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I know they are no where near crappie, but they are fish and they pull hard and are starting to bite up the creek! Took me about 2 hours to catch 10 and the last 6 came in about 30 minutes. Unfortunately I had to go, the bite seemed to be picking up.
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Fun to catch!
WTG! Looks like fun. I am not real predjudice when catching fish. Like I've said before I love to feel the thump and fish on the line. If I had to choose fishing or eating fish , I'd buy alot less corn meal.:twocents
Good fun
It was just the excuse I needed to get a new electric fillet knife. I didn't realize until I used the new one how bad my old one had gotten.
You will not get an argument from me!! I learned on Greer's Ferry a couple of years ago to speed up my presentation when pulling crappie jigs. I couldn't get them to hit anything and found out by accident they like it fast. I am not prejudiced toward eating them neither. I just cut the red stuff out of the filets.
Glad you got into them.
DP
Got 6 more yesterday and my buddy caught 4, a lot harder work to get them to bite despite the amazing weather.
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Those Whites in that creek are fun to catch.
A friend wanted to fish for them today on Maumelle so we went. Caught a mess of big ones with ultra light spinning. FUN!
I like catching any fish thats pretty good for eating
You can't hardly beat'em for the fight! We got in them last year on Harris Brake. Early spring with a real strong wind whipping the bank. We caught them til we wore out! I bet we caught and released 80-100 between 2 people. I didn't know there were whites in Harris Brake but these weren't hybrids.
You guys hitting them on spoons, rooster tails, jigs, or just minnows under corks?
Caught another 9 yesterday. They still aren't biting that well. Every one I have caught has come on one lure = a no. 13 Pet spoon, silver with white feather. A buddy caught a few on a silver castmaster spoon, and I saw a guy catch a couple on rapala shadraps. There were some people catching on minnows too. I think if you get something in front of them when they are ready to eat, it doesn't matter what it is.
I dont think I have caught a white bass that I know of
Best producer for me over the years has been a gold suspending Rouge or a small gold Shad Rap. I could catch a few on crappie jigs, but far and away the best for me has been the Rouge. Best areas this time of year are on the north shore east of the 10 bridge down to the chimney area. They will move on the flats when feeding, with the best luck being when there is a wind chop on the north bank. When they get far up in the creeks they tend to have other things on their mind rather than eating.
I have caught some big ones in Conway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gindog
Correct me of I am wrong...Quote:
Originally Posted by geojag
But these actually seem to be stripes or hybrids... ?
The whites in Conway have very faint if any stripes..
And are a lot broader from belly to back.
If not please explain.
http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sites/d...e_id_guide.pdf
I guess they are whites ?!?
Anything that is connected by the Arkansas River or one of it's tributaries usually has White Bass even if it is an over flow they can enter in high water.
Not entirely sure. They could be hybrids, there are supposed to be some stripers in lake maumelle. I do know that most of the fish I caught were males, and the few females I caught seemed to have deeper bodies.Quote:
Originally Posted by JigginPoleJoe
They are definitely white bass. Stripers have not been stocked in about twenty years, and I have not had a legitimate report of one for over three years.
I couldn't tell you any stocking reports of Lake Maumelle but I can assure you there is a few still swimming. We caught one last year and year before that my buddy and I were fishing and wondered why we keep hearing these guys down the river from us cackling and hollering out of excitement, we eased on down there to see what the fuss was about and guy pulled out a 15lb stripper caught on 6lb line. It was funny cause they had no idea what they caught.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigben7
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My buddy got into them today..
This is a white from the Arkansas River. They look the same from Lake Conway, but look much different from the ones posted above.