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I'm leaving next week going to greeson for the week on the 12th of May, and was gonna see if anyone has been fishing Greeson, and if you could give some general info about what the fish patterns were, what water temps have been this week & what water clarity is right now. I know usually the spawn would be over but with unusually cool temps just wondering what the crappie staging is like. Any info is appreciated.
Jerry Blake gave one on here just a few days ago. You can also look up Action Fishing and see photos of recent catches.Quote:
Originally Posted by randybenham
thanks Iron man. I did check Jerry's site & the last trip report is from 4/7. I was hoping for something a little more recent. When i did an internal search for recent posts by Jerry, I came up empty. don't know whats up with that. I'll PM Jerry & see if he will respond.
I have spent two weeks over there this spring of which I probably fished the biggest part of six days and I just could not find the right combination. I found plenty of cover but just could not pick up the bite like I wanted to. I did manage to get five good ones before the rain set in a week ago Friday.
Deep, clear lake, Indian says fishin no good on those man could starve to death! Not going to say there's none over there but you'll have your work cut out for you i'm sure. If I was going to travel to a lake I don't think it would be that one but that's just me, good luck though.
Beautiful lake but I have made my last trip.Quote:
Originally Posted by constructskeeter
Never fished it but should be a fun week! Good luck!!
Oh, it's a pretty lake and I'm sure the crappie that are there will taste better than other places because of the cool, clear, deep water but tough to catch also. My buddy made a bass fishing trip over there this past Spring and caught a 5LB fish and I almost didn't believe him. He was like I almost didn't believe it either from that lake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iron Man
Long as your going I'll tell ya about the brush I know about over there. They used to dump cane up that big cove headed towards Arrowhead Point to the shallow side towards the North side of the cove by Hwy 70. Most of it seemed like it would be way too shallow any other time of the year except spawn time though. Just not a lot of deeper brush that we've ever found over there to fish around. Now here's the kicker out of all the AR lakes they claim to have the best crappie fishing rated way up there. Now i'm not saying there better than say a Conway or Nimrod but that lake was ranked highly for whatever reason???? Course out of the top US lakes Hamelton of all lakes was in the top 50 crappie lakes and I sure don't believe that either cause out of numerous trips I don't think I ever boated a single crappie over there, not just one!
Like grandpa used to say, "Well you can't believe everything you hear".
i've been on it before & had success, even been to a couple crappie camps a few yrs ago, but haven't been since last fall when the water was way down. I've got a few brushpiles marked on GPS, and last fall most of the cane was out of the water in the coves. I'm still hoping to hear from Jerry, since he guides on the lake a lot. I appreciate all the info though guys.
We spent 15 years fishing it annually in late April, and tore them up. Big Black Crappie that would tear up your pole. Constant limits. I don't remember when we quit, but it was getting bad towards the end. I do remember listening to the OKC Bombing on the radio at Jim Wylie campground, so whatever year that was.
Used to be, every cove was ringed with buckbrush. Every piece of buckbrush had a bite on it. Some had a lot of bites! But the COE drew down the lake, or the Power Company, or someone.........whoever is in control.........and it stayed down long enough that all the beautiful buckbrush died.........and now there's no crappie structure other than what the two guides have manually sunk. We went back a few years ago for a 'nostalgia' trip, and stayed in some expensive cabins close to Hwy 70 bridge (the east/first one)........and did poorly. We'd camp at Jim Wylie......beautiful spot, restaurant used to be right by the bridge, not many folks fished it, we had it to ourselves. If it got bad we'd make a drive to Gillham or Dierks for a day. Great memories.
But all in the past, sadly.
Well It's about an hour maybe just over drive for me to get there from the Dequeen area and it's a big beautiful lake, shame they don't brush it any better. I've always said these tournament groups that fish all the time need to have a set up where 2 days per year brushing is manditory and for those that wanna do more a couple more times in the slow Winter Months. Next a portion of the proceeds of each tournament need to go back into stocking. Best way I know to do that would be have somebody's big stock pond to keep stocked up and raid once per year....cheaper than buying the fish and Im sure the G&F could do it way cheaper if they would. They do some stocking though so that's good. I still think if they'd quit all the trout $ and use some of that for better tasting fish we'd all be better off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckrub
Fella's when you have as many bad outings as I do you won't mind putting a little back into the lakes but that's just me. I should have just took the chainsaw out on Dequeen lake this Winter cause after that ice we had a lot of cedars were tore down just ready for the cutting and dumping out in the lake. I made 15 or 20 piles but wish I'd made some of them bigger and made a few more.
I thought you must have quit, you been gone so long?
nimrod,
I have been gone a while. I'm still et up with fishing, but did some shifting over to the green carp. been mostly bass fishing lately, sold the aluminum boat for a bass boat, bigger ride, more leg room etc. thought it would serve me well & I would fish bigger lakes in it, but still wind up staying close to home. gas is too expensive to be burning a tank every time I want to go to big water. Just gonna give it a whirl over on Greeson with my dad & uncles next week since it's closer for everyone that lake chicot is. it's an annual family thing. I'm just hoping we can get on fish of some sort even if it's not crappie. I'm just glad someone remembers me. I even checked to see if chris (CEB) was still around on here & can't find much from him either.
Good luck on your trip. Hope you catch a boat load!!!!
Jerry dosn't check in here much anymore. Try his email...
Jerry Blake <[email protected]>
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thanks for the info. I'm emailing Jerry now.
You may already know this, but just in case you don't, AGFC website has a map of the whole state and you can scan in on a closer view of just Greeson and there are about 720 of those "condos" marked. You can also get the GPS coordinates for each one. My son-in-law downloaded those available and his GPS would put you right on top of each condo cause you could see them on his graph and he catches fish.
A lot of man made brush & plenty of crappie in that lake.
Folks sure aren't a catchin them it seems though. That Degray was supposed to have plenty in it too but every week when I read the fishing report there's little change in the crappie catchin and given it's Spring of the year it should be the best times for those lakes to shine if their going to.Quote:
Originally Posted by AgriHawg
Jerry Blake catches them every day on Greeson. You just have to know how & where to fish for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by constructskeeter
I have gone there the last 2 years (before this one) and Smoked the crappie !! The last week or two weeks of April have been great!! its May now ..........and know this , we went on april 21st weekend and boated 3 crappie ??? WTheck ! 2 guys fishing their arse off for a combined total catch of 3 ???? whoa ? sumptin aint right ................beatiful lake , but i aint goin back .
April 20thQuote:
Originally Posted by tonyjohn
http://www.actionfishingtrips.com/130420.jpg
April 22nd
http://www.actionfishingtrips.com/130422.jpg
Sorry you had a bad trip. But it looks like the fish were biting for Jerry.
You are so right. The proof is in the pictures.Quote:
Originally Posted by AgriHawg
Here is a link to all the agfc fish structures they put in the lake.
http://www.agfc.com/resources/googleEarthMaps/GRL.gpx
Here is the map of them.
AGFC GIS Mapper 2.0
thanks for the info. that's a lot of stuff to fish. if we can get on them, I'll put up some photos of our week.
Don't be afraid to move early & often. I know Jerry doesn't spend much time on a spot if he's not putting crappie in the boat.