Hello to all you outdoor lovers, you cannot ask for better weather. I hope everybody is at least getting to get out a couple days of the week to enjoy them. Our picture of the week is John Sturgis Lifetime Member of Trout Unlimited, living in Fayetteville, Ark. Was fishing last week with guide Jake Flood, jake@flyfish.com, on the Kings River. John informed me they were using 8 wt. & 9 wt. flyrods, medium and large streamers handtied by Jake.
Smallmouth bass are my sacred fish. Some people call them brownies. I love to hit the Kings River for the elusive smallmouth. Some of the best methods of fishing for smallmouth are Ned Rigs, jerk baits, and soft plastic tubes and topwater baits in early mornings.
I like to use a white woolly booger with a red wrap neck. It kills them every time for me. Man! Now I have Kings River fever. I remember fishing on the Kings River one time and had caught the littlest little sun perch on my fly rod and was bringing it in and right behind it were five Kentucky Bass chasing it.
I stopped the little sun perch and let it swim around on its own, and bam, one of those Kentuckys grabbed it and got it to two feet in front of me. That Kentucky spit it out at me, and that little perch went flying right by my head and over my shoulder.
Jon Conklin with FishOn Guide Service (479) 233-3474 said, “Crappie have been pretty good, with the bigger fish suspended in 12 feet of water in 20 to 30 feet depth. As of Tuesday, they moved from there and moved up. Minnows pitched around any structure will find the fish. My advice is just keep moving until you find some fish.”
I’m still taking people trout fishing and sightseeing on the river and the lake, so get out with Custom Adventures Guide Service give me a call, Lisa, (479) 244-5259 and let’s get a kid hooked on fishing.
Walleye are supposed to come up to the shallows in the White River, lay their eggs, then return to Table Rock, but not all go back. If you catch one and it’s not springtime, feel lucky.