Just got the boat back after not having it for a month, and am headed out to try Conway in the morning. Hopefully the fish are biting.
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Just got the boat back after not having it for a month, and am headed out to try Conway in the morning. Hopefully the fish are biting.
:welcomeGood luck farmermike. I hope they are thumping good for you. Please share how it goes. We love seeing fish pics. Welcome to the forums where some of the finest folks to ever fish come
Chris
Fishing been tough since the major cold front here , good luck:highfive
Let’s just say conway kicked my butt yesterday, tar and feathered me and spit in my face. No fish pictures to share, one destroyed prop, and a lot of creases and scratches on the bottom of a 3 month old boat. Let’s just say it was miserable. Trolling motor battery never took a good charge the night before and when I checked it last night it was about a quart of water low. The trolling motor was about useless to use.
With that said, I did notice Shad in shallow jumping, and watched a couple catching bass out of the Lilly pads. The lake is about a foot low. The boat lanes are not to be trusted, the worst stump I hit was in the boat lane and I was just idling.
Several times I thought we were gonna sink the boat trying to get off stumps.
Ouch! Sorry to hear ole stumpy claimed another prop! I know those kind of days too well, been on plenty of trips like that. But, those days turn into memeries we share and help us appreciate the easy trips when the fish thump the bait every time it goes in the water. Thats just part of this addiction. Thanks for sharing. I have a feeling we could all share stories of those kind of days.
Chris
I have been wanting to try Conway, but now you got me spooked.
Lake Conway is a good place to BREAK in a boat, motor, and trolling motor that is for sure. If you ain't sure about your path of travel slow and steady is the way to go. Just use caution when navigating as the lake is really starting to see the effect of not having any substantial rainfall and is below normal pool. Water turkeys are here now by the hundreds if not thousand and they brought the pelicans back with them. Its recommended that you don't look up when they fly overhead.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcdye
I knocked a cowling off out there once, probably ten years ago... bet it's still sitting at the bottom of the lake. I watched it sink.
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Two words for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcdye
Idle speed
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Ha Ha I thought you were gonna say current insurance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ztkirkpatric
5 words for you...Quote:
Originally Posted by Lkconwayguru
Idle speed and current insurance
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I hate to hear about the damage to your boat. Been there, done that. What we always tell people is that the trails are the path of least resistance. If you aren't very familiar with the trail system, idle speed is your best bet. I consisted Lake Conway my home lake and I am on it a lot for work and play. I only get on plain on a few stretches of trails. I mainly idle around. We are very aware of the issues with the trails system (stumps, too close to some boat docks, missing markers, etc...). We hope to get funding for a complete overhaul in the upcoming years. We plan to hire a contractor to move trails away from boat docks, cut stumps in existing trails, and remark the whole trail system. This is not a simple or cheap task to accomplish, but we recognize that it needs to be done. We are hoping to begin this process in FY 2018/2019 and finish it up during a drawdown proposed for 2020.
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I’m glad to hear the agf is going to try and redo the boat trails. I’ve fished there for about 40 years now off and on, and knew what I was in for before I ever put a new boat in it. I quit fishing it due to the boat trails not being clear or marked several years back. Living in Conway now, I’ll continue to fish there. A lot of my problems stemed from a bad trolling motor battery Saturday. If it would have been working right I wouldn’t have to have used the gas motor so much.
No stumps in the boat lanes, that will take all the challenge out of Lake Conway. Ha Ha!Quote:
Originally Posted by D10
don't fix the stumps, that will bring in a bunch of lane tubers and skiers. let those dudes keep going to heber :biggrin
A few summers ago I saw a not so smart person on a jet ski on Conway. Not kidding.
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I probably mentioned this before but i hired a guy a few years back from Perryville who told me that he had a school teacher who took the students skiing on harris brake. Reminded me of the surf scene on apocalypse now!
Dan at Gold creek said the fall bite was on . He posted members on here catching a limits .
Went back this weekend and caught a couple nice crappie, a catfish and several whites. I went back in dix creek Saturday, and you could smell something bad rotting right at the mouth of it. I went to the back cove and the cormorants and big white birds were in there by the thousands. I noticed more than a few dead palm sized shad and carp in there. I don’t know if the birds killed them or if something else was going on. On a bright note I only hit 50 or so stumps!
Everyone needs to be careful , all the lakes are at low pool . Nimrod is dangerous if you don't know it at winter pool .Quote:
Originally Posted by farmermike
Will that be a full draw down or partial draw down in 2020.Quote:
Originally Posted by D10
To be determined at a later date. It will depend on how much funding we get for the projects we want to accomplish. If the dam/spillway renovation is funded, it might result in a full drawdown depending on how they plan the construction process.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lkconwayguru
now 2018/2019. any movement in the works?Quote:
Originally Posted by D10
A request for proposals (RFP) for the stump cutting and boat trail marking contract, is being worked on now. We have ~$30,000 for phase one. We will see how far that gets us. My guess is that it won’t get us very far but at least we will have a better idea of how the process will work and how much money it will take to complete the project.
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After buying my fourth lower unit, I went to a jet foot for my 25HP johnson. That's all I'll be using from now on. If you boat will float over it you can drive over it.
Thanks Matt. Good luck with it!Quote:
Originally Posted by D10