Rain could be good

[flydown]

After the rain stops, it could make for good fishing in the big lakes. The large lakes will have many streams flowing into them carrying all sorts of things for fish to eat. The creek mouths just at the mudline could produce fairly well. If I get a chance, I may try Heber Tuesday.

[HANDGUNNER]

At Least The Arkansas And Mississippi River Will Be On The Rampage, And Re-stock Some Of The Old River Lakes That Have Almost Dried Completely Up!!!!

[flydown]

Yeah! It's amazing how nature takes care of itself.

[John Stiles]

Yep...and it's important to knock all that green slime off the rocks and out of the streambeds....I can't tell you how good this event will be for the whole state!~j

[HANDGUNNER]

The Weather Man Said The Other Day, That The Drought Was Over...........we Might Be Ahead Now!!

[flydown]

Yep...and it's important to knock all that green slime off the rocks and out of the streambeds....I can't tell you how good this event will be for the whole state!~j
That green slime is the start of the food chain that will make the fishing better.

[bps12]

I hope it helps out lake Chicot. The biologist says one of the reasons why the crappie haven't been doing as good as they used to, is the mississippi hasn't flooded into the lake to re-stock it like it used to every year.

[John Stiles]

That green slime is the start of the food chain that will make the fishing better.

That's considering it came from mother nature, and not filthy pollution like that stuff behind Carpenter Dam....and if you can get a hook through it down to the fish, or even back out of it!!:smack: YEEEEEEEEEEECKY:razz: ~john

[Arkie_3_fan]

I hope it helps out lake Chicot. The biologist says one of the reasons why the crappie haven't been doing as good as they used to, is the mississippi hasn't flooded into the lake to re-stock it like it used to every year.

Folks were catching a good many Crappie out of Chicot a couple of weeks ago. The fishing over there is still good it's just more hit or miss than it used to be. The last time I was over there we didn't catch much of anything and it took 6 of us in 3 boats to catch a decent mess. The day before that and the day after that they wore them big slabs out. Of course that's pretty much the story of my life summed up right there. :biggrin:

[HANDGUNNER]

Arkie...........did Ya Try The Toehead Area Of Chicot.......used To Wear Em Out There!!!!! If They Aren't Hitting The Edges Of The Brush, Get In The Brush With Em...always Caught Slabs There!!!!

[fairweatherhunter]

Drove down Crystal Hill Rd. today in NLR to look at the river. Man, is that thing churning and rolling. Logs and debris were moving about 10mph on it!:eek:

[jerry dean]

Yup. The Ark river is running about 210,000cfs right now. I had just put my lines back out on the 7th of this month. This last weekend caught me a little by suprise. I figure they are washed down to Pine Bluff by now.

[fish]

I ran my nets today in Nimrod Lake. The first only had 1 Buffalo. The second what I could pull up had 8 Buffalo and a Flathead. Thing is the lake has risen about 18 ft! My marker was sunk and had to drag water that is now 40 to 50 ft deep! On top of that it was hung on a :censored: stump too !:rolleyes: Man with no markers and lots of water things sure look different.

[jerry dean]

Fish,

Catfish were really biting good in the river, too. I run all my lines blind, and after the water goes down, they are usually washed down or covered by sand. I've found them 3 or 4 years later before. Sometimes a mile down stream even. Sometimes get hung up on them the next time I set one out close to it and get a few hooks & swivels back.

[bps12]

Folks were catching a good many Crappie out of Chicot a couple of weeks ago. The fishing over there is still good it's just more hit or miss than it used to be. The last time I was over there we didn't catch much of anything and it took 6 of us in 3 boats to catch a decent mess. The day before that and the day after that they wore them big slabs out. Of course that's pretty much the story of my life summed up right there. :biggrin:

When I first started fishing down there about four years ago. We brought home three coolers full of nice slabs and one cooler full of cats. But in the last 2 years it has been the exact opposite.

[TheBattman]

Oh no Jerry, not again!:frown: John...errr...Remman and I were just talking about how we figured you hadn't gotten your lines back out yet. You had told me "about the middle of January" and here we are - with the river haulin' tail. We were kind of hoping (despite the fact we are startin' to get fish-hungry!) that you wouldn't try to get out on the river like it is right now! We don't want to read about you in the paper...seriously!



Yup. The Ark river is running about 210,000cfs right now. I had just put my lines back out on the 7th of this month. This last weekend caught me a little by suprise. I figure they are washed down to Pine Bluff by now.

[TheBattman]

When I first started fishing down there about four years ago. We brought home three coolers full of nice slabs and one cooler full of cats. But in the last 2 years it has been the exact opposite.

So the last two years you have brought home one cooler full of slabs, and three coolers full of cats????

Heheheh :rolleyes:

[jerry dean]

We were kind of hoping (despite the fact we are startin' to get fish-hungry!) that you wouldn't try to get out on the river like it is right now! We don't want to read about you in the paper...seriously!

That might happen one day, but it won't be because I was running lines in this kind of current.

A few years back, the current was running close to 200,000 and I was wearing out the nice Blues...500lbs and up each morning for about 5 days in a row...even had to get one of my buddies to run the motor about 1/4 throttle just to bait up & take fish off the next morning...my dad decided to go with me and he saw how we were running the lines, and told me that if he ever heard of me getting out in that kind of current again, he's whup me like a red headed step child. Figured safety over the $$$ was more important, so I haven't ran them since in that kind of current, even thought I KNOW they're biting good right now.

[SS]

Running creeks on the main lake is one of my favorite patterns in early spring. After a rain pick a tribuary and hit every creek flowing in. Usually don't catch any real big ones but the action is fast and you keep moving.

[bps12]

So the last two years you have brought home one cooler full of slabs, and three coolers full of cats????

Heheheh :rolleyes:

10-4 on that, I would just rather it be the other way though.