New to the site and new to crappie fishing

New to the site and new to crappie fishing. I have always been a big outdoors man for the most part into hunting, I have bass fished and trotlined most of my life and caught crappie on accident most of the time doing one of these two. I wanted a new challenge this year and crappie fishing is it. Been out a few times over last couple weeks but the weather has been crazy 30 degrees one day and 70 the next, it has been hit and miss for the most part. I have seen a lot of wonderfull information on this site that has helped a lot. I normally fish Millwood in SW ARk and grew up on the lake but its a lot diffrent when you never targeted for crappie so if anybody has any great information on how to find them there that is great and thanks in advance.

Welcome from NLR

Welcome to the family!!

Welcome from Cabot

Welcome from Greers Ferry Lake. We don't have a lot of members from Southwest Ar that post but maybe someone will chime in and give you some help.

Welcome fropm Lake Nimrod.

welome from the south shoreof lake conway

Welcome to c.com. You came to the right place if your lookin to meet a bunch of good ole folks that love crappie fishin! Not to mention all the info you can pick up

I hearby bestow upon you the rights to give fishing reports from southwest arkansas. From this moment on, you will never be skonked and crappie will flock to your boat hoping their photographs will make the front page of the most famous crappie forum on the net. With these rights comes great responsibility. It is now therefore your responsibility to get on the water as much as possible not hindered by rain, wind, heat, or cold. Now go forth...whack some crappie and post em up.

Welcome aboard

welcome from Carlisle! RCC forgot to tell ya that work can't get in the way of fishin either :Rofl

Welcome from NW Mississippi. You came to the right spot. Those guys over there will fix you up with info. First thing you need to get is a 5gal Minner bucket:Rofl

Welcome from northeast Arkansas.

Welcome from the Bluff

Welcome from Conway. You didn't say what town you live in but I take it you live close to Millwood. There's a member on here that lives on Millwood that you might ought to hook up with. Can't remember his name right off the bat. Maybe he'll chime in here and help us both out. I think he fishes Millwood all the time. Maybe goes by "Noslab", or something like that. Haven't heard from him in awhile. Good luck to you and hang around here and you'll learn alot from some really good crappie fishermen on this site.

Welcome Ty! You listen to those good ole boys down there. They taught me a peck load and a few things about crappie too. :biggrin

welcome from cleveland county home of meatgetter jigs and minner critters !!!!!

Welcome aboard!!

Welcome from Star City!

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Welcome Aboard from Fouke, Arkansas. I fish Millwood, Wright Patman, Erling and some local area lakes.-----Finding the Crappie is a challenge. I suggest instead of chasing them, create your own spots using brush piles and bring the Crappie to you.
Understanding their habits is very important---when to find them in the deep or shallow waters.----Myself I am a plain old fashion tight line crappie fisherman. If I fish in very shallow water--under 2 foot, than I may use a cork.
It is much easier for me to raise and lower my line instead of a cork and slip knot.
We all have our own styles we use.----I am open minded to different ways of fishing and we never get too old too learn.

Welcome From North Carolina!!!!

Welcome from northeast Arkansas

Thanks guys

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I hearby bestow upon you the rights to give fishing reports from southwest arkansas. From this moment on, you will never be skonked and crappie will flock to your boat hoping their photographs will make the front page of the most famous crappie forum on the net. With these rights comes great responsibility. It is now therefore your responsibility to get on the water as much as possible not hindered by rain, wind, heat, or cold. Now go forth...whack some crappie and post em up.

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Sounds Like a big challenge but I will go with it

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Welcome from Conway. You didn't say what town you live in but I take it you live close to Millwood. There's a member on here that lives on Millwood that you might ought to hook up with. Can't remember his name right off the bat. Maybe he'll chime in here and help us both out. I think he fishes Millwood all the time. Maybe goes by "Noslab", or something like that. Haven't heard from him in awhile. Good luck to you and hang around here and you'll learn alot from some really good crappie fishermen on this site.

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Ski Im from Texarkana

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Originally Posted by Backwater Man

Welcome Aboard from Fouke, Arkansas. I fish Millwood, Wright Patman, Erling and some local area lakes.-----Finding the Crappie is a challenge. I suggest instead of chasing them, create your own spots using brush piles and bring the Crappie to you.
Understanding their habits is very important---when to find them in the deep or shallow waters.----Myself I am a plain old fashion tight line crappie fisherman. If I fish in very shallow water--under 2 foot, than I may use a cork.
It is much easier for me to raise and lower my line instead of a cork and slip knot.
We all have our own styles we use.----I am open minded to different ways of fishing and we never get too old too learn.

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Backwater were not to far from each other I live in Texarkana, got some land down your way me and wife plan on building one of these days. From what I have learned brush piles is the way to go, started on some a few days ago. The problem I have is trying to figure out is when to fish deep are shallow. I have been looking mainly for bait fish the last few times I went out. The other problem I have fishing millwood is that this time of year I dont know weather to spend my time in the river,oxbows, or main lake.

Welcome from Searcy

Welcome from Jonesboro AR

Welcome from Grant Co.

Welcomes from the shores of Lake Conway.

Welcome from Alma!

I fish the river on millwood from the 71 bridge to white cliffs a lot mostly in the winter I haven't been down there in about a month are so now but fish the river channel I have good fishing everything you can see like stumps brush piles most of these everyone fish's so that's about the part of the river I know I don't go up in the lake hope that helps and good fishing

Thanks Ranger, I hace caught crappie in that strech before fishing for white bass, plan on makeing that my next stop when i go over that way.

Welcome, a lot of great crappie holes in your neck of the woods

I'm from Ashdown and I fish Millwood for crappie religiously! Are you using jigs or live bait? The crappie are preparing to spawn so search for stumps or timber in 7-10 ft of water near flats. Warmer water will produce more active fish. Millwood can be a tricky lake to learn crappie fishing because the gates may be open causing heavy current in the river. Let me know when your going out and maybe we can meet up on the water. Hope this helps!!!