Arkansas River Limit

In light of the recent concerns, I decided to keep a few post em for your viewing pleasure!! :Rofl Caught these trolling minners, single poling jigs, casting a bobber, they were just flat biting. The magic depth was 10ft. down no matter what depth I was in. They seemed to favor a blk/chart joker with a pink head. All of the bigger fish came off of jigs. :dono
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Caught a few good Kentuckies too
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You da man chris.....Congrats!! I see you mad at em again. Thanks for the post and pics!!

Nice catch Chris , thanks for the post!

Great catch....good pictures thanks for the report

Nice fish!

Nice catch!

What part of the river you fish?

Great catch bro glad you posted them!! I like to see!!!

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What part of the river you fish?

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I was fishing some backwater below Murray Hydro in Little Rock.

Good catch

Nice work C.J.

Good fish Chris! I'm envious. You guys in the central part if the state have a good variety if water to fish.

Chris great catch. Those river fish always look so healthy. I want to try to learn to fish the Arkansas river at Van Buren. I'm just not sure where to start with the lock and dam system. It's a river, it's a lake, it's just different. Do you just fish along the bank and look for laydown trees and try to find brush tops?

Nice fish

"WOW" nice spotted bass and crappie!! Double "WOW"!!!!

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Chris great catch. Those river fish always look so healthy. I want to try to learn to fish the Arkansas river at Van Buren. I'm just not sure where to start with the lock and dam system. It's a river, it's a lake, it's just different. Do you just fish along the bank and look for laydown trees and try to find brush tops?

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I mainly look for jetties or points that jut out into the river, causing slack water. (Anything that breaks the current.) You can get behind those jetties down river from the dam and look for the seam where the water reverses direction. Also, those sandy backwater areas are really good right now too. Laydowns are good if the current isn't too strong, fish the down river side.
This is where I would start
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Good luck, those river fish fight like crazy!!!

good mess o fish!

Nice fish!

Thanks, Chris, for a great post and pics! Very helpful too for anyone who wants to try to river fish, me included!

CMJ. I hate you, you no good low down trolling, single poling, bobber casting, tight lining, jig dragging, crank bait hanging, trash fish catching, fish pic showing, rubbing it in fool. :biggrin When we going?

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CMJ. I hate you, you no good low down trolling, single poling, bobber casting, tight lining, jig dragging, crank bait hanging, trash fish catching, fish pic showing, rubbing it in fool. :biggrin When we going?

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Dang dude, don't hold back next time! :Rofl

good catch

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Dang dude, don't hold back next time! :Rofl

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I woulda really poured it on, but I couldn't think of anything other trash talk this early in the morning:Rofl

Nice catch....

nice catch man congrats

I live at toad suck. It's 5 minutes from the house in the past have caught a few by the boat ramp but just a few. I need to branch out and find some good around where I live.

Thanks for the post.

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I woulda really poured it on, but I couldn't think of anything other trash talk this early in the morning:Rofl

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This sure didn't make any sense. Where's my edit button.

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This sure didn't make any sense. Where's my edit button.

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It's ok. We be used to it.

Just one more thing. When you start to cook those fish that I wasn't involved in catching. I hope your grease does this. Attachment 124728

Good catch Chris! Glad your keeping some again, do you remember how to clean em?

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Good catch Chris! Glad your keeping some again, do you remember how to clean em?

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Lol, it took me a half hr. but I got em whooped!!

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Just one more thing. When you start to cook those fish that I wasn't involved in catching. I hope your grease does this. Attachment 124728

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No such luck buddy. The grease worked fine, but don't worry, I saved you a piece.
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Even had enough left over for a sammich!
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I like a crappie sammich. You may want to freeze mine. It'll probably be a few days before I make it down. On the positive side of things, I got the cooker cleaned out and ready to go again. Now if I could just catch a fish. Maybe I'll catch one during the fall bite. I know the spring bite is over and fish don't eat during the summer months:biggrin

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I like a crappie sammich. You may want to freeze mine. It'll probably be a few days before I make it down. On the positive side of things, I got the cooker cleaned out and ready to go again. Now if I could just catch a fish. Maybe I'll catch one during the fall bite. I know the spring bite is over and fish don't eat during the summer months:biggrin

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Ahh, that's them there Bible thumpin Crappie. They fastin for 120 days. No wonder they bite so good in the Fall, they's STARVIN!!!

Chris we all just jealous. But thanks for the info. Do you catch them in the river on up into the summer also?

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Chris we all just jealous. But thanks for the info. Do you catch them in the river on up into the summer also?

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Honestly Mike, that was my first time on the river in a boat since I was a kid!! I have fished it from the bank off and on quite a bit lately, so I knew they were there. I do know that they tend to spawn later in the year there due to cooler water temps, (60* yesterday) so the pattern should hold through May or June.

Thanks for the pics and info.

Why does RCC have to be so jealous? :Rofl

Great job again CMJ...Nice post.

Nice mess!