Fishin Report For Long Creek

[ozarksfishin]

The Crappie and just about everything else are starting to bite pretty good in Long Creek and Cricket Creek. Found some really nice Crappie today on a guide trip. They are on the channel swings, just on the drop in 15-18ft. of water. They were really holding tight to the bottom today, but should move up if the sun would ever come out! Caught numerous bass and 3 walleye in the same areas. The whites are stacked up and ready to move up when the water gets a little warmer. Should be a good spring for all species. Attached are a few photos from today, crappie, walleye, and can anyone guess what the other fish is? I've been fishing that end of Table Rock for close to 30 years and never seen anything like it!

[Paola Cat]

Looks like a grass carp to me. PC

[MstStudent10]

That thing just looks like a grass carp. If it isn't, I'd venture to say it's some type of carp for sure.

[smallmouthjoe]

Looks like a grass carp to me. PC

That's what I would say.

[Chief Grey Bear]

It is a Grass Carp. My latest info doesn't show to be in T-Rock yet. Only in the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and a handful of tribs. I wonder if the MDC would be interested in seeing this??????

[Trav]

http://mdc.mo.gov/fish/fishid/carpid.htm

[ozarksfishin]

I'm with you Grey Bear, I bet MDC would like to know these are in Table Rock. Found it in the back of Cricket Creek swimming around on top like it was disoriented.

[Bill Babler]

I think you have found your true calling.

I want to Book a Grass Carp trip at your first availability.

OH!!!! if there are some crappie there also it would be nice. Good job Buddie.!!!!

[steveearle]

Its a grass carp and they have been there forever. My brother's first bow-fishing kill was a 29 lber in the pocket that you would run into if you were going up long creek from Cricket and failed to make the right to go under the Enin bridge or failed to go left up long Creek--the cove thats straight ahead. That was 1990-ish....

Also, while catching breaking fish in about May of 1999 (in front of Twin Rivers BTW Bill, since you mentioned in earlier--the neighborhood that is--buddy's dad has a house in there) my buddy hooked about a 30-35 lber (snagged in the back) and we fought it for 45 minutes (taking turns) and brought it to the boat about 10 times before it ripped off.

Anyway, they are in there....

[Chief Grey Bear]

Well not really forever. They were not introduced to the US until 1963. The first confirmed specimen in Missouri was taken from the Mississippi River in 1971. So we know they didn't swim up the White. And I highly doubt the MDC stocked them.

Now I don't know where all in Arkansas they were stocked so it may be possible they have moved down the White or maybe even the Kings. But it is my understanding that they mainly stocked in parts of AR south of the Ark River.