We've decided to have Spring Crappie Camp on Lake Greeson in southwest central Arkansas a bit later this year, hoping to avoid the floods that seem to plague us in April. We think that two weekends before Memorial Day Weekend would be a good time, which will be May 8-10 this year. The white crappie should still be spawning, the black crappie should be getting into an aggressive post-spawn pattern and the lake level is more likely to be stable, which should make the fishing more productive. If you don't have a boat we'll find room for you in another boat and Darryl and I will be taking Crappie Campers out as much as we can.
We'll also compile a list of waypoints that you can upload to your GPS for our
Crappie Condos that should be productive so everyone will have plenty of places to fish.
Here are few pictures from some of my trips at that time of year.
Crappie Camp is free of charge and is open to anyone interested in crappie fishing and willing to share information on habitat, tackle, boat set-ups, electronics, techniques, etc with others.
Self Creek Lodge and Marina is a great place to stay for those that want to rough it in style and Daisy State Park and Jim Wylie and Self Creek recreation areas all have great camping sites and facilities for those that want to camp.
We'll have a pot-luck fish fry on Saturday evening and probably some seminars on Saturday afternoon. We'll also have a free Big Fish contest with top-of-the-line BnM Crappie Poles and other prizes for first and second place for big crappie and we'll have a prize for the biggest fish of any species.
You'll find pictures from past Crappie Camps and more information here -
Family Fishing Trips.
We're looking forward to seeing old friends again and making new ones at Spring Crappie Camp 2009!