New to fishing Arkansas, Don't want anyone hotspot locations, just where in North East Arkansas good places to catch crappie
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New to fishing Arkansas, Don't want anyone hotspot locations, just where in North East Arkansas good places to catch crappie
St Francis river, Lake Hogue, Lake Ashbaugh, Lake Poinsett, Lake Frieson, Lake Walcott, Black River and Lake Wappanocca to name a few close. If you wanna drive a little ways you got Midway, Horseshoe, Norfork, Conway and Reel foot in Tennessee.
The Arkansas Game and Fish web site has lots of info on Northeast arkansas lakes and streams also have maps.Also have a weekly fishing report. We like the Game and Fish lakes,the Black river,The white,Little Red,Creeks and oxbow's. Except during the spring (spawn) we have these lakes to our selfs.Fish (crappie run small) but taste like crappie. Lots of good fishing. Hope this helps. Find your own lake X:biggrin
I believe that they have it covered,but what type fishing are you accustomed to?
Where do you live in northeast Arkansas?
didnt they open Lake Bono last year, has anyone fished it?
Been some stocked catfish caught out of Lake Bono, but I don't know if it has any Crappie. It may not even be completely filled yet. Haven't heard anything about a boat ramp or good road to get to it either.
Bono ; haven't determined if it's even gonna hold water for positive yet last reports on local news. Agfc already wants to turn it over to the county already with a minimal contribution per year to maintain it. County has paid for it ,maybe not all of the costs but in conjunction with agfc and the roads/ramps costs are supposedly with agfc and haven't been started yet. Not sure the county is good with the agreements... As for any crappie , stated in an interview on air I heard last fall,they would not be stocking any till this summer.
There are lots of small crappie in Lake Charles also.
I have a place by walnut ridge
Lake Bono was a county deal. The county wanted to build the lake then hand it over to the AGFC, not the other way around.
Anyone in NEA having any luck? Going this weekend... still no idea where caught a few before the freeze in the mt bar pits, but I'm sure they are muddy now. Zeroed at the shoe last Sunday. May go back there one day this weekend. Throw a dog a bone!
I plan to head to go Saturday and Sunday. Not sure where yet. Does anyone know if lake hogue water level is up yet?
Fishing reports say the crappie are biting at poinsette. Never been there myself though.
If they have the pump going, and with all the rain we are getting it should be getting close. I've been wanting to drive down and see.Quote:
Originally Posted by jclark835
Houges up. Not many stumps visible,or fish coming out....had 5 bites Wednesday
I figure were still a couple of weeks from good fishing.
Yup figure so last year I was killing em when the water hit 48. Was the water muddy? I may ride over there in the morning.
Last spring was an exceptional year in NEA, but when there were 100 boats on the lake on a Tuesday, things are a little different than they were last year. These lakes, because of their size cannot support that kind of pressure. The same thing happened at a lake over in Central, AR. It was the same size lake as over here and while it may be possible to go catch a mess of fish, it was not the same as the year before. The internet or just word of mouth is not good for fishing, especially on a small lake. Yes, I have been fishing. No, it has not been good. You can take that as either I'm not good at catching fish, or the fishing is off. Good thing gas is down so a person will be able to make a drive to somewhere else.
RCC I agree with you. Pressure can really hurt smaller bodies of water. One of the oxbows I fish was awesome 2 years ago. The access wasnt great and you had to pay to launch but it was well worth it. On a weekend there might be 5 trucks there. Last year someone built a new ramp with free access and there would be at least 10 or 12 trucks at the ramp, and I heard stories in early march of people catching 100 or more on yoyo's at night. The fishing was terrible I only caught 4 or 5 fish in about 5 trips and everyone else I talked to was saying the same thing. My opinion it got fished out.Quote:
Originally Posted by RCC
Think I know the place. Lake hogue has been hit pretty hard the last few years too. Used to be able to go during the week, and only a few people would be there. Now sometimes you can't find a parking spot.Quote:
Originally Posted by kab
Hope you guys did good. Made it out and headed home with a nice mess of them there crappies!
Caught a good mess today myself