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Morning neighbors!
Some friends and I will be paddling/camping on the Buffalo River soon and was wondering about the fishing. Just to put this out there, I really suck at fishing so I could use any tidbit of info I can get. So, is it possible to catch any Crappie in the Buffalo? Do they have any? The plan is to do about 30 miles in several days so the area will vary from day to day.
Just looking to have some fun on the river for a few days.
Thanks in advance,
Daily fishin
The Buffalo River is my favorite place in Arkansas. Unfortunatley you will not find any crappie there. However, you will have a chance to catch first class smallmouth bass. I recommend using a tube jig called a "getzit" or another crayfish pattern. Dark brown and greens with orage or red fleck work the best for me. This time of year concentrate on the riffles and the transition areas right beneath the riffles.
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Here is the biggest one I have ever seen caught in the river. My wife caught it several years ago on our first anniversary. It was 21.5 inches long. I estimated it to be 4.5 - 5 pounds. We let it go. Have fun! I wish I were going to be there soon.
Nice Catch! If you don't mind me saying, both of them... I wish you many more years! My wife and I just celebrated 23! But she doesn't fish though. Some of us can't have everything.
Thanks for the info, I'll let you know what we do.
D F
D10 is right on with that Gitzit. I like Pumpkinseed. Last time I was there we easily caught 100 brownies. Nothing quite like that one his wife is holding but we had a few good keepers. Have fun!
Pretty.
Nice fish too.
He forgot to tell you, better read up on the regs for blue ribbon Smallmouth streams before fishing if you want to keep any. Good luck.
Buffalo River (Ozark Zone Blue Ribbon Stream)
Smallmouth bass daily limit is two and each must be at least 14 inches long to keep. From confluence with Clabber
Creek downstream to the confluence with the White River, smallmouth bass daily limit is 1 and must be at least
18 inches or longer to keep. Outboard motors may not be used on the Buffalo River upstream from Erbie Ford, nor
larger than 10 horsepower from Erbie to the White River.
I suggest the medium size Rebel Crawfish crank bait. It requires no skill to use it. Just throw and retrieve, try two colors, one with brown on it and one with red in the pattern. Hope you have a great trip.
There are no crappie in the Buffalo River.
There are no crappie in the Arkansas River, either.
There are no crappie in Greers Ferry Lake.
There are no crappie in Nimrod.
There are no crappie in Harris Brake Lake.
There are no crappie in Lake Brewer.
And that's the story of my spring, and you're welcome.
You forgot Dardanelle. Definitely no Crappie in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckrub
Man
Do not let your wife fish on the buffalo.
It will cost you money
I had got mine a new pole for our anniversary a few years ago.
She had also got a new pair of glasses.
While we were canoeing, she would fish.
She was standing out in the river and a fly / bug was buzzing her.
She swatted the fly and knocked her glasses half off and while trying to get her glasses, dropped her new pole.
She let go of a $400 pair of glasses to grab her $50 pole to keep it out of the water.
We never found the glasses. But she was still fishing
That is a nice fish!
WE16, you have a KEEPER WIFE. Treat her right, man. I'm just sayin'........
And I did not list Dardanelle because I have no knowledge if there are any there or not. I did go to Piney one time this year (I forgot that trip, sorry) and tried methods and spots I was told about, and I caught one 8" crappie. So, I amend my list to add Piney Bay, but as for the actual Lake Dardanelle, I have no empirical knowledge. I'm going to BUY some GPS coordinates and go up there one day, I swear. Lakes with no visible cover stump me, without brushpile coordinates. Maybe one of my LOSER friends will sell me some coordinates.
The Buffalo is one nice river, though. One of the most beautiful places we have in this State. Makes me think that I'm American by birth, Southern by the Grace of God, and an Arkansan by blind luck.
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Originally Posted by NIMROD
Thanks for the info, I have checked up on the Regs for the area. We will be kayaking and canoeing down from Mt Hershey area (no motors). We have also purchased our fishing licenses for the time we will be there. My buddies and I are pretty strict about following rules, safety and other wise. It just makes sense. We also have a program where we take out more than we put in, i.e. trash and stuff not normally found in nature. EVERY time I'm on the water at a minimum I pick up 1 item of trash from the water. Its a good day when I have to look for the 1!
D F
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Originally Posted by Roughneck
No skill! I've got that. I acutally have one of those Rebel Crawfish. Don't think I've ever used it. Now might be the time to try. Thanks,
D F
I like the sound of that "no skill" stuff! This is something I might should try...Quote:
Originally Posted by Daily fishin
If you will roll over a rock and catch a crawfish as you float down the river. You will see they are black or a dark color!!!! You can't beat a black red flake 2 1/2 in tube 1/8 oz leadhead on the buffalo river!!!
Have no idea what you are talking about. Pic?Quote:
Originally Posted by jackie53
D F
I believe he means a 1/8 oz leadhead jig............. with a black and red flake colored tube jig, about 2 1/2 inches long attached to it.
Bass Pro's tender tubes (salty) in black or greenpunkin or a dark color with the inside tube head 1/8 oz!!! Can look at bass pro's web site under bass tubes!!!! Hope this helps!!! Warning they are habit forming!!!
In addition to the smallmouth, you'll also find Ozark bass, a subspecies of Rock bass(google eye). They are so cool- they look like a cross between smallmouth and crappie. Even the smallest one fights like a tiger. I've had good luck with a thing they sell at wal-mart that's called the claw. I think the manufacturer is Renosky or something like that. It's kind a silly looking, just a lead head w/a small crawfish body, but drag that thing slowly across the bottom of the gravel and they'll nail it. Good luck. BTW, I have caught crappie at the confluence of the Buffalo and the White River. About blew my mind. Maybe we all should fish the buffalo one more time before the hog farm at Mt. Judea cranks up operation. Might not be the same after that.