Nightstalk results from Lake Conway

Things were pretty slow as far as fishing went, but the fellowship was top notch. Gooch cooked us all some burgers and Darryl supplied the crappie dip. (Quite the concoction I might add.) A great big thanks goes out too gooch and ceb for putting this on. Looks like monthly nightstalks are a great possiblility, so everything start thinking about where they would like to hold one. Looks like a Lake Maumelle stalk will "eventually" take place as well as a Darryl Morris special on Lake Hamilton. Here a a couple of pics of our catch and one of our better fish.

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Good Morning Guys

What a great night. It was good to meet all of you guys and put faces to handles. Funny how you can remember handles better than names. But then I have always had trouble remembering names. Anyhow, I want to thank you all for the invite and a big thanks to Bobberwatcher for letting me tag along in his boat. I learned a lot, and when I get a boat I have a pretty good idea what I want to do to make it stalkable. The final count was 14 crappie and one big white bass. They are waiting thier turn in the Fry Daddy along with some hush puppies. Thanks again fella's, hope to do it again sometime. Remember, if you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

Well guys I had a blast yesterday. Other than the wind I dont think I could have enjoyed it anymore if we had loaded the boat with fish. Thanks to all that brought food to contribute to the cook out and drove so far to join us. We took in 70.00 yesterday twards the next nightstalk, so next time no one will need to bring anything. Well flyfinger you can go ahead and have your wife make some of that heavenly dessert, and Darryl you can bring some crappie dip. Other than those guys nobody needs to bring anything.

CEB, Slipcork and I will continue to brush up the Little Maumelle in hopes we can have a stalk out there in the near future. If any other folks have an idea for another nightstalk location let us know. Little Maumelle, Maumelle, Hammilton, and Nimrod have been kicked arround so far.

Thanks again to all that came in such adverse conditions. It was a pleasure to meet, fellowship and fish with so many guys with obvious class and character.

Sounds like everyone had a good time. Too bad the weather and the fish didn't want to co-operate with yall. But look at it like this. "It can only get better"

I thoroughly enjoyed visiting with everyone, & really like the layout of that gold creek area. I'll be back to fish it soon. Thanks gooch & CEB for hosting & ram-roddin' the get together.

Sounds like the first night-stalk was a lot of fun. I hate that I missed it but count me in later down the road.:)

Glad everyone had a good time and thanks for the pictures. Nice looking fish. I was wondering how bad the wind was going to mess yall up. Me and Slab Hunter went to Larto and the wind got pretty bad by that afternoon but we (meaning mostly Randy) did manage to catch a nice mess.

I'm glad ya'll had a good time, I'm going to try to make one later on.

My thanks goes out to Gooch, Ceb, and Slipcork for organizing the evening. I wished I could have put yall on some fish out there. But, if they ain't biting, they ain't biting. Normally shad are popping the water everywhere; even in the creek.
If it had not have been for the oportunity to see old freinds, meet and make new ones, Saturday would have been one of those days that I put the boat back up and went back to bed and find a spot to warm my hands up.
DP

Hey Gooch
My wife, Lesa says thanks for complement on her eclair cake. I'm sure I can get her to make another for the next stalk. Hope to have a boat by then. You did a great job cook'n those burgers. We'll have to come up with a longer handle meat flipper or get you an asbestos glove. Take it easy and don't work too hard.

Whew! I went to bed around 2am Sunday morning and just now woke up.:D I think that is the hardest I've ever fished for a few crappie.

I knew that the fishing was gonna be tough, just as I'm sure a lot of you thought also. Ideally, we would have postponed the get-together but with all of the schedules and trying to set a date that the most folks can come, we decided to go with it.

I was glad to meet some new faces and see some old ones again. We had a very good showing with some of the finest company around these parts. This socialization was the top priority for our get-together. Since we have decided to make this a monthly or a every-other-month thing, we needed the dedication of a strong foundation of quality guys. I believe that we achieved this goal with flying colors.

I also want to thank everyone that added some money to the cookie jar. As a group, we will spend the money as everyone sees fit on the next gathering.

This is a great thing, and I'm proud to have taken part in it with all of you. I'm already anxious for the next one.

I can't believe that my camera was low on batteries. I missed a lot of photo-ops, and I'm sorry about that. Here are a couple that I did get...

I guess you can see why they call him walkin' small...:D
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I was wanting to take the pictures so that I didn't have to have mine taken, but Titleman called me out on it...
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Gooch and ced:
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Grubby (David) and Jason working on the Short Bus:
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Bobberwatcher towing Grubby and the Short Bus:
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ced (aka Gray's Anatomy)
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Coats, Slipcork and Dr. Pepper:
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Titleman:
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The Cheif, Cook and Bottle Washer:
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And a good time was had by all. (And that's all I have to say about that).

Titleman

hey guys I had a blast and hope to make it to the next one. yea the short bus let me down,but thanks to bobberwatcher, Dr Pepper and ceb me and Jason still got to fish and enjoy are selves. you guys are the greatest. I will be putting on a new starter this week so the short bus will be ready to go at a moments notice.I've had the boat for around 9years with no problems and i must have not given her enough attention over the last few months and she was pouting. so I told the wife that I needed to take the boat out more often so it wouldn't feel left out. thanks again guys we had a blast.

Thanks for all the pictures guys! Looks like yall had a blast.

Gooch, you didn't have your LSU hat on, that is why yall didn't catch good! :eek: :D lol

Looks like yall had a great time even though the wind was blowing at 150mph on Saturday...:D

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Originally Posted by shadow

Thanks for all the pictures guys! Looks like yall had a blast.

Gooch, you didn't have your LSU hat on, that is why yall didn't catch good! :eek: :D lol

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Yeah, ol Gooch didn't have his LSU hat on, but he did act a little on the "feminine" side. I didn't bother to ask if he was wearing the hidious "LSU Thong". LOL