Creek Fishing

[Gobbles]

I was just wondering if anyone here fishes in creeks. I go up around Mountain Veiw and fish in a creek called Sylamore and i was just wonder what a good artificial bait would be to catch some good small mouth??

[Earnhardt fan #1]

that's my weekend stomping grounds up there try a blue/silver spoon or green /white works good to. Are you going in off the river or on up private property?

[cpeuban]

Not many creeks in NW Arkansas that I'm not familiar with. During the spring and summers while at UofA, I often spent two or more days a week wading all those smallmouth streams. There are a lot or streams that many people ignore.
Best bait I ever found was a tiny or baby brushhog rigged Texas style with a 1/16 or 1/8 ounce worm weight. Fairly easy to catch a half dozen smallies, spots, largemouths, rock bass and bream in a couple hours time.

[Rattle-m-up™]

white and gray rooster tail!

[CDay]

I have always had my best luck with a size 0 or size 1 chome Blue Fox grizzly inline spinner. But if you want a large smallmouth there is nothing like a good live soft crawdad.

[Gobbles]

Earnhardt fan #1 i;m staying at the Holiday Mountatin Resort up there if you know where it is and i fish close to where the white river runs in. And i always catch some pretty good smallmouth on a pumpkin seed colored grub with a jig head in it . But those live crawdads work the best i think.

[Earnhardt fan #1]

If you ever see a blue early 80's toyota crossing the bridge with a 2 x 6 for a tailgate that'll be me up there about every weekend got a place down on herple road just past the golf course. as a matter a fact it joins me.

[mountinman]

If you boys git a little farther no. & a little farther west try the Kings,War Eagle,Mulberry,or the Bufflo rivers . Don't die without flooting the Bufflo river.If it got any better than that God would have kept it for him self; I like a 4in pumpkin seed worm.

[Gobbles]

mountinman i agree with you there and yes those 4in pumpkin seed worms work like a dream also the grubs, tear them small mouth up.