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05-21-2013, 04:56 AM
NIMROD

Nimrod lake/ Bream / Crappie/ Ozark rod

Don't know what happened to Nimrod but it sure has fallen off. I finally got out there about lunch time yesterday. Water is nasty and it was awful windy. Wanting to break the Dardanelle habit but not really. Just tired of driving that far with Nimrod right here.
Started out Bream fishing and found some beds but Bull Bluegills were not as big as last 2 summers. After catching a bunch , I could not pass up the chance to try my new 11' Ozark rod I drew at Crappie camp donated by Conway ''Don Blakely''. It worked flawlessly and I was able to jig up 16 keepers (over 10'' to 13'' Crappie) before tiring out. Thing is they were so poor I really hate not going to Dardanelle. Soon as the weather changes I may be back over there.:crazy:
05-21-2013, 07:49 AM
JeremyDale

Glad to hear your catching them in nimrod again. Maybe the crappie are just having an off year? I want to fish nimrod sometime this summer. I've heard it is better fishing in the summer...is this true? Also what type of fishing catches the most fish in nimrod...it's deep and clear correct? Sorry not trying to hijack your thread and I am sure I can search CDC for this info but I am very curious about nimrod! Not to mention there is a tournament on nimrod this summer so I am sure lots of folks are curious about the lake!
05-21-2013, 08:04 AM
RCC

Dardanelle will ruin a fellow. I'm ready to get back over to some other place than here. The few crappie that I caught saturday were as thin as Lake Charles crappie.
05-21-2013, 08:16 AM
Cmj

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Originally Posted by Geagle81

Also what type of fishing catches the most fish in nimrod...

DANG bro, open up a can o worms why dontcha? I hear-tell that single-poling purple/chartreuse Umbrella tubes over the bajillion brush piles is the only way to catch em over there. BUT...............I have ALSO heard of some of this going on in the channels. Attachment 126475
05-21-2013, 09:09 AM
popper

I spent all last week at carter cove and had a great time, we put nice crappie in the boat every day , think it was the best we have ever done being new to crappie fishing :fish
05-21-2013, 01:37 PM
NIMROD

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Originally Posted by Geagle81

Glad to hear your catching them in nimrod again. Maybe the crappie are just having an off year? I want to fish nimrod sometime this summer. I've heard it is better fishing in the summer...is this true? Also what type of fishing catches the most fish in nimrod...it's deep and clear correct? Sorry not trying to hijack your thread and I am sure I can search CDC for this info but I am very curious about nimrod! Not to mention there is a tournament on nimrod this summer so I am sure lots of folks are curious about the lake!

Lots of ways to catch fish here. Just about anyway will produce fish. Spider rigging will produce best at times when they suspend. But I just perfer to jig fish and can usually limit out anytime in warm weather if lake is normal.
05-22-2013, 03:02 PM
warhawk

Howdy Nimrod, We are about to be neighbors, sorta. I finally got the green light to move to Hot Springs and it looks like we'll probabll buy a house in Hot Springs Village.

When I saw your location as Plainview, I was confused. My mom lives near Plainview, but nowhere near Lake Nimrod. There is another "Plainview" over in White County, it's not much more than a bait shop across the road from a gas station.
05-22-2013, 03:30 PM
Cmj

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Originally Posted by warhawk

When I saw your location as Plainview, I was confused. My mom lives near Plainview, but nowhere near Lake Nimrod. There is another "Plainview" over in White County, it's not much more than a bait shop across the road from a gas station.

Im confused, Nimrod Lake is like 5 miles from Plainview. :dono
05-22-2013, 05:22 PM
warhawk

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Originally Posted by Cmj

Im confused, Nimrod Lake is like 5 miles from Plainview. :dono

And there is ANOTHER Plainview, AR over in White County, where my mother lives. Confused me too.

I hadn't seen that in Arkansas before, two towns with the same name.
05-22-2013, 06:27 PM
NIMROD

Yep 2 Plainviews just in Arkansas alone.
05-22-2013, 06:27 PM
Cmj

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Originally Posted by warhawk

And there is ANOTHER Plainview, AR over in White County, where my mother lives. Confused me too.

I hadn't seen that in Arkansas before, two towns with the same name.

Ahhhh, I see.
05-22-2013, 09:48 PM
JeremyDale

Wow, you really do learn something everyday...
06-05-2013, 11:11 AM
boomfish

Any suggestjions what there hitting on?
06-05-2013, 12:18 PM
LMBarnett

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Originally Posted by boomfish

Any suggestjions what there hitting on?

Dynamite, Rotenone, or Honda generators with jumper cables, in 32 fow (lake being 22 ft high). Colors don't matter with these methods.
06-05-2013, 03:25 PM
Buckrub

REALLY LONG LENGTHS OF LINE BETWEEN BAIT AND ROD TIP.

You're welcome.

(P.S. One year a few years ago Nimrod stayed so high for so long, it cleared up at the high depth. You could only launch at the high water ramp at Carter Cove. Sunlight Bay was underwater. We caught some, but the bass were hot!!! Then it started dropping and got muddy and they quit. Nimrod does great anytime it's stable, which is about twelve days every nineteen fortnights.)
06-06-2013, 05:20 PM
ski trip

Yep, and two "Lake Dardanelle State Parks" I hear!!! :Rofl