Decent Fishing Near Jasper, Ar?

[txspecks04]

I will be in Jasper for a couple of days around Thanksgiving this week. Are there any good places to fish nearby? Since we have had a pretty mild fall season, I was hoping that I might find some bronze backs on the Buffalo. I don't think I will have a ton of time, so I am just looking for a place with pretty easy access that I could hit for an hour or two.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I have very little experience down that way.

[Ham]

Look at the USGS gauges. The one for the Buffalo river at Pruitt has a temp reading. The water is getting pretty chilly overnight. Smallies have mostly moved to deeper water and bites are harder to come by. A decent day in the summer is >50 fish most of them < 10 inches long. A decent day in the winter is <20 fish, but they are a little larger. To effectively fish this time a year, you likely need a boat. Sorry to be a bummer, but that's what I believe to be the deal.

Great hiking at Round Top mountain just south of Jasper. You might also look at King's Bluff for hiking.

[txspecks04]

Thanks for shooting me straight, Ham. I kind of thought this might be the case, so I appreciate the confirmation from someone more familiar with the region than I.

[Ham]

I sure hope I'm not steering you wrong. We have had a little bit of a warming trend, but I am done fishing river smallies until next March or so. I sure hate it because that is my favorite type of fishing.

Good Luck if you try, Ham

[Bambam]

I'm going to be staying about 21 mins south of Jasper, AR next week. With four teenage boys. Does anyone have a suggestion of where we could do some bank fishing for some smallmouth?