Headed to White River

[Alphahawk]

Tomorrow morning my son and I are headed for a two day fishing trip on the White River in Arkansas. Was going to do the Red River but Jeff Smith will be out of town so will hit that one next trip. This trip has been on my list for a long time and it is finally here. The car is packed and all is ready. Hopefully will have some fish pics to post when I return Saturday.


Regards

[Travis C.]

Good luck you two!

Wish I could tag a long. That area is on my bucket list as well. Are you taking a bigger rod with the prototypes?

[Alphahawk]

Originally Posted by Travis C.

Good luck you two!

Wish I could tag a long. That area is on my bucket list as well. Are you taking a bigger rod with the prototypes?

No they are not quite yet ready. I do have his 2.5 Trout Crank.....about a dozen....the XCaliburs.....some cranks you recommend to me a while back....River Rockers......Bandit 100's....all kind of cranks.....LOL. According to browntrout all I will need is cranks and on his last trip out he was catching about 120 fish a day on those Trout Cranks 2.5 in the brown trout pattern.....impressed the guide so much he ordered a lot of them from Jeff. But yes I am taking a med-light rod strung with 6# test fluorocarbon to throw those XCaliburs on. Should handle the bigger browns nicely. This trip is already a success just because it is a trip with my son. I know you can relate to that even though you are on the other side of that coin now but someday when you are in your 60's you will be on my side of it and I am sure it will mean a lot.




Regards

[Travis C.]

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

No they are not quite yet ready. I do have his 2.5 Trout Crank.....about a dozen....the XCaliburs.....some cranks you recommend to me a while back....River Rockers......Bandit 100's....all kind of cranks.....LOL. According to browntrout all I will need is cranks and on his last trip out he was catching about 120 fish a day on those Trout Cranks 2.5 in the brown trout pattern.....impressed the guide so much he ordered a lot of them from Jeff. But yes I am taking a med-light rod strung with 6# test fluorocarbon to throw those XCaliburs on. Should handle the bigger browns nicely. This trip is already a success just because it is a trip with my son. I know you can relate to that even though you are on the other side of that coin now but someday when you are in your 60's you will be on my side of it and I am sure it will mean a lot.

Regards

I can definitely relate.

Looks like you are geared up to do some damage. Don't be shocked to come back and say the River Rockers out fished them all.

[Alphahawk]

Originally Posted by Travis C.

I can definitely relate.

Looks like you are geared up to do some damage. Don't be shocked to come back and say the River Rockers out fished them all.

You may be right about that. browntrout tried them but he only had the big ones...and they are big. I am going to be trying the small ones. I know it can be a killer in the current.


Regards

[browntrout]

Dude I hope y'all have a blast. Please leave me a few in the river since I will be out there the following week.

Roy

[Transplanted Sportsman]

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

This trip is already a success just because it is a trip with my son. I know you can relate to that even though you are on the other side of that coin now but someday when you are in your 60's you will be on my side of it and I am sure it will mean a lot.




Regards

You are absolutely right Mr Randy!! good luck!!, be safe out there and wear them out!!!

[MNfisher]

Good luck!!! And be safe!

[cat-tales]

What part of the White are you fishing Alpha ?

[Alphahawk]

Originally Posted by cat-tales

What part of the White are you fishing Alpha ?

Fishing out of Norfork Trout Dock...going to fish both rivers.


Regards

[Travis C.]

You may have to try you some of those "white river marabou jigs" while your out there too.

Maybe even pack some back for gills here.

Good luck again...Sore Lip Em All !

[Alphahawk]

Am posting from phone. Had a great morning of fishing....lots of 13.....14 inch rainbows. Had a monster of a brown follow to the boat fishing early in the fog. Had a great shore lunch with 4 nice trout we caught. After lunch a small cold front came through and the fish shut off. We did not catch another fish the whole afternoon. The guide took us up in the North Fork. I tell you the water coming through there was cause for concern. One wrong move in that kind of current and it would be bad. My son had a fish on for about 10 seconds that was making his drag scream loaded with 8 pound test fluorocarbon......then it was gone. Tomorrow we will go about 8 miles upstream on the White and fish......but before we do that he wants to go to the spot that huge brown followed. The guide says he will be there again and we will try to get him before Sun gets too high. We had to use the XCalibur cranks because water is high. We saw Golden Eagle......Bald Eagle.....and since we are in Arkansas we saw a pack of wild Razor Backs on the river bank....pretty neat. Our guide is really working hard for us. Life is good.


Regards

[MNfisher]

Sounds like a good first day! Get that big brown!!

[Alphahawk]

An epic day for my son and I. We caught over 200 trout today using Trout Magnet Trout Worms with a white Power Egg while drifting. We kept our guide busy....lots of doubles. Our rainbows were between 13-15 inches with the occasional 17 inch fish. We also caught quite a few cut-bows.....a cross between rainbow and cutthroat. Not a lot of pics. Just too much going on to take fish pics unless it is trophy. The pic of my guide with fish I caught was not our biggest.....nor the pic of my son with a trout was his biggest. I never understood why browntrout had so few fish pics from out here. Now I know...there is just too much going on and you are catching fish so fast you want to get back in the water. Our guide is 68 years old and has been doing this for 30 years. It is hard work.....especially if you get the shore lunch. I will be out here again many times I hope. Hard to believe there is a 100 miles of river like this with trout stacked like cord wood. Was not the day for browns....no fog this morning....plus 30 boats headed to where we had the follows yesterday. We went opposite direction and didn't see another boat. The fish with pink fins is cut-bow. The other pics are of our view for lunch and water shots.

Regards

[Travis C.]

Awesome Alpha. You are going to need a week off of fishing after this trip.

The trout fishery as a whole there is kind of amazing since it ended up on limestone. That limestone aquifer creates a huge biomass.