I have not tried them yet. Has anyone gone yet? Is anyone willing to report if they are running anywhere yet? Thanks in advance, I'll reply to this thread with a report when I get to go.
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I have not tried them yet. Has anyone gone yet? Is anyone willing to report if they are running anywhere yet? Thanks in advance, I'll reply to this thread with a report when I get to go.
My father in law fished for them last week on the AR river in central Arkansas and only caught white bass and stripers. I will be giving it a shot in the next couple of weeks.
The colder the nastier the better. Years ago we caught many below the dam at murry and at Redfield below no.5. Maumele is a sleeper. Catch several on cranks every summer. Could be caught this Tim of year slow and deep.
Maumelle lake was stocked with Saugeyes ( hybrid cross Walleye/ Sauger). I have caught a few Sauger on the Arkansas River but never loaded the boat with them.
Catch them on the White around Batesville. Pretty specialized fishing---love fishing for them. Beautiful fish and great eating.
So what's best bait for them saugeye's???
suppose to be a secret!!! Have a friend that fishes for them keeps his Creekslicks(minnow's) in a fish tank in his basement!!! My Father caught a 4lb-13 oz'er!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by rockmike
We use curly tail crappie jigs.Quote:
Originally Posted by constructskeeter
I use a jig and minnow mostly. Pick up some on trolled crank baits. More fishing than catching.
I would like a good mess of em myself, never had one but here there good eatin!
Andrew are you really gonna go fishing lol?
Lol, yes JW! In fact I went briefly this evening, no luck. I have a small plan for the sauger if u are free one evening soon.
I use plastic grubs, jigs, marabou etc, smallest weight that gets you to the bottom. Never used live minnows, not sure how many you would go through with all the snags.
A saugeye is a hybrid sauger-walleye from cross breeding. A sauger is a separate species.
It's a little early in the year from my past experience but I thought the early cold weather would get them started sooner.
Yep little early but I am game,
You might catch a few on cranks on Maumele. Deep and slow. I have dropped my camera down on the marked fish attracters and always see saugeye. Might use night crawlers with air in there tales- trout style.
during the summer months we catch one every other trip or so.....17 to 20 ft deep using 300 bandits or deep middle n crankbaits on points....they are some fine eating.
Don't know about sauger, but if they are related to walleye,, leaches work great!! just jig for them with leaches off the bottoms near dams or points
usually they will runn up river sometime in mid january and stack up at the toadsuck dam. there will be hoards of people bank fishing, and catching. they use pretty much anything that catches crappie.
Greg I've had em and they are really good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crappie Greg
I catch a few below cooks landing in the rip rap with a curly tail jig tipped with a minnow or night crawler. A #7 countdown works well to slow rolled off the rocks on the bottom.