stealthycat

what are ya'll catching those smallies on ? I fished/floated from Spring Creek to Rush and caught just a very few smallies and goggle eyes - using a shimmy shad and some twister tail grubs. HUGE gar in that Buffalo Point pool - wow, I didn't know gar got that big in the Buffalo

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we're floating Woolum to Tyler bend this Sat/night/Sunday I've never floated up the river that far, looking forward to a good float, fishing, frying some of those goggle eye, great camping, beautiful colors etc - I'll do a thread and post photo's ....

did you catch any goggle eyes? excellent table fare best I remember ....

With the holiday and all, will Bull Shoals generate less you think ?

I'm in central Arkansas, but go to norther AR (Norfork) quite often. I've got an older Shawnee 22' river boat that needs something, the fiberglass is faded. Anyone know anyone maybe that does that? I've looked into the Armor Clad vinyl stick on covering stuff .... just don't know how durable that is?

I live in central Arkansas, grew up in Norfork where the White/Norfork meets. I'm married, my daughter is 9 and my son 7 now and they're old enough now to really enjoy a good days fishing on the rivers. I need a 20 or 22 foot boat for all 4 of us to have room. I'll consider all boats from an old beat up one that needs work to a newer model that goes for a bit more $$$. Looking locally I have yet to find exactly what I'm looking for. Maybe someone here can help. Thanks Brad Lantz Austin, AR brad.m.lantz@sprint.com

are you talking about down further in the bend where Matney is ? I owned 80 acres up top, my father in law owned much, much more ( almost he entire bend from where Big Creek runs in below Ships down to the bottom end of Matney). I sold because the price was good, Forrest Cotter and Worlow Land group figured out a way and had the resources to develope it. There is a new public loading ramp there now (albeit a steep sucker)

we were below where the White and Norfork meet, the water wa very low and we were fishing the deeper holes. one hole in particular held fish. I guess the browns are still spawning ? I know all we caught were males (or I think they were) with the exception of 1-2 that I know for sure were females Funny you mention size. Field and Stream ranked Glenwood Springs as the #1 small town fishing spot in US, followed by #2 Mtn Home area. I lived in Colorado for a while, in Glenwood for 6-7 months. I remember blue ribbon waters, a raging river,tough access to fishing, trout seasons and a 14-16" trout being a dandy ! Maybe its a different fishery now, maybe I didn't know what I was doing then ! But yeah, where you are defines what a trophy is, not uinlike a big Arkansas buck not being that big if he were in KS or IL

I grew up in Norfork, graduated from there in 1987. As a kid, my buddy and I fished the Norfork before all the houses were built on its banks downa nd opposite from McClellans, when there was just an overgrown, empty field right before the bridge that is now a resort. Lots of fun we've had on the rivers as a kid, but never took trout fishing too seriously. Anyway, 20 years later and a few fishing trips this spring with my soon to be 73 year old Dad and I've rediscovered fighing the White river and in particular, I've got this burning desire to catch a big trout now. Big smallmouth and largemouth bass I've caught, big crappie check, big catfish, check, big stripers check. Big trout ? Nope. Lots and lots of good trout yes, but a really nice one ? Nope. This past monday and tuesday fueled it even more. We caught maybe 20-25 browns in the 14-22" inch range, 6 between 16-22". Most were males, 1-2 were smaller females. We caught some nice rainbows, but nothing that had a "wow" factor. 3 weeks ago I had a very nice rainbow on, maybe 6-7 pounds, broke my line very close to the boat Anyway, here are a few pictures from our trip - for some reason the fish sure look smaller in picture than they do in real life don't they ?? I swear i try to be very careful with the fish, and the one picture looks like I'm breaking his jaw don't it ? I'd have sworn I didn't do that if the picture wasn't there