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I dont see much talk on here about the river, is fishing poor, or not many fish there? That is where I do most of my fishing with mixed luck. Mostly catch a few here and there, but never really got in them. Is this what is expected or can a person really catch big numbers if they put in the time? Any info would be appreciated.
I dont know, but I would like to know the answer to this question as well. I will be fishing it hard this year for sure trying to figure it out.
I usually catch more bass than crappie on the river, but I fish between the dam and the Broadway bridge area.
I'm aware of someone who tears them up fishing the AR river, but he is an exceptional fisherman for any species he chooses. Out of respect for him, he's very private about his fishing, I really can't say more. But they are there.
Call or PM Meatgetter. He knows the river.
Thanks for the reply.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac Daddy
Not looking for any spots just curious what a person can expect to catch limits with enough work, also nobody has said anything about river, i was wondering why.
lots of crappie caught west of the murray dam to. they can be found
Met a gentleman this week that said the Ar River was his main haunt for crappie ... he shared some photo's and general ideas on his tactics .. the end result was that he was wearing them out !!!
The river is full of crappie. There have been many posts from it to include the Little Rock area/Conway area. Search back water areas, tributary's, Parlarm Creek, Maumelle creek, Maumelle river, Cadron creek, Toadsuck park, Murray park Plumerville cutoff, and many many more have yielded legendary catches over the years. They also love the down stream side of those many rock jetty's along the river. River crappie are here today and gone tomorrow. There is allot of water out there to cover...but you can find them and when you do they usually give you a few weeks at least of great fishing. Good Luck...There are some big Ole Slabs in that river you can bet on it.
Thanks a bunch for the advise, exactly the answer i was lookin for.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePro
I have two buddies who bass fish the Arkansas River at Toadsuck just outside Conway all the time. They are 100% bass fishermen only, but they say that every time they go out they see people just killing it around the western park boat launch in the little cove and rock jetty. One guy is a serious tournament fisherman with some expensive electronics on his boat and he says he sees all kinds of fish there when he launches. He doesn't care about chasing anything but the largemouths and covering as much water as he can so I can't speak to his experience crappie jigging it there, but he's always told me I should try that area.
spot on!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePro
I've know an old gentalman that was a great bass fisherman in his younger years that has constantly fished only down stream sides of jetties in the LR pool with a spinning rod and double jig rigs. He ALWAYS has crappie in his freezer. Say's the key is cold water and low flow.
Well we have the cold water part, i was out yesterday am temp ranged 38.6 to 39.8. Lots of shad.
Any catches?
Didnt get a bite. On water for about 3 hrs.
We have had mixed results on river and fish it quite a bit. Skunked some days, four or five others. In the fall/early winter we have caught them stacked and fill boat, they where nice fish too, 1.5 to 2 lb fish.