Fished a little closer to homeI

I fished the $6.00 hole yesterday because its closer to home (45 miles). I trolled it till 12:00 and had the chute all to myself. I think I will like the weekday fishing when I retire. The water level was 2-3 foot low and 5' was the deepest water. Crappie and gar were holding at 3-4 foot. Trolled single jigs with split shot above it on most rods. I took a pic of the hot jig for the day. It is a meatgetter #258 and with the gar party I will need to order a dozen. The full moon made for a good day of fishing.

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nice fish man way 2 fight the HEAT! where did u go\?

Pretty box of fish Billy , thanks for sharing!

she is working on yours now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You will love that weekday fishing....I work shift work and work every other weekend. 99% of my fishing and hunting is weekdays....Its great! and NICE CATCH!! Mound City or Dacus?

Nice catch and good report. Congrats.

Great catch Billy we need to swap a trip sometime.

Sure thing ABH. I went to the Mound

Nice haul Billy!!!


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Nice catch! But must be alot of folks not working cause last winter even weekdays were crowded on Dardanelle Lake.

abh i heard you dont pay back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice catch!

payback who Jerry. I have always tried to paid back people who would share information. What I found is there are some people that always want information and not willing to give information. When someone makes a two hour drive to fish and the only help they get is the fish are in 7-10 fow is all the help they get. Would you reciprocate info. Or would you reciprocate with someone who called frequently for info last year but failed to call all year this year when they were slaying em. Just saying there are some folks like that. I can tell you there are some great folks on here that will help but others all they want is just a report. I could name the good guys to share info with but they know who they are and no need in calling out the others to stir up the pot.

There are numerous people who I have tried to guide in the right direction behind the open screens with some guys living locally.

Billy just don't make fun of me cause I don't use miners and a swap is a deal bud.

JW, don't worry bout what some folks say. Always a bad apple in the bunch. I've done stuff on here for folks in the past who never repaid the favor but I won't mention their name either. Keep up the catching and the posting.


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nice trip billy!

Handicrappie I will. At least I am fishing where no body can complain I am catching all the fish no and not in a pond lol.

As i've said before they ain't everywhere and some lakes are better than others. I still have plans of transplanting some fish when weather is cooler, colder. Maybe it's possible lake Nimrod could offer some small fish for other lakes??? They say crappie multiply like crazy, that being said a few of us guys trying to make a difference will go a long ways for some of these lakes with lesser populations. Seems like some lakes minnows work better and some jigs seem to be quicker, i've caught em on both though and see both sides to it. As tough as it can be to travel a long distance to find fish should make us all wanna improve local waters and work together to do so.

looks like a good trip looks like alot of fun

Jigs are by far faster.As for the drive, I will put 200-300 miles on my truck every weekend to fish. A wise man told me a few years back when I used to stay around Jonesboro, " Isn't it worth it to drive another hour to find big fish". Well I have never looked at the odometer or gas gauge since.

constructskeeter,

It is illegal to transfer fish from one waterbody to another.

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constructskeeter,

It is illegal to transfer fish from one waterbody to another.

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He could do more legally by improve'n habitat.

Somebody better let Shane know. He had some in a pool in his back yard. LOL Hey Shane has the Partee dried up?

Construct good points. Can't helping the bucket of fish spills out into the water and your fish get loose lol. I see both sides of drive farther for bigger fish but I just like to catch doesn't matter as long as my rods dip I am happy. If I can do it closer to home then I have more opportunity to fish the way I see it. More time to learn the local water. 2 hr drive one way means four more hours closer by he he he. Also I find it hard to get anyone else to travel distance to fish and it sure can put a hurt on the pocket book $100 a trip by yourself. Too each there own and no fault with whatever makes each of us happy !!

Wish I had a 'barely used' place closer to home!

And boy, I'm about to get into trouble, prolly. I've heard the same thing these guys are saying, for years....and boy, are most of these guys way better at this than I am.......and I am NOT disagreeing, just asking a question......but I went to the AGFC guidebook and searched the website, and I can't find anything that says it's illegal to transport live fish from one body of water to another. I post this NOT to argue, but to ask where this is so I can quote it to someone.

Any help is appreciated.

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Wish I had a 'barely used' place closer to home!

And boy, I'm about to get into trouble, prolly. I've heard the same thing these guys are saying, for years....and boy, are most of these guys way better at this than I am.......and I am NOT disagreeing, just asking a question......but I went to the AGFC guidebook and searched the website, and I can't find anything that says it's illegal to transport live fish from one body of water to another. I post this NOT to argue, but to ask where this is so I can quote it to someone.

Any help is appreciated.

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Probably ain't any such rule to begin with. Yes added brush helps but I grew up on lakes with plenty of brush but always low crappie numbers. They'll never know I'm doing their job for them. When I was in college down at sau we hit Columbia a bunch and Steve's marine always had the same fishing report, rattling rouges, even in the winter months, yeah right. We fished c-rigs and tore the bass up. So you can't alway go with what people tell you.

Ha. I just emailed a friend of mine at AGFC about that very thing regarding the weekly fishing report. Seems the "Whiskers Bait Shop" in Perryville always says the same thing, every single week, about Fourche, Nimrod, Bailey, Petit Jean, and Harris Brake. Before them, the 'old' Bait and More II said the same thing every week for years and years. The real report is "I'm lying to come get you to shop here". I complained to AGFC about trying to get some actual, real, truthful info that we can use, to save a little gas in these tough times, and they sorta said "It's someone's opinion, deal with it".

Crappie DO love habitat, though.

And I still don't know about that law. I have a guy asking me, and then I read it here, and I'm trying to find out. I can't find anything, but it may exist, I just don't know.

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Probably ain't any such rule to begin with.

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Verbiage below was taken from AGFC website.

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It is unlawful to release native or non-native aquatic wildlife, including their eggs, into the waters of the state without the written permission of the Commission. Excess baitfish (including crayfish) shall not be released alive into public waters. Any request for importation of salmonids and salmonid eggs must be accompanied by a disease-free certification conducted under the guidelines set forth by the American Fisheries Society Fish Health Blue Book -- Procedures for the Detection and Identification of Certain Fish Pathogens. EXCEPTION: Aquatic species may be released into the waters from which they were taken. PENALTY: Class 2

Thank you! I guess I"m a sorry Googler, I could not find it in a search. It made sense that it existed, but when I couldn't find it, I started scratching my head.

Now I have some actual data to quote the guy that's asking me about it. Thanks again.

I knew they didn't want things like zebra muscles, evasive grasses, ect. but to put a fish, just like the ones already there don't make much sense now does it. So it's illegal, so are a lot things but they are still done and no harm comes of it. Once again it's what our AG&F should be doing to begin with?? Also thought about pads, course nobody wants them to take over and that's the risk you would take. Lakes that have big rises probably won't hold grass very well anyways, underwater too much. I just want to make fishing better that's all. I never could understand why in the shallow water brushy lakes they won't cut the boat lanes either and that's a whole lot worse than transplanting fish, least for the one who gets thrown outa the boat due to some big stump where it shouldn't be.