Pics of Wapa

Well the wind blew 25-30 Saturday. You know what that means, Day Off. I went to one of NEA little gem on the MS river, Wapanocca. It is not known for it big crappie as much as its waterfowl. It is located 20-30 miles north of Memphis off I-55 and was opened in 1961. In 1886 it was established as the Wapanocca Outing Club and was the oldest and most prestigious hunting club in Arkansas.Its is closed during the winter months and reopens around the end of March. There are over 200 wood duck boxes and 200 acre of agri fields for the waterfowl during migration. This is the place to come for bird watchers. From the bald eagle to the Rusty Blackbird I have logged over 60 species in the past 20 years.
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Awesome pix billy. Thanks for posting and a pretty fish.

Great pics.

Great pics Billy . Fishing in the wind was tough all weekend for us too!

looks like a beautiful place to spend the day on the water, thanks for sharing Billy

Nice looking lake.

Great pics, thanks

Love that lake. I just wish it wasn't muddy every time I drive over there. Looks like a fella could fill a cooler up with crappie bout the size of that one in your hand.

Great pic's Billy. Thanks for sharing. Nice fish and beautiful water. Looks like a great place to fish.

Thank you for the pics Billy.

Nice job we fished that exact tree your at when you took the pic of that bird box and caught 7 and lost 4. Had to leave early. Very nice pics!

Nice read and pics

Love the trees. Nice post.

Great pics Billy brings back some fond memories.

Nices pix budro.

beautiful lake. crappie hard to locate though. looks like they should be everywhere but very shallow lake.

Great post

Nice Billy!!

Nice fish and thanks for sharing.

Thanks Billy E!!! When Brenda sees this post I guess will have to take her and her new camera over their for some pic's Thanks!!!

Nice pictures.

Nice oxbow Billy

you ever catch a mess billy? you noticed that rootwad up in that tree to? wonder how it got there?

Thanks for the pics Billy! I miss being back home in EastArk and taking trips out there to fish and enjoy the wildlife!

How's the fishing now? Back in the 70's, it was the best lake in eastern AR. Can't tell you how many bream & crappie I took out of it! Then the Feds started managing it for waterfowl instead of fish and it went really south. Several years ago, they drained the lake,, dug it out somewhat, made new spawning areas and restocked it. Then, we had a really dry summer, the lake got really low and birds ate all the fish! They've done a lot of restocking/management since. I don't fishing was good last year, but I may be mistaken. Haven't been back there in years, but will go this summer if only for the scenery; it's a beautiful place. Can you still get back to fish in the cypress trees?

Great job.

Is there a lake with that name off of US67 headed to St. Louis?? I've seen the signs.......not the water. I could be senile, though....

Fish has a great color!

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Originally Posted by Buckrub

Great job.

Is there a lake with that name off of US67 headed to St. Louis?? I've seen the signs.......not the water. I could be senile, though....

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You're thinking of Wappapello.