Need Help in NW Arkansas

I have been awol from the board for a few months, but I am getting back to the fishing now. My family and I have moved to Fayetteville, AR from Little Rock and I have NO IDEA about any of the lakes up here. I love to pull cranks and spider rig.

My biggest question is information about the lakes below and how they are for pulling cranks and spider rigging.

Lake Fort Smith
Lake Wedington
Lake Prairie Grove
Bod Kidd Lake
Swepco Lake

I dare to ask about Beaver Lake. I would not even know where to start.

I would start pulling cranks on Beaver.

Friend of mine has been pulling bandit 300's about a mile north of hickory creek. Not loading up the boat but catching 6 to 12 per 2 to 4 hour trip. 12 to 14'' fish.

Lake Prairie Grove is only open on weekends and cost about $3 per person and I think $5 to put a boat in.
No gas motors allowed. I was told you could not have one on the boat

I think Lake Wedington has a HP limit (maybe under 10) check before you go and it also cost to get into the park.

Been to Bob Kidd once and like the little lake, I never run my motor above a idle, For some reason the wife would prefer to go to beaver.
After you learn how to fish beaver, teach me.

I have not fished Lake Fort Smith but did check it out this summer. No HP limit and I think no cost to use the boat ramp.
Welcome to the area

Grand Lake and Eufaula in Oklahoma.

We fished the north end of beaver in the spring. Bass were plentiful and crappie were non existant. If you get on some walleye, be sure and let no one else know except me. I still would like to catch my first.

Good Luck and Go Red Wolves.

Lake Fort Smith is not a Crappie Lake. Never caught much of anything on Lake Fort Smth except stunted Bream before they combined it with Lake Shepard Springs. I used to catch nice Bass on Shepard Springs.

I would not pull cranks in Bob Kidd it is full of trees and white bass.

"Kansas"

How about Lake Fayetteville?

Haven't been up there since I moved 90 but Hickory creek area is where I would start. Like Creekslick said go out there and start pulling cranks off the bluff walls, study your finder while trolling and get to know the lake. Great place to fish once you learn a little about the lake. Good luck to you.

You might want to look on the Oklahoma forum and investigate their lakes near you. Tenkiller is an old lake and not real close to Fayetteville but I used to catch lots of crappie there in the 70's and 80's.