lake shorelines looking for cover on graph . I was told years ago by a coworker he fished the North side ? He said there were stumps and logs in a spot he fished. Would that be opposite from marinas ? If I was going to fish regularly , I'd make some covert night missions to place brush or condos.:D But , I'm sure they are illegal as it is a water supply lake .:o
Good luck , sorry can't help . Back when I fished there a couple of times it was for Bass.:rolleyes:

Pre fishing is not an option. They put this together too quick for me to work it out on my schedule.

Thanks for the other tips.

Others??

maybe thats why your buddy gave everyone such short notice.... Your a catcher and he's got a boat on the lake, might this be a way of leveling the field between the two boats....You know everyone is equal type of contest.
Good luck and let us know how it turned out

You might want to ask your son. I hear he is a crappie master. Just kidding.
Hope you get some good tips...dad.

Jiggen,

Maybe for Fathers day, you'll share some of your "master" tactics with all of us, especially ole dad.

Well if its a father son fishing contest my moneys on the ole man. I think my dad retired from fishing undeafeted in head to head match ups with me.

Gooch,

My schedule is pretty good for tomorrow.
I will be glad to come by your office, meet you for coffee, buy your lunch or wash your truck! Just let me know what works.

Thanks for the help.

Titleman

Well, we struck out. No Crappie. Several bass and bream.

My thanks to Gooch for taking time to show on a map places that had been successful for him. Because of Gooch, I at least know of some places if ever challenged again!

Pretty day on the lake, but I couldn't help but think of the crappie I was missing out on at my regular haunts.

Thanks again, Gooch! Maybe we can hook up on one of your nightstalks.

Titleman

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Well, we struck out. No Crappie. Several bass and bream.

My thanks to Gooch for taking time to show on a map places that had been successful for him. Because of Gooch, I at least know of some places if ever challenged again!

Pretty day on the lake, but I couldn't help but think of the crappie I was missing out on at my regular haunts.

Thanks again, Gooch! Maybe we can hook up on one of your nightstalks.

Titleman

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Titleman I somehow managed a kitchen pass Saturday afternoon and we went to Maumelle ourselves. We didnt do any better than you did but like you said it was an awesome day on the lake even with the slow bite. I still had not found my gps so finding the structure I know about was all but impossible as was trolling with not knowing the trolling speed.

I am going to spend the next few weeks getting some kinks worked out of the boat and getting some condos put together with some other crappie.com guys. If we get a nightstalk worked up will sure let you know.