Ceb's fishing hole

Hey Ceb
I looked for you or Gooch Saturday on the little Maumelle. I tried somemore spider rigging. I did catch a few white bass, a cat fish, a decent striper, and a bunch of those pesky little yellow bass. No crappie though. The only mess was made by the cat fish. He hit a jig I had stuffed full of nibbles.
This place is sure handy to my house. My nerves won't take the !@#$%s flying by me in those Rangers and Champions. That area has got to be about 3/4 mile wide. But, these A!@@#s fly by within a few feet. I hope their dog dies.
DP

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Originally Posted by DRPEPPER

I hope their dog dies.
DP

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Now thats freaking funny. Sorry we missed you out there Dr Pepper. I was deer hunting and CEB was entertaining faimily this weekend. You need to come out and meet us after work some time. On the weekdays there is little to no boat traffic. Also after daylight savings time gets here we will start doing a little nightstalking in the evenings you could join us for.

Take care

Gooch

Hey Dr. my wife and I were at Little Maumelle Friday evening and again Saturday morning. Was that you we saw trolling around the mouth of the Little Maumelle? We too caught several of the yellow bass...kept a couple actually. Nice size. Caught a couple of large mouth. I finally resorted to bream fishing and picked up a few nice ones. Friday we caught several of the yellow and one small crappie.

Gotta tell you, there's some flat-assed rude behavior out there. I don't begrudge a large boat, but I guess a lot of these guys blast within 30 or 40 feet of you at 40 mph and don't even look at you because they can. We damn near got swamped by one of them Saturday.

I keep a rod with a 3/8-ounce Kastmaster spoon handy and suddenly get the urge to start bass fishing when I see a bass boat coming too close too fast. Seems like there's always a bass breaking right in front of them just before the come abreast of my boat. It's really hard to get the spoon in the water though before they get there because they are going so fast so it usually ends up about windsheild high as the boat moves over the breaking fish.

From the AG&F Commission web site - http://www.agfc.state.ar.us/rules_re...ing_regs.html: "Operating at a greater than no-wake speed within 100 feet of an anchored or moored vessel, shoreline, dock pier, swim float, marked swim area, swimmer, surfer, person engaged in angling or any manually propelled vessel is prohibited."

So I guess if someone accidentally gets a treble hook in their neck while making a wake within 100-feet of someone fishing it's thier own damn fault!

May have been my wife and I. We went Sat afternoon from about 3 till dark. Here again 1 good catfish, 1 good bass, 4 nice crappie and a lot of whites. I had about 4 ploes out front and she just had one in the back. And yea the other boats do come by close. Used up 2 doz minnows. That's how many whites and little catfish.

But I'm ready to go again!

I just made replies to several then got a message that I wasn't logged in when I tried to submit. I hate it when that happens.

Gooch
I quit drinking because I thought it was making it hard to go to work. I found out it is the staying out all night that does it. We do need to get together just because.

Jhook
Were you in an orange boat? I have thought about putting my .com handel on my boat somewhere so I could be reconized and meet people out there.

Jerry
I bet You and Darryl do get a few gawkers and buttheads. I try to be considerate when I am trout fishing on the White; knowing I am the big boat there. During low water you can't keep em all happy. Some claim I leave a smaller wake when I blow by them. But, it just don't seem right to do so.

I got some revenge; I fished a brand new Ranger cap out of the drink.
DP

DR P -- we were in the 16 ft alumacraft flat bottom with the 25 hp yamaha. We moved a little ways up river and drifted back down around the point (the chicken wire with rocks point). Someone was trolling the mouth. Thought maybe that was you. I've met CEB and Gooch out there...of course they're easy to recognize. CEB is kind of one PR shop with his photo posting...of which we are all grateful Chris...so they were easy to recognize.

We fish the Little Maumelle quite often, Lake Maumelle occasionally and the Little Red River for trout every chance we get. For years I've fished Lake Conway out of Paradise Landing but with the draw down I've discovered the Little Maumelle. While I've never caught the fish there I've caught at Conway, it such a beautiful river that's it worth the boatride, plus it's five minutes away from the house.

