Finaly got some water goin in it. Hopefully it will be fishable before to long.
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Finaly got some water goin in it. Hopefully it will be fishable before to long.
Mallard Lake can be fun to fish! Last spring seemed to be loaded with white bass.............
Mallard is a hell hole. Fish are smarter in that lake.
In hurricane??
I saw some monsters come out of there a few years back. Dude said he'd caught some biguns. His buddies at the hardware store said prove it so he went home and got em and brought them back. Heads off, they were about 11/12 inches.
After the last big rain, we finally had water available to pump and back flow. We have been working our butts off the last couple of weeks to get water in the lake. If we can keep the pump running, we will continue to pump when the water is available. If we get the amount of rain they are predicting this week, we might be able to back flow some more water from the adjacent woods. This is by far the quickest way to fill the lake up.
This upcoming spawn should be outstanding with all the available cover for the fish to spawn in and the fry to hide in.
Sorry for the inconvenience over the past year at Mallard Lake.
Which mallard???? Where is the one you are talking about??
Im glad to hear some news from the other side of things. I know water has been in short supply and Im glad to see the lake coming up. There are some change I think should be made on that lake to make for better fishing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mojorig
I think that there should be a length limit for the crappie. Just like the Bass there should be a minimum length that you can keep, also make it a 15 fish limit.
I dont mean to start a gripe session I just believe that Mallard Lake gets alot of pressure for its size and everyone keeps everything they catch no matter what and thats why that lake is dead after March every year.
Mallard Lake, Mississippi Co. Near Manila, ARQuote:
Originally Posted by $hane Ghent
After Mallard being with very little water all last year and the people constantly bringing out limits of 30 fish, I'll be surprised if a person can find fish the next 2 years.
Glad the pipe finally got fixed and the water finally is coming up. Is it true the pipe was ordered from California and was defective?
I heard that it came from California but I did'nt hear that the first one was defective. I hope it was something beyond their control because it really will affect the lake for many years to come. I would think so anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by arkcrappie
Actually, it took three different gates from California. They sent their engineers along with the last one to try to figure out why the gate was not sealing. We talked to a gentleman that was fishing the lake before we started filling back up. He said his last trip that he caught 11 nice sized crappie and he was having to paddle to get around.
I will probably regret it but the lake is 5 mins from my house and I've got the itch and I just got my boat switched over from hunting to fishing and I am going to try it in the morning. I will give a report, the landing on the south end looks like you can put in no problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mojorig
Either way if tha gate was bad or not.... tell me why yall couldnt build a dam outa rocks and/or dirt to stop tha lake from getting that low? slow it down turn on tha pump? yall(game and fish) screw up everything yall touch and have never did a thing for us in northeast arkansas but.... drain our lakes... cut our timber... remove duck blinds... TRUST ME THA DAMAGE IS DONE
joefish, its been years since i fished over there, so i would like a report as well.
tom
I usually go to Mallard on my first trip every year so I can check out all the equipment on the water. I like to make sure everything works and all is still in good shape before I go some where to really do some fishing. I'll probably be on Mallard Saturday.
Daddy Rat,
I understand your frustration. We originally lowered the lake 18 inches so we could install a coffer dam in front of the gate/pipe. Once the coffer dam was installed, the lake level decreased due to the drought. We would have liked to turn the pump on but there was not enough water at the intake in Ditch 28. The intake must be completely under water to run the pump without burning up the re-lift pump.
Jeremy
maybe next time we can use lil of that timber money and make that intake pipe lil lower in muck ditch? or take that pump on tha youth lake and run under ground pipe to mallard.... Bubba Hicks
I've always heard don't gripe unless you have a solution...
Daddy Rat makes some good points, Mallard is damned and its not just the stuff that happend last year its through out the YEARS... Maybe we can get some things changed on that lake that can help us out. I don't know how to go about it but I really think that we need somebody that knows what they are doing manage that lake and get it in the right direction before we can even fish it agian!
Thats just me.
Hey Joe - 3 years ago I took park in that 11-12" crappie catch. We fished on the north side from peir to east side with white and chartruce jigs under a cork 4 foot deep. no minnow just a crappie nibble. I would like a report on water level.
Well put in today aroun 7:30am no problems fished for about an hour and a half. Fished the south end first set of trees and not a bite. Water levels are still low but fishable for sure.
How big of a boat did you put in?