New Guy to forum

Hello all, I am a newbie to this forum. I have been looking around in here lately gathering information, so I won't be asking a lot of questions that have already been answered.
First thing I would like to do is offer a great big "THANK YOU" to all the posters on this forum for sharing information. And I guess I will brown nose here a little, but you have to give a lot of credit to the moderators for doing a great job also. It is really a breath of fresh air reading the post here.
Right now I am struggling, I have been fishing the oxbows from Hurricane WMA south thru Old Town Lake for years. I recently moved to Magnet Cove and have been trying to fish Degray, Catheine, Hamilton. Wow! what a shift in strategy. I really am having a hard time staying away from the cypress, but I know I can figure these lakes out if I just put enough time on the water. So far a lot of trips no success.
Anyways, Thanks again guys for all the info you have shared with me while I was lurking. And always catch your share.

Welcome to forum to start off with.
The lake you mentioned are some big lakes and fish is very different there. Get out and look for breaks out there. I live at one time there on Degray. I know there a lot of breaks off Caddo park. One of the best thing I could give you is get a guide for a trip or two and ask a lot of questions.

Welcome, fish what u can't see on top of water!!!

Most places I will have to agree on what Bowhunter said. Wonder where he heard that last ? :biggrin Learn to read your electronics and most times deeper lakes means deeper fishing. Look for manmade brushpiles on your area lakes , some will even send ya coordinates if you have a GPS. Build your own or join in next group build. Bet your used to fishing visable structure on shallow water so it will be a big change. Welcome to the forum and post often . Just remember these guys will poke fun at each other and BS can flow freely so wear tall boots.:highfive Welcome from Lake Nimrod.

Welcome popshot!

Welcome aboard

Welcome! Don't be afraid to ask a question even if it has been covered. We don't mind.

Welcome.
You have mentioned some very humbling lakes. I am no expert on any of them. But, when I am on Degray, I head to Goat Ialand and the Shouse Ford areas. When I decide to go to Greer's, I look for a yankee boat with a slickheaded fellow with about 20 poles out.
DP

Thanks, and don't worry about my boots being to short. I wear waders most of the time.

[QUOTE=DRPEPPER;When I decide to go to Greer's, I look for a yankee boat with a slickheaded fellow with about 20 poles out.
DP[/QUOTE]

Hey I resemble that remark! Welcome to the site from Greers Ferry Lake

Welcome to the crappie forum, You want to listen to some of these ole Rosters on here, they know how to crow, at times I think they just fish to see who can out crow the other, but they got their status from being consistent and good, an most on here will bend over backwards to help ya. I private message some of them if I want to know something that they are doing and I am not sure about, out of all my request I've sent I have only had one that never got back with me, That's what this forum is about is learning, so you got to ask if you don't know. Some things I just don't ask like show me X marks the spot. Most on here have learned if you open up a can of worms, it gets out of control before long. But most information is freely given. And we would like to see you have success so you could start crowing.

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Hey I resemble that remark! Welcome to the site from Greers Ferry Lake

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Wayne I was thinking you had a hair or two on top. :Rofl

Welcome from Hot springs Village. Holler if you want to try the village lakes sometime.

Welcome aboard and I have been trying to figure Lake Catherine out with little luck. I will be looking for a post of lake Catherine fish when you find them. Good luck.

Gathering advice will save you time but keep fishing and it will come to you..........A preacher was riding a bicycle down the street when came upon a boy pushing a lawnmower down the sidewalk. He said that's a good looking lawn mower. The kid said I'll trade it to you for that bicycle. They traded and the next day the boy was riding the bicycle and rode by the preacher's house. The preacher red faced, sweat pouring off him trying to crank the mower. He told the boy, I believe you beat me on the trade. The kid said, no sir that's a good mower, you got to cuss it, it will crank. The preacher said son I'm a preacher, I haven't cussed in 30 years. The boy said keep pulling that rope, It'll come to you.

welcome

Look up ol' AgriHawg. I hear he's the resident Degray expert. Plus he and his FFA group do a little bit habitat work over there.

Jerry Blake guides on Greeson, and usually gives info freely. (oops, Jerry moved to Norfork. I guess its a good thing I checked that.)

Welcome aboard!

Welcome from Cleveland county home of meatgetter jigs and minner critters. !!!!!

I do most of my crappie fishing on lake Ouachita, which is very similar to the two you mentioned. Catherine is a shallower lake in general but the fishery there isn't on par like it should be when you compare it to degray or ouachita.


Look for man made brush piles in 20-25 ft of water... You really can't ever go wrong there. Of course during the spring spawn you can find them on the banks and in shallow coves.

These lakes are clear, very clear, so be aware not to boat over the brush... Even at 20ft deep it can still freak out the fish.

Welcome from the Village.... these deep clear water lakes will beat you up, but you've got the right idea... good electronics, stealth and best of all......lots of time on the water. Nothing beats that.... there aren't many shortcuts that I have been able to find!

always glad to see new peps, welcome to the site

Welcome from West Memphis.

welcome

Welcome to the AR board. Soon you will grow as attached to us as a stray dog that your wife feeds when you tell her not to that ends up hanging around and chewing up your shoes and boat seats. :yikes:biggrin

Welcome from Searcy

Welcome from the Bluff.

Check out the sticky on top of the first page. Welcome

Welcome aboard. Lots of great people here. Can't offer you any advice that hasn't been posted. Still learning this stuff up. But as long as lines wet, its better than any day at work.
Good luck.

Thanks for all the encouraging words. Lake Catherine ramp is 3 miles from the house. It sure is hard going over their fishing 5 or 6 hours when I know I can drive 1.5 hours and catch fish, but if I don't try to learn it I will always be driving 1.5 hours to fish. Same for Hamilton and Degray. It looks like it might be time to upgrade some electronics and get serious.

Welcome from Jonesboro!

Welcome aboard the board from conway.

Welcome from Wynne.Ar