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Originally Posted by Jerry Blake

I keep a rod with a 3/8-ounce Kastmaster spoon handy and suddenly get the urge to start bass fishing when I see a bass boat coming too close too fast. Seems like there's always a bass breaking right in front of them just before the come abreast of my boat. It's really hard to get the spoon in the water though before they get there because they are going so fast so it usually ends up about windsheild high as the boat moves over the breaking fish.

From the AG&F Commission web site - http://www.agfc.state.ar.us/rules_re...ing_regs.html: "Operating at a greater than no-wake speed within 100 feet of an anchored or moored vessel, shoreline, dock pier, swim float, marked swim area, swimmer, surfer, person engaged in angling or any manually propelled vessel is prohibited."

So I guess if someone accidentally gets a treble hook in their neck while making a wake within 100-feet of someone fishing it's thier own damn fault!

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If that's the law, then there are a bunch of violators out there. Good thing is, most of them that will do that don't like to fish when it's cold. In the past, I've had the boat rockin' so much that the minnows were yanked off all seven poles.

I took my nephew fishing out there yesterday morning. I think the weatherman got the forecast a little wrong. I was cool and rainy, which is my dream day for fishing, but not for the little man. We caught a few crappie, a nice little cat (first fish of the day), and a bunch of yellow bass. He had a great time after he got to bear hug that cat. One good thing about that stretch of river is that you can always depend on catching some fish, maybe not the right size or species. All he was worried about was catching anything, so I guess we succeeded. And no, I didn't beat the kid while we were out there. Apparently a chair can put up a good fight.:D I think the chair won.

"the biggest catfish in the world"
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j1...c/DCFC0346.jpg

His first crappie, and hopefully not the last.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j1...c/DCFC0349.jpg

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Originally Posted by DRPEPPER

I just made replies to several then got a message that I wasn't logged in when I tried to submit. I hate it when that happens.

Gooch
I quit drinking because I thought it was making it hard to go to work. I found out it is the staying out all night that does it. We do need to get together just because.

Jhook
Were you in an orange boat? I have thought about putting my .com handel on my boat somewhere so I could be reconized and meet people out there.

Jerry
I bet You and Darryl do get a few gawkers and buttheads. I try to be considerate when I am trout fishing on the White; knowing I am the big boat there. During low water you can't keep em all happy. Some claim I leave a smaller wake when I blow by them. But, it just don't seem right to do so.

I got some revenge; I fished a brand new Ranger cap out of the drink.
DP

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DR PEPPER-
Thanks for the gesture of attempting to give that cap to my son...He hardly ever quits talking, but tends to clam up around strangers....We were in the Tracker All Fish........As you know, we were not catching any.
Got to agree with you all on the inconciderate boaters out there. If I have ever blasted past anyone it is only because they were obstructed by trees and real close to the bank,and I didnt see them until too late, otherwise it doesnt hurt me none at all to slow down. Heck, just cruising and enjoying the river is just as much fun as catching fish!!

Little Hog

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Originally Posted by Little Hog

DR PEPPER-
Thanks for the gesture of attempting to give that cap to my son...He hardly ever quits talking, but tends to clam up around strangers....We were in the Tracker All Fish........As you know, we were not catching any.
Got to agree with you all on the inconciderate boaters out there. If I have ever blasted past anyone it is only because they were obstructed by trees and real close to the bank,and I didnt see them until too late, otherwise it doesnt hurt me none at all to slow down. Heck, just cruising and enjoying the river is just as much fun as catching fish!!

Little Hog

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I like the looks of the v180 all fish. I haven't fished out of either, but I think that I like the all fish better than the pro crappie 175. What do you think about it?

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Originally Posted by Little Hog

DR PEPPER-
Heck, just cruising and enjoying the river is just as much fun as catching fish!!

Little Hog

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You said it. I enjoyed just scouting around. I have never been there before. Man I wished I would have remembered to bring that GPS thingy I talked myself into buying. I did find some promising brush piles. I feel like I am starting all over again without getting to fish Conway this fall.

