Anybody been this week.Just wondering what the water looks like after all the rain?Thanks in advance for any info!
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Anybody been this week.Just wondering what the water looks like after all the rain?Thanks in advance for any info!
Headed there now!
Come on guys, where's the report!!! It's been an hour LP. You should have a boat load by now. [emoji4]
Fishing has picked up this week. Lots of crappie and catfish have been caught Monday and Tuesday. Hope you have some good luck if you go.
Old Town Lake--Reported by Big River Marine--Catfish and crappie are hitting on yo-yo's baited with minnows around the cypress trees. Crappie are hitting on minnows and jigs fished around the cypress trees. No report on bream. Fishing around a cypress tree where a crappie is will increase your chances of getting a bite. Fish 1 to 8 feet deep.
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You been reading the game and fish stuff. Never told em that. [emoji4]Quote:
Originally Posted by arkcrappie
Ok. Here is the report. We had to GRIND!!! I heard they were ON before the latest cold front. Water temp was 63 wen we started and 68 wen we left. We were single poling trees and had to fish a 100 trees to catch one it seemed. But let me tell you. That THUMP feels soo good! It was still very exciting and fun because I had no idea "which" tree was going to be the tree! Used colors pink/chart, purple/chart, white/chart. Unable to tell which one they liked. Seems we would change a color and catch a fish and then that be it til changed color again. Left with 8 beautiful crappie and they were all around a pound a piece with one fish over a pound and a half! Lost a crappie at the boat that wasnt that big but was so black it didnt appear to even have specs!!! Gorgeous fish. Caught 1 bass. And was regularly getting hit by bream for all you bream fishermen out there. The yoyo' were like BEE's out there, was hard to find a tree that didnt have one hanging from it. Especially as we were leaving in the afternoon the yoyo fishermen came out of the wood works. Spoke with one nice local fellow that had a nice ice chest with a mixed bag of catfish and crappie. More catfish than crappie but they looked good too! Gorgeous lake. I will be back. If weather stabilizes it shud get HOTT!
They were not on the banks. It seems they should have been. But they werent.
Old Town is a fun lake to fish and there are some good ones in there. Did you happen to notice if the gates at the spillway were open?
BRM, just pulling your chain! I forgot to put in there that a fella needs to bring his own tree to have one to fish around! :Rofl
LowePro, how was the crowd? Usually, this time of year, you can't find a parking place other than on the highway.
Crowd was THICK! All had same story as I on catching. Everyone had a couple but not many. Talked to a guy that said the spillway was open as I was leaving. Wished i woulda known that earlier i woulda fished there for a bit.
Good report Lowe sounds like a pretty good day.
Usually when the spillway is open, the bite is on the best for me.
We lived in Jonesboro several years ago and have fished Old Town a lot. Have a good friend that fished it last week and only caught six. At times, on old town you can cover a lot of water and only catch fish In two or three spots.
Fish were scattered mostly males..water temps mid 60s but never got on em good.Wind was 25+ from daylight till I left so that made it that much harder to fish the trees good.Will get over there again next weekend I hope!
How many ya get?
Wish I would have known you guys were going to be there.....we were down visiting my bro/sis in law in Helena for the week and I tried (key word is tried) to fish Old Town Thursday and Saturday. Wind was brutal both days. I had no idea where or how to fish it so I tried the south end Thursday. It was very muddy but I spider rigged it and only managed two cats and a yellow bass. After lunch I moved to the north end and tried the trees for a while but between fighting the wind (25-30 mph) and the yoyo's, I didn't have any luck. Like mentioned above the yoyo's in the trees were thick!!! Most I talked to only had a fish or two to speak of. Talked to a couple of the locals that said the bite was much better the couple days before I got there (just my luck). Tried again on Saturday morning but with the wind and cold front it was tough again to try and keep boat on track. There was also a bass tourny going on Saturday so lots of the areas I was going to try were covered up with boats. I hope to try it again sometime but being by myself and having no knowledge of the lake this trip made it pretty tough and discouraging. I wanted to drive over to Sardis a day or two but the wind kept me from there as well.
Man it woulda been nice to meet up. I always enjoy meeting up with fellow c.com members! I am debating on going bak there tomorrow and giving it another shot. Just that 10-20mph wind forecast got me on the rocks. I will let yaw know if I do.
Same here....I actually live in Missouri about 2 1/2 hrs from there but my brother/sister in-law live there in Helena. We are down there quite a bit so if you live close by maybe we could hit a spot somewhere next time we are there. My brother in-law loves to go but they farm and he is usually tied up during fishing season.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowePro