Little Maumelle report

Well, I drove down to the boat ramp at 430 bridge this morning. Figured since I had the boat with me, I'd go ahead and fish.;) Caught 3 pretty good 'uns early. Thought it was gonna be a good day, but nonetheless, they slowed down considerably. Ended up catchin' 6 good crappie. Several little yeller bass, and largemouths. And, didn't believe it, but I'll be danged if they haven't stocked tarpon out there at the river...:p Got a hit this morning that dang near took the pole overboard. After a small struggle, I pulled a 13" shad/shiner overboard...:eek: Ended up catchin' about 5 more of 'em and they were hittin' small shiners hard, so if your lookin' for some good fillets to pawn off on that special someone, head on out to the river and do some tarpon fishin'...:D Oh well, the slabs came from just about every depth. I just couldn't put a pattern on 'em today. Water temp 67 with a ever so slight flow. Not very many folks out, and even they were doing a lot of motoring around. I'll probably try out the upper reaches of the river next week...

Sunrise on the river...
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Like I tell Goocher, it takes skill to catch 'em this small...
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Gettin' a little better...
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That's more like it...
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Couple of good 'uns...
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Really nice pics Ceb....looks like it was worth your while to launch your boat....since you just happened to have it with you and all.....lol....good job.

Get up in the cypress trees next time and you'll limit w/ 65 degree water.

aj

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Originally Posted by CastandBlast

Really nice pics Ceb....looks like it was worth your while to launch your boat....since you just happened to have it with you and all.....lol....good job.

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Thanks. I think it was worth the try. I hadn't been out there in about 5months, so I was pretty happy with the results.

Hey AJ, there's no cypress trees on the lower end of the Little Maumelle River.

Fishin beats workin everytime:D

Pretty fish!

Lookin' good CEB. With this cooler weather water temps should fall and may improve things on the lower end. Look forward to hearing about how you do farther up.

nice crappie

WTG ceb nice looking crappie you got there.

Nice catch Ceb. My office is less than a few mins from that ramp and I plan on fising that area alot more. Thanks for the report. Might see you out there.

Nice lookin' "three" Chris. I suspect they're beginning to move up into the river. Gotta go to Detroit tomorrow for a meeting and won't be back until next week so maybe by Halloween they'll be on an hopefully so will I. Gold Creek is coming alive also.

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Originally Posted by ceb

Thanks. I think it was worth the try. I hadn't been out there in about 5months, so I was pretty happy with the results.

Hey AJ, there's no cypress trees on the lower end of the Little Maumelle River.

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I was talkin' about goin' above the bridge on the upper end. I have not been there in years and years, but if I lived close, I'd be there with a long jig pole fer sur.

aj

Hey AJ, I plan to try the upper portion sometime next week...well, that's unless Gold Creek keeps actin' right...:D

Been fishin' that lower section of the LMR since I moved to LR. It can be fantastic at times and a bummer others, but it's usually dependable for at least a few slabs. Just started fishin' the upper part of the river this past spring, after LRJoe kept twistin' my arm to get up there. I really like that section of river, but just haven't really put the time into learning it. I'm a free man for the month, so hopefully I'll have some time to fish it.

Hey AJ, ever hear much about the part of the river up around Hwy 300 bridge?

CEB , sounds like you got into some Skipjack (herring).;) The catfishermen claim they are awsome bait as they are an oily fish. Glad you caught a few Crappie.:cool: The bite slowed yesterday here on Nimrod lake for our jiggin.:(

CEB, the 300 bridge is the Big Maumelle River. I have only been in it once and that was about 5 years ago.

The lake in the Ranch is doing good right now. Talked to some folks and they had a limit yesterday by noon. All of them around one pound. They were fishing the deep water. There is a ledge that is full of brush. On one side it's 8ft the other is 13ft.

I am sure you know were it is.

LRJoe - the lake at the Ranch? I've heard of this but don't know exactly where it is. after you pass under the Pinnical Valley Bridge how far is it up river? Do you go beyond the big waterworks pipes? Any info would be appreciated.

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Originally Posted by NIMROD

CEB , sounds like you got into some Skipjack (herring).;) The catfishermen claim they are awsome bait as they are an oily fish. Glad you caught a few Crappie.:cool: The bite slowed yesterday here on Nimrod lake for our jiggin.:(

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Thanks for the ID, Nimrod. I'm more of a shad boy myself...;) And if the cats like 'em, and they're a bitin', I guess you could find a few cats down in the channel...might have to look into that...

And thanks for the update, LRjoe. I need to work my way up there...maybe when things settle down a little after this front.

And sent you a PM, Joe.

jhook, go under the water pipes and keep going. When you get to the big house on the right, it is back on the channel on your left.

You can see your way better on Google Earth.

I did not get your PM CEB

Thanks LR Joe. I've been up that way but am really not familiar with the area. That's a long way up the LMG, where do you normally put in?

Thanks Chris. PM back at you.