Thread: Rant(Lake Conway)

On the same note as my earlier thread I have a couple quesions about how you all handle various situations that arise while fishing.

1) People that get so close to you when fishing that they are almost hitting you with their poles while casting just to try and put it in the same spot your casting.

2) The people that stand a ways down and cast over your line while trying to drop it around the same spot you just got a bite.

3) The same people that after all this have the nerve to ask you for some fish when they are about to leave empty handed.


However I will say this. I fish for two reasons. One is to stock my freezer because I love fish and number two is because I enjoy fishing. Once number one is accomplished I usually have no reservations about fishing and giving away crappie. I also have no reservations about showing courteous people what bait/jig I am using and how I am using it. Going so far for the same people as to give them a couple jigs heads/skirts/slip bobbers and stops/and tips so they may have a chance at some decent fish when they aren't biting for them. I'm not saying im "Mr. Crappie", but I have learned a thing or two about bank fishing that some people haven't learned to grasp and most has been learned through the teaching of other people when I was having my BAD days when I started crappie fishing. That all said I would appriciate opinions to the above as I am a somewhat recent transplant to Arkansas from Illinois and not to offend, but Southerners take things a little different then some.

Originally Posted by Coats80

That all said I would appriciate opinions to the above as I am a somewhat recent transplant to Arkansas from Illinois and not to offend, but Southerners take things a little different then some.

I have fished from a boat in the area you are talking about. If you were close enough and caught a fish, they would "become your freind" from the bank as well. I know there has to be some good people in that crowd. But if somebody catches a fish, he gets circled like Custer.

My suggestion....
On the other side of the lake is Wilamina Cove. The fish have got to be stacked up in there. The larger boats cannot get in there this year. I wouldn't fish from the bank because peoples lots back up to the water. But, I am just about in the mood to get me a one man boat and get back in there from Gold Creek. Even when other boats are in there, I have seen some fights and heard some cussing. But, 99.99% of the fishermen get along well. And don't mind sharing a brush pile. Slip cork fishing is very popular in there. The average dept is probably between 5' to 3' right now.
DP

Have light weight 14ft flat bottom if anyone want to use it up there at Conway. Just an duck boat that I don't think I will be using this year. No motor or trailer. And it don't leak. Just PM me if you want.

Good thread Coats. I ran into a similar situation at Cane Creek. The crappie gang up in one little spot (about an acre or two). There will be about 10-20 boats in that one little area. When I first got down there, I was a little hesitant to get right in there with them. I finally realized that it's like trout fishin in Arkansas, you just gotta get right in there amongst 'em. Just try to make the best of it, and maybe meet some new fishin buddies along the way.