CEB
That is exactly what I told my wife when we were leaving church on Sunday. That cool cloudy day sure would have gave me more confidence. Seems like my last four or five fishing trips have been bluebird days. I am glad I didn't try today though.
DP

DR...I agree. Not fishing Conway this fall is weird. As I mentioned earlier, I just started fishing the Little Maumelle earlier this year. You can navigate several miles up river into cypress thickets etc. It's really beautiful. CEB has done a good job and graciously shared a lot of information about fishing the mouth and lower part of the river. I'm told...and assume it's true...by a handful of folks I've talked to the past couple of weeks who have fished it for years that as far as crappie go it's really a winter fishery. They say the crappie move out of the Little Maumelle to the Arkansas during the spring and summer and begin to return up river late October through April. We caught several nice crappie up river back in March and April, but I've not caught a one since except in that area at the mouth of the river and the very few we've caught recently have been on the small side. But they do eat.

But there are beautiful days my wife and I have just meander up and and meandered back and hated it when it was time to go.

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Originally Posted by ceb

I like the looks of the v180 all fish. I haven't fished out of either, but I think that I like the all fish better than the pro crappie 175. What do you think about it?

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I have a Tracker panfisher stick steer. Sometimes I wished I would have bought the crappie 175 for the room it has. But, I sure have enjoyed not having to go from one end of the boat to the other too. I don't know which way I would go now. I bought a toon boat this summer. That eliminated the room problem. But this years 175 sure is a beautiful boat. I think I would stick with a Tracker for the service that Tony gives me at Bradford. If I lived in Hot Springs I would have to give Trader Bills a shot. I sure got a good deal on a trailer for the toon there.
DP

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Originally Posted by ceb

I like the looks of the v180 all fish. I haven't fished out of either, but I think that I like the all fish better than the pro crappie 175. What do you think about it?

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ceb:

If I had the time, space and $$$ I would collect boats! I love that there are so many different makes, sizes etc. I also like the fact that they are so easily customized to each fisherman's needs and methods.
I have yet to see the perfect boat, and given the resources, I dont think I could invent the perfect boat. I have only shopped for and bought two. Each time I looked at several dozen and did a lot of research.
My first was a Tracker Pro-16 and it served me well. Next was the All Fish. It was a hard choice between the Pro Crappie 175 and the All Fish. There were a couple of deciding factors that led me to the All Fish. First is the fact that I have a 10 year old that likes to utilize as much space as possible. (Except for Momma's space in the back, thats off limits!) The second is that my wife's mom has a place on Greers Ferry and the bigger boat makes us feel a lot safer. We don't do much fishing there, but a lot of riding.
It is a modified-V and talk about a smooth ride! It takes a little longer to plane out than I would like, and at slower speeds the bow stands a little too high, but we really like it. Even at 18' I still take it every place I took the 16 footer.
That being said, If not for the fact that we are on big water a lot, I may have opted for the 175, but am very happy with the choice we made.
But I really wish I had a stable of boats to choose from depending on where I was going on a particular day!!!

Little Hog

How many of yall fish out of flat bottom type boat? One of mine is a 1452 with a 40hp Yamaha tiller. I love it. I had Ketcher sheet metal do my floor and sides and put in a live well that works well. They also put me together a pole holder for spider rigging. They can fix up your rig. They do all the boat work for the AR Game and Fish.

Hey CEB, I think you started something here. Again I wanted to think you for sharing with me some of your spots down at the river. Lookin forward to goin again. Hopin with can get a time that maybe a few of us can hook up and visit and maybe put out some more condos.

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Originally Posted by Slipcork

How many of yall fish out of flat bottom type boat? One of mine is a 1452 with a 40hp Yamaha tiller. I love it. I had Ketcher sheet metal do my floor and sides and put in a live well that works well. They also put me together a pole holder for spider rigging. They can fix up your rig. They do all the boat work for the AR Game and Fish.

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Slipcork:
As I stated in a previous post to ceb, I dont think there is any such thing as a perfect boat. I too have used Ketcher's to fabricate pieces for my last boat when I needed to change it up from the way I bought it, and will attest to their knowledge and craftmanship when it comes to customizing boats.

Little Hog

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Originally Posted by Slipcork

How many of yall fish out of flat bottom type boat? One of mine is a 1452 with a 40hp Yamaha tiller. I love it. I had Ketcher sheet metal do my floor and sides and put in a live well that works well. They also put me together a pole holder for spider rigging. They can fix up your rig. They do all the boat work for the AR Game and Fish.

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You remember me telling you about the 1442 that I fished out of all my life. I like the jon boats because they get you a little bit closer to the water. I've also seen many times that the guy in the flatbottom outfishes the guy in the $20,000.

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Originally Posted by Little Hog

Slipcork:
As I stated in a previous post to ceb, I dont think there is any such thing as a perfect boat. I too have used Ketcher's to fabricate pieces for my last boat when I needed to change it up from the way I bought it, and will attest to their knowledge and craftmanship when it comes to customizing boats.

Little Hog

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I'll definitely remember these guys. I like takin' a jon boat and customizing it to meet my needs. I'll have to get up some pics of the boat that my pop and I did back this summer.

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Originally Posted by Little Hog

ceb:

If I had the time, space and $$$ I would collect boats! I love that there are so many different makes, sizes etc. I also like the fact that they are so easily customized to each fisherman's needs and methods.
I have yet to see the perfect boat, and given the resources, I dont think I could invent the perfect boat. I have only shopped for and bought two. Each time I looked at several dozen and did a lot of research.
My first was a Tracker Pro-16 and it served me well. Next was the All Fish. It was a hard choice between the Pro Crappie 175 and the All Fish. There were a couple of deciding factors that led me to the All Fish. First is the fact that I have a 10 year old that likes to utilize as much space as possible. (Except for Momma's space in the back, thats off limits!) The second is that my wife's mom has a place on Greers Ferry and the bigger boat makes us feel a lot safer. We don't do much fishing there, but a lot of riding.
It is a modified-V and talk about a smooth ride! It takes a little longer to plane out than I would like, and at slower speeds the bow stands a little too high, but we really like it. Even at 18' I still take it every place I took the 16 footer.
That being said, If not for the fact that we are on big water a lot, I may have opted for the 175, but am very happy with the choice we made.
But I really wish I had a stable of boats to choose from depending on where I was going on a particular day!!!

Little Hog

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You're right about that! One day, I hope to have a boat for each day of the week.:D What size hp did you get on the all fish?

Does any one on here want to meet and greet and talk boats and crappie fishin? I think we could have a better AR page if we knew who each other were. I saw some guy at the river Sat afternoon and I but they were super nice crappie fishin guy. But They just didn't come up and go "Hey".

What can we do about this?

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Originally Posted by ceb

You're right about that! One day, I hope to have a boat for each day of the week.:D What size hp did you get on the all fish?

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ceb

It's a 90......Could have had a 125 I think, but I have never caught a fish at more than 1 or 2 miles an hour! The 90 is nice when I have the wife and kid on big water but I miss my flatbottom when I want to catch crappie!


Little Hog

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Originally Posted by Slipcork

Does any one on here want to meet and greet and talk boats and crappie fishin? I think we could have a better AR page if we knew who each other were. I saw some guy at the river Sat afternoon and I but they were super nice crappie fishin guy. But They just didn't come up and go "Hey".

What can we do about this?

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I kind of have mixed feelings about this.......I love talking boats and fishing but to be honest, I really dont get out that often and dang sure dont have much to brag about when I do get a chance to go. When I go, I usually have my son and he would rather brim fish than crappie fish and it is kind of hard to do both from the same boat, yet I want to keep him interested and cant hardly tell him he cant go.....I dont mind if someone comes by to see how we are doing but I am hesitant to go too near someone to ask the same for fear that I am encroaching on their space if they are catching some.(A problem I rarely have!)
I will always wave at fellow fishermen, (especially if they slow down when passing) but I try to save the talk for the boat ramp. Sometimes I have someone with me that wants to tell the others their whole life story and I try to keep that from happening...........But I am all for getting to know the members that haunt Little Maumelle since when I can go, I go there.

