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Hey everyone,

Was looking around on the net this morning before work and came across the site. I am orgianlly from St. Charles/Indian Bay. Right on the white river. My father was a commercial fisherman all his life so I have been on the water all my life...I have recently moved to Little Rock to take a new job. I am Deputy Coroner for Pulaski County. So I dont know of any good fishing in this area being I have never fished it. Can someone help me out and do any of you all get together and go out for a fish trip together..Would not mind doing something like that. I do have a boat on the Arkansas River between Scott and England that is my father in laws. Can use it when I want. Look forward to meeting some of you all..

Troy

Hey Troy, welcome to Crappie.com. There is a lot of good info to be had here. We are going to have a get together this spring at Lake Greeson. The annual spring crappie camp. It is a good time and you get to meet a lot of folks. Look forward to your fishing reports and pictures.

Welcome
I am operations manager at the Port of LR just above where your boat is on the river. check out the sticky poll in this forum. Looks like Gooch is getting a stalk together in a couple of weeks.
DP

Welcome to the board Troy. Glad to get us a certified river rat on board with us.

You need to come out and join us for the nightstalk on the 17th of Feb. Will give you a chance to meet some of the crappie.com guys and learn a few holes on the Little Maumelle.

You also need to attend Crappie camp on Lake Greeson in April. Not only is it a blast but the fishing is good and the food is great.

Take care and again welcome aboard.

Welcome to the Crappie forum. I fish Nimrod most of the time . I fished the river years ago, ever try Slackwater at Pine Bluff or Brodie Bend?

Welcome, Whiteriverguy. Being from the St. Charles area, you were raised well on the crappie fishin'. That is a beautiful area of the refuge down there. As for crappie fishin' in Central AR, there's plenty of it to be had. You can be on numerous crappie holes within an hour of LR. Keep up with the reports on here, and you'll find some crappie. Again, welcome and post away...

Welcome to back to God's country Troy. I personally missed the crappie camp in the fall, but have every intention on making the spring camp down at Greeson. (Bringing my whole family.) Gonna try the Nightstalk as well pending availability from da wife.

welcome whiteriverguy, from south Louisiana.

welcome from Oklahoma to the board. I will tell you these Arkansas fellows are a great bunch of folks. went to the fall CC last year and it was a blast. your wont find nicer folks anywhere so join in the fun.

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I would love to meet up with you guys and start fishing again. I really have not had the time to fish much in the past couple years. I was a EMT/Fireman for a while and that takes a lot of you time and now taking this new job as a coroner to have more time off I have become more busy..but you can always make time to fish right?


Does anyone know of a bait that I used to use called a crappie critter...it is a like a willow leaf spinner that is floresecent..yellow, pink..etc. Those were the best things ever invented but I can not longer find them..someone told me the makers were alcoholics and had went out of business..only lure I ever see that would catch everything in the water..used to have so much fun with those..caught several 1lb brim a few times...catfish, bass, drum or whatever in the water couldnt resist the critter...

Everyone have a good day..

Troy

Welcome to the crew!

Welcome to the site, I know there are a lot of good people and a lot of knowledge to be had...Have fun!:D

Welcome. Let's go fishin! Come join us on Feb 17th. down at I-430 and Hwy 10. Know where that is? Send a PM if need to.

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Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I would love to meet up with you guys and start fishing again. I really have not had the time to fish much in the past couple years. I was a EMT/Fireman for a while and that takes a lot of you time and now taking this new job as a coroner to have more time off I have become more busy..but you can always make time to fish right?


Does anyone know of a bait that I used to use called a crappie critter...it is a like a willow leaf spinner that is floresecent..yellow, pink..etc. Those were the best things ever invented but I can not longer find them..someone told me the makers were alcoholics and had went out of business..only lure I ever see that would catch everything in the water..used to have so much fun with those..caught several 1lb brim a few times...catfish, bass, drum or whatever in the water couldnt resist the critter...

Everyone have a good day..

Troy

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Troy, you are very welcome...I personally have never used a Crappie Critter, but if you are looking for them, this might help...here is the link to get them. Click on the link. If it will not open, just copy and paste it into your web browser and hit enter. This should be what you are looking for, I hope this helps! Let me know if you cannot open it....if nothing else, go to Google.com and in the white box that says "search"...just type in Crappie Critters, then hit enter it will pop up several links, shop around, this link I found sells them 10 for $1.55, I saw another link that sells 15 for $1.95, hopefully these are what you are looking for my friend. Good fishing! (p.s. do they really work THAT good?) get some and let me know, haha! MM :)

http://www.crappiepro.com/store/stor...&Category_ID=1

Whiteriverguy, Welcome. I am new to this site as well. Moved back to LR from Clarendon a couple of years ago. Did my time as a riverrat. Still have a houseboat on the White at Clarendon. Trying to figure out how to push it down the White and back up the Arkansas. Would love to dock it on the Little Maumelle River. Hope to see you at the nightstalk.

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Whiteriverguy, Welcome. I am new to this site as well. Moved back to LR from Clarendon a couple of years ago. Did my time as a riverrat. Still have a houseboat on the White at Clarendon. Trying to figure out how to push it down the White and back up the Arkansas. Would love to dock it on the Little Maumelle River. Hope to see you at the nightstalk.

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Good call! That would be a great place to dock one...except you may have frequent visitors...:D Be sure to let us know about moving the houseboat. I'd love to take a ride up the river...

I've met a several folks on this board, and they are all great people. Can't wait to meet a few of you new ones as well.

Chris, I was in the middle of redoing the houseboat when we moved back to LR. I have wanted to move it to the Little Maumelle ever since I found the marina up there. It is about 60 ft long and 18ft wide. It is homemade from the pontoons up. It has never had a motor on it. Been pushed where ever it goes. The old man that built the houseboat had a skiff with a car motor on it that he tied to the back of it to push it. I have always thought that if I could get it up here, it would be easier to finish and have a place for the guys to hang out and have "base camp" for fishing from (may be why my wife is not as excited as I am about moving it to LR). I checked with the people at the Little Maumelle marina about moving it for me but they wanted too much $$ to move it. I am not sure what size motor it would take to push it up the Arkansas nor do I have any idea how long it would take to do it. I have stripped the inside down to the studs, took off a "bunk house" that was added and had a new metal roof put on it before I left Calrendon. I have attached a couple of pics of what it looked like when I bought it. I do not have a pic of what it looks like now but will see if I can find one.
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After we took off the bunk house
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I used to fish the lower White River years ago. Man if that house boat don't look familiar .:D

She looks familiar to me to Nimrod. If not her I have seen her twin sister.

Nimrod & Gooch, If it looks familiar, it is probably the same one you have seen. I think that it was built back in the early 70's. There is only one other one in Clarendon that is bigger than this one and it is a whole lot nicer than mine. The riverrats used to push them up the White to duck hunt out of. I do not know of anyone that does that anymore because of the new Federal regs. I have talked to people that have pushed mine up river and they said they used to push it with a flat bottom w/ a 40hp on the back and two flat bottoms w/ 25hp on either side of the front to turn it. I am open to any suggestions on getting it up to the Little Maumelle. With it finished out, I think it would make one fine place for everyone to meet up and have a weekend crappie camp on.

Welcome from Hot Springs.

WhiteRiver...........good to see you on here, even though I haven't been on here in a while. Where all did you fish around St. Charles. I am looking for me a few more areas to fish. Did you just fish lakes on the refuge?? I have spent many an hour down there duck hunting on brown shanty, but not much time fishing. Since I recently moved down there, not far from St. Charles, I am looking for a few more places to crappie fish.