[Smellycat]

We (son in law,Jon "Veritok" and I) will be drift fishing from the Dardanelle Dam this friday night. "Ozark Outdoor Adventures" a local cable show may come along to tape a show on drift fishing , so the pressure is on to produce some good fish. Looks like the flow might be just right if the trend continues. Will wear my BOC tee for publicity, dont have a United States shirt yet.

 

[4Low]

Catch some good ones and make us proud!!

 

[ccat]

Dennis,
I wish you luck. We drifted below Spadra last Sunday and did NOTHING.
The big blues are still nesting big time. I hope you find them, and by next weekend, I bet you do.
I am hoping to drift in 2 weeks too, so keep us posted.
Yep, barring a Noah type flood, the drift should be perfect.
Good luck
Chris

 

[skipjacks]

Smelly, It should be great if weather cooperates with no storms. Friday is the new moon and Thurs. thru Sat. should be great . Spawn should be finishing up. Planning to fish one of those evenings myself. A Lively bream might be the ticket to a good Flatty, and a skippy head & pocket could just get you a PB Blue. On camera! How cool.:glasses-cool: I wish you good luck

 

[Smellycat]

We are out of frozen skip,so hope to get lucky at the walkdown, if not the shad are always there, well almost always.

 

[Big Sam]

Good luck the river was running 2.46 MPH early sat morning.....too fast for drifting in our area....we hit the shade tree and stayed there!!!:star:

 

[Asartin]

Make us proud!!!

 

[silkstringz]

went up there to do a bit of snagin sat. night.....hit some fish, buddy hit a 25lb flatty....saw a few drifters but i couldnt tell if they were doing any good. shouldnt have trouble getting shad either....good luck

 

[Smellycat]

Well, the guy from the local cable show couldnt make it this time, so I got him some tape footage he can put on the show if he wants. robably not the best trip for a show anyway, but we managed 3 blues, 5,7,12 lbs. We had trouble netting large shad for the first time ever, but the catfish havnt moved in yet in numbers.

 

[big pappa]

i was up there friday night? guess i didnt see you i left at dark but i didnt catch any!!! guess i left too early !!!!

 

[skipjacks]

I got there at 8:10 pm and my son arrived at 9. Just missed you Jamie, but did get to say hello to Jon for a few minutes and told him to say Hi to you Dennis. Thought we would run into you sometime during the night, but it didn't happen. We got fishing at 9:30 and at 10:45 my son got a PB blue on a skipjack fillet. A 40 lb male that had us going for 15 minutes. Not another bite all nite till 4 am. The only one I caught all night. A 9.5 lb blue. But after my sons' monster we were fish drunk all night long. We hadn't been fishing together for 18 years, so the trip was a total success. He is gut hooked real good on catfishing & Dardanelle now ! The slow action did not bother us at all. That one fish made the trip. Thanks for all the advice and tips, it paid off big time for us. Especially for my son, Nick. ( Will try to attach pics if I can figure out how.) It was a night of fishing fun & we made memories that will last forever ! Thanks again to all !

 

[skipjacks]

I think The pictures came thru ok. Have 6 of them in the album area also. (Nicks 40# BOC )He is one happy fisherman. First time out catfishing together in 18 yrs. He is hooked real good now ! Thanks to all for the good advice and info. Sorry we missed each other Dennis and Jamie. Next new moon in July we can maybe try it again. Hope so.

 

[skipjacks]

It was 42" long and 27.5" girth. And FYI, Nick is a good 6'5''tall. Still a little fish drunk I guess. Feels great too. Our family Cattin Torch has been "Passed on". :handshake:

 

[Smellycat]

Oh man, that's COOL Clarence, congrats to Nick. The next best thing to me catchin a whopper is one of our own catchin it. I'm primed and ready to go back now buddy.
Will let you know when we will be back.

 

[skipjacks]

Oh man, that's COOL Clarence, congrats to Nick. The next best thing to me catchin a whopper is one of our own catchin it. I'm primed and ready to go back now buddy.
Will let you know when we will be back.

Denis, we are planning to go around the new moon in july if the heat isn't outrageous. Look forward to meeting you. The blues should be done spawning and ready to chew the bottom off our boats. I'm ready and Nick is foaming at the mouth!