Come on, Guys, don't be like me, an old coot who's afraid of the cold. Surely some of you are out there fishing these days. Since I'm new around here I'd like to hear how winter fishing is in Arkansas. Or I'll have to go out, brave the cold, and report back to you. It won't be useful since I'm new to central Arkansas.
sorry Dan, i havent really been fishin for the last few weeks, besides we were waitin at home by the fire hoping you would go brave the cold and report back to us. lol
i seen some guys catching a few on greefs ferry over the weekend , other than that i havent heard from anyone that has been. maybe skeeterjay has been recently and can help you out.
Dan I havent been out in about 2 weeks myself, just too many things going on right now. My last trip out was on the river that Sunday when those tornado's hitI think we caught 5 bass and one monster grinel (fun!), all of them were up the Cadron and came off slow rolling white spinner baits.
BTW horseshoer, Dan's last boat was a Gambler, thought you might like to hear that if you didnt already know.
Modified by Skeeter Jay at 10:31 AM 12/14/2005
Thanks for the replies, Boys,
Guess I'll get out there and see what's happening. Should have gone yesterday but I promised the wife we'd go down to Little Rock and shop. Today would have been good but I was too lazy so I hung around the house and help her put up decorations. Ain't that the way? Guess I'll have another cup of coffee and think about going tomorrow.
man it is perfect out today, just came in from lunch and all I could think about was I wish I was fishin!
yeah i wish i had of went today . i started to but i havent charged my batteries from the weekend. i better go plug it in. wonder what the weather will be like tomorrow?
Dan, what gambler did you have?
My last "real" bassboat was a 1996 Gambler Intimidator with a 1997 Mercury 200 EFI. I loved that boat and the day I watched it going down my street behind it's new owner's truck was truly one of the saddest days of my life. I had abouut stopped fishing and I was tired of waxing and maintaining that beauty so I sold it. It was burgundy and silver and ran and handled better than any bass rig I ever owned (including my first Gambler, a 1991, two Hydrasports, a Ouchita and a bunch of jon boats. In fact, I don't even own it anymore and I've got to show it off so here it is:
Aaron Campbell
Barling, AR
2007 Bass Cat Sabre
2011 Merc 175 Pro XS
Dan, I guess I am an old coot just like you......haven't been out fishing in about 4 weeks, but have been duck hunting
It is just too cold for bass fishing or any for that matter
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HeavyMetalBassinKing »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Dan, I guess I am an old coot just like you......</TD></TR></TABLE>
Old coot??David, you're barely old enough to qualify for young wippersnapper!!
Ok.......young coot
But I don't like fishing in the cold and that fits me under the same catagory as Dan
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by horseshoer »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah i wish i had of went today . i started to but i havent charged my batteries from the weekend. i better go plug it in. wonder what the weather will be like tomorrow?
Dan, what gambler did you have?</TD></TR></TABLE> Hey there horseshoer, Have you heard about the Stayncharge system? Check it out! You won't ever have to plug in again!
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dgjswife »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Hey there horseshoer, Have you heard about the Stayncharge system? Check it out! You won't ever have to plug in again!</TD></TR></TABLE>
I can see where those would come in handy if you had to drive an hour plus to get to your local lake, but for those of us that it takes less than 30 minutes to drive to our fishing holes it just seems cheaper and eaiser to plug up the 'ol on board charger when you get in.
Come on now...you can duck hunt and fish! Went to monticello 9 days ago. Caught 3, 2 over 4 pounds. Quit at noon as I had to get my arse home. Frost on the top cap of your boat is a good thing.
Hey boogerdoc, what did you catch them on and how deep?
I love Monticello, there are some absolute hawgs in that lake.
Hmmm??? Forecast in the sixites on Friday. Don't think I'll be able to resist. Two days before Christmas but nothing planned until Saturday evening. I was thinking of trying Adkins since I want to stay on "small" water. Any suggestions?
Dan, Bass or Crappie? I havent been out there since late September or early October so I dont really know what the bass are doing right now. If I was going to bass fish it I would either slow roll a white spinner bait in 4-8' of water around timber or work a pig-n-jig up against the timber. In the past I could catch them on a black and blue pig-n-jig this time of year up against the cypress that had 4' of water around them or deeper, but this year the water is so low I dont know that you can find any like that right now.
Yes, Jayson is entirely correct about taking your time.......be very careful out there, lots of places you can't see a thing are flats of solid stumps sometimes
Just go slow and try to keep to the channel..........
And for fishing, bass should be turned on pretty good over there right about now...maybe a jig and pig or worm...don't know much about how the crappie are hitting...
Good luck
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