Little Hog

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Originally Posted by Little Hog

I kind of have mixed feelings about this.......I love talking boats and fishing but to be honest, I really dont get out that often and dang sure dont have much to brag about when I do get a chance to go. When I go, I usually have my son and he would rather brim fish than crappie fish and it is kind of hard to do both from the same boat, yet I want to keep him interested and cant hardly tell him he cant go.....I dont mind if someone comes by to see how we are doing but I am hesitant to go too near someone to ask the same for fear that I am encroaching on their space if they are catching some.(A problem I rarely have!)
I will always wave at fellow fishermen, (especially if they slow down when passing) but I try to save the talk for the boat ramp. Sometimes I have someone with me that wants to tell the others their whole life story and I try to keep that from happening...........But I am all for getting to know the members that haunt Little Maumelle since when I can go, I go there.

Little Hog

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Hey Hog, that's the beauty of it. You'll have a spot close to home that you know you can depend on a few crappie from whenever you go. Spend a few hours in the boat with me or some of the others, and you'll have a few spots that always hold some fish. We also would like to get a few folks together and build some more crappie condos out there. Everybody that helps will know exactly where they are. You never know, after your boy gets into a mess of crappie, he might not go back to the bream.:D

Ceb, Ohio Angler here .We met at the spring crappie camp back in April.I bought a Tracker Allfish in the summer of 05 and am really pleased with it. The layout is pretty nice with a front and rear livewell.Lots of storage.It handles great even in rough water.The only regret I have is maybe not spending the extra money and going with a 4 stoke instead of a 2 stoke.But the 90 hp is more than enough for the Allfish.For the money I think it is a great package. Dave C.

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Originally Posted by Ohio Angler

Ceb, Ohio Angler here .We met at the spring crappie camp back in April.I bought a Tracker Allfish in the summer of 05 and am really pleased with it. The layout is pretty nice with a front and rear livewell.Lots of storage.It handles great even in rough water.The only regret I have is maybe not spending the extra money and going with a 4 stoke instead of a 2 stoke.But the 90 hp is more than enough for the Allfish.For the money I think it is a great package. Dave C.

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Hey O.A., Good to see that your still checking in on us. I really like the looks of your boat. I like the low front deck with the wider beam. I don't guess that you will be able to make it back down here for Fall CC. I know that was a long, long, long haul for you. Too bad though, you could have taken me out for a ride.:D Why do you regret not getting the 4-stroker?

Ceb, Trust me, I would love to be back on Lake Greeson this fall with you guys. I thought about trying to make it but I have a family wedding in the Chicago area that same weekend.I hope you guys in your part of the country realize how blessed you all are to have so many great bodies of water to fish. I would give anything to live in the area you are in just for the fishing and hunting opportunities.As far as the 2 stroke vs 4 stroke, it just seems the 2 stroke starts alot harder. Even after running it hard and then stopping to fish for an hour or so it still wants to restart kind of hard.It's not that bad ,just kind of annoying.I believe starting in 06 you could no longer get a Tracker with a standard 2 Stroke. It's either an Optimax or a 4 stroke.When I bought my boat in the summer of 05 it was like a 2 to 3 grand upgrade to go with a 4 stroke and I just chose not to spend the extra money.All of my previous boats had been fuel injected, electronic ignition, quick starting high performance competition ski boats( Ski Nautiques and Mastercrafts) so I think I was a little spoiled when it came to Quick, easy engine starts.And by the way ,I forgot to mention how stable the Allfish is with its wide beam.It is a very nice rig. Trailer and all! Dave C.

Yes Slipcork, I still fish out of an aluminum flatbottom. I remember in 1972 when my dad bought this boat I thought it was big. But as I've gotten older and fatter a 14/36 is tiny now. But since most of the places I fish don't have boat ramps, you just back off down a gumbo bank, it's still a good boat, just a little narrow at times. grizzly

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Originally Posted by ceb

Hey Hog, that's the beauty of it. You'll have a spot close to home that you know you can depend on a few crappie from whenever you go. Spend a few hours in the boat with me or some of the others, and you'll have a few spots that always hold some fish. We also would like to get a few folks together and build some more crappie condos out there. Everybody that helps will know exactly where they are. You never know, after your boy gets into a mess of crappie, he might not go back to the bream.:D

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ceb
Sounds good, it is just a matter of me being able to get there.My fishing trips are few and far between, especially this time of year.

Little Hog