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Looks like Gooch and I are heading down to the Little Maumelle tomorrow afternoon to scope things out. Gooch will have a couple of guys in his boat, and I'll have my boat. With somewhat stable river conditions for the past week, the crappie should be ready to go for a boat ride. It looks like we should be getting to the boat ramp around 3pm and fish till dark-thirty. If anyone wants to join us, post up.
I will have a local celebrity with me in my boat who has never nightstalked. He may want to drop the lights and stay an hour or two after dark to see what they do.
Man you guys are tempting me to make that 140 mile trip to LR. It sounds better and better.
The Ar river has really calmed down in the last couple of days. However the water is still murky. But it has had me thinking the feeders should be fairly tame.
DP
Chris, I will probably already be out there when you all get there. I am trying to finish up work right now. If you see a red Ford with an empty xpress trailer behind it, look for me.
Mike
Have you ever fished that backwater area just below the river port? I was back there one time in a bass tournament and it looked pretty good from what I remember. Just such a long way down there from Murray or Cooks.Quote:
Originally Posted by DRPEPPER
The next few weeks we will start seeing many boats in the slack water harbor. But, I have spent many days watching them from the dock (wishing I was in there) and have not witnessed many being caught. I know some brush is placed almost dead center of the turning basin. Personally, I have brough my boat just a few times and have never found them. The harbor is full of smaller but eating size bream. The riprap is full of rice slicks. I have never found much structure in the back waters and have never considered placing brush piles because of the currents that frequent them.Quote:
Originally Posted by gooch
My biggest concern is leaving my vehicle parked at the launches that serve this pool. I would feel safer at the ones you mentioned
DP
I normally put into the LR pool at Burns Park but when crappie fishing is hot I like to take advantage of the limit being 30 east of I-30 bridge so I drive a couple more miles and put in at Alltel launch.
My choice too if there are a bunch of other cars there. My main problem with the river is it is a river. I do much better in lakes.Quote:
Originally Posted by LazyJ
DP
Chris & Dale, It was good to meet you guys today. Wished we could have stayed longer . . . but you know how it goes. Maybe we can hook up this weekend.
Mike
Chris, Gooch...curious how you all did on the Little Maumelle today.
It was a pretty tough day. Got out there and set-up later than I wanted. The parking lot was completely full when I got there. I guess we got the poles in the water around 4pm. My wife-to-be came out with me for an hour or two, so there was no serious fishing going on till she left out at 6pm (lots of boat traffic down the channel). Caught a few fish...nothing to write home about. Had one decent 11" fish and a couple of 9-10" fish and then several dinks. We had 4 keepers total. There was quite a bit of activity on the depthfinder. We found all of our fish between 14' and 20'. Caught a few smaller ones on a couple of the condos we dropped a few weeks ago. All in all, it was good afternoon on the water. I plan to get back out there next week and hunt 'em down before the nightstalk. I'll probably steer clear of Little Maumelle this weekend, because all of the spring boat riders are out in full force. Didn't get any pics of the fish we caught...but will leave you with a couple of sunset landscapes...That's Gooch and his buddy fishing in the background...
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Nice sunset pics Ceb.
Nice pics Chris, except that first one, should have left Gooch out of it........just kidding......We will be looking forward to some more of them nightstalk pics....good luck
Gooch has a buddy? When did that happen?
Guess I'll have to recruit a new fishing bud since the Goocher has moved in on mine and has now given him a bad name. Chris, you got room in your in your boat?
Raker dont make that move just yet. I was not that impressed with your fishing partner yesterday. He is a little to set in his ways for my taste. I think if you and I work together with him we can turn him into a competent angler, but thats a long way off. By the way what do you think your partners name should be on Crappie.com? Even though he has trouble with technical stuff like computers I think it would do him good to sign up so he can at least see the pictures.
Droped more condos yesterday and want to build more and get them out before the weather warms up and makes building condos a chore. I am set for now on buckets and boxes and the boo is ready anytime so let me know when and if you can help out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raker
Dale, let me know if and when you need some help on your condos.
Hey Raker, I could use a competent fishing partner. The Goocher has too much trouble catching them if they are over 5" crappie. For some reason, he can see that pole quiver from a dink, but he always seems to miss it when that slab yanks half the pole into the water.:D I think his jaw-flappin' abilites adversely affect his sense of sight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raker
I hope to be out on the water everyday next week. And, you've got a spot in my boat anytime you get a chance to slip out for the afternoon.