caddo between caddo gap and glenwood, ouachita from 27 bridge to sims, or from the lake up the southfork for whites, or a good wade is mill creek there in y city, i havent done it but its screaming smallie.
hope this helped
let me know how that goes. i lived in morrow, ar for 3 yrs and the barron fork was pretty hard to beat for me
but it helped i only lived about 3 miles from it.
ive been wanting to do that float for a while and the float on lee creek from ar to ok
not many people though so fishing should be amazing right?
Ive looked at it on google earth looks like some sides got pasture and some are heavy forest
so if i camp one the banks of forest I should be ok.
so how was the fishin
thanks for all the great info
Max
try to fish lee creek at least once a month
done ok
no big smallies but alot of 3+ lbs. large mouth
cant wait till i get to go from natural dam to the bridge in ok
it looks like a 3 day trip
hopefully its so long no one does it
and I find some dumb fish
where do you fish lee creek and are there any pull outs
had 2 days where I caught 20 plus fish in less than 4 hours
and 2 days with none
but usually about 10 or 15
been looking for help with lee creek
any input would be great
thanks
max
no i dont know him but thanks for asking havent met alot of people recently
I get so wrapped up in ministry
mabey I can meet up with him and bring our guys
thanks
max
hey I fish the ouachitas a lot too my dad lives there right on the ouachita just before camp ozark thats his low water bridge
if your familliar with the area.
and my wife was from caddo gap
its sure good fishing down there
biggest fishes have been 7lb.large mouth and a dandy 4lb smallie
good to see some one else who has experienced it
I miss it sometimes
nice fish
tight lines
max
I live in between siloam springs and fort smith ar
Got a ten yearold and a two year old and one in the oven
Gods been really good to me I live with about 20 troubled teenage boys
they come to this ranch I work on and live for 14 months
so when I go fishing I m trying to get time alone or at least out of
my life to get peace
alot of times its just me and God and thats great but sometimes
I need to be out with men since Ive got so many younger fishing buddies
I like takeing them out but have resorted to only taking out 2-8 at a time
its hard to fish with 20 guys talking
I love river fishing esp. creeks
its the solitude
but go to some really small local lakes and have a flat bottom with a 48lb trolling motor
its harder to find the fish in a lake than in a creek
more area to fish and you need to know lakes in order to fish them unless your fishing with
a buzz bait or can see fish
the only way I have sucsess on lakes is in the morning with top water or minnows and a cork
tubes and craws are easy to fish rivers with and fish will bite it allmost year round at any depth
of water. next best river bait is a countdown silver minnow
cant count the number of times ive caught 10-30 fish out of a hole and it was every thing from
drum to perch to black bass and gar or turtles with the count down
and last river bait is the buzz
nothing beats a big smallie hitting that thing at about 6:45am
I catch and release
but every once in a blue moon throw a fillet of black bass on the grill
if you all ways fried your bass try it some time with your favorite chicken or steak seasoning
life is so great and fishing is awsome
my first year in ministry I fished 200-220 days
now its about 70
but my wifes gonna have our next kid at the end of may
so im here for now
but my favorite fishing is from sept to nov
big fish time so ill get to hit that
hope to talk to some of you guys soon
max
yea i feel the same
just bought my first kayak. and cant wait to go from natural dam down to ok
hey whats the biggest bass youve caught out there Ive caught alot of 3lb only one above 4
every thing big is a spot only a couple 2+ brownies
I fish the barren fork over here on the ok ark border
I feel the same way
its so nice when its just you and the fish and God
and the creek is so untouched
I finaly got a kayak and got to go
further than I had ever waded and found a
waterfall too. no fish but spectacular
nice to see some one else with the same disposition
I dont get many big smallies here but caught some dandy spots
and one very large bucket mouth.
some times I just go for the hike and bring a pole so I dont regret missing a nice hole
went fishing ouachita style had a blast about march20
21in smallie (my son was 26in)
7lb bucketmouth
17in smallie realeased
good days
and then a 3 1/2 lb lee creek spot, caught 22 fish
great days taking my sons fishing
I live really near the ok border of the illinois
I love smallie fishing and c/r
whats the best section for numbers on the river
Im looking at lake frances to watts
or watts down but it looks really long
with out a pullout
and is the fishing that good
the ar side is allright I catch 10 to 15 a trip
I heard ok is better
I use tubes is that a good choice
a friend said he caught a couple 3# on his last trip
thanks
oh and hows the barren fork in ok
its good in ar
i am an avid smallie guy
one year i fished about 200 days
I fish alot in the ouachitas and have had
1 fish 22in. long and slender 41/2 lbs
and 6 18in or bigger in 2 years.
its possible
I wish I would have not been broke
I would have loved to mount the bigg one
one little picture is all I got
mabey Ill get another this year
my son was 26in in the pic