Spartec... What kind of boat did you settle on???
A little info on Lake Conway...and places to go.
Lake Conway is a very dangerous Lake for someone that has never run in it and if you do not know where and how to navigate the marked boat lanes. The markers are metal poles with reflectors at the top of most of them. Note Some poles have fallen through the years. But goods navigation is running between them. The Arkansas Game and Fish have maps as you probably know. I would suggest you try to find a friend or someone with experience on this Lake before you venture out Running around. The north end of the Lake has Gold Creek and you can launch at that landing of the same name off 365. Fishing up in the creek channel is a safe bet dodging stumps and the Lake Shad have moved into this area of creek for the winter....so all the Crappie have followed them. Not a lot of running around here so Trolling is the ticket. At the launch, Dano, the owner... can give you a report and tips of whats happening there. He has bait and tackle too.
Another good Crappie water in the LR area is Little and Big Maumelle creeks. They are relatively safe navigation up the middle part of these creeks. There are many Tree laydowns that hold good numbers of crappie along the banks and good boat launches to access.