Arkie Prince

Blog Not Current

2011-12-27T15:28:00.002-06:00

Just don't have time (or interest) if keeping this blog updates - log in is discreet and private for some silly reason (I wasn't thinking)

To keep up with me check out arkieprince sites at youtube - arkieprince.com - I'm just not a 'blogger' I do html web pages that verify - and this crap never verifies W3C

All fisherman should use link to: Fishing Tips

Or for tutorial / helps - start at ibdprince index

cross accounts

2011-08-22T13:24:00.002-05:00

I have too many google accounts and keep trying to merge them just makes the mess that much worst

my arkieprinceblog.com is domain name for this blog - registered thru google - but seldom used - which makes things more confusing - cause I have 150++ web pages on another server

Keep Alive

2011-07-06T16:14:00.002-05:00

my blog arkieprinceblog.com is still good but not used in long long time

Need to keep live - google is going to rename blogger

No more auto updates

2010-04-04T22:10:00.002-05:00

Youtube changed the 'share' feature so it's not easy to post video on my blog i.e. can't share from youtube to this blog

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Channel Catfish 6 lb 5oz

2010-03-29T20:52:00.001-05:00

Trotline using bream - bleed to drain blood

5 lb Channel Cat on trotline

2010-03-24T10:57:00.001-05:00

I use bream on most hooks. So far I've got 9 cypress trout and 4 catfish. The 5 lb 2oz cat in this video was from previous night while last night I put out a couple hooks with magic bait and got a small catfish for next door neighbor (she likes the little catfish best)

Have not spent much time crappie fishing - been too busy - plus when I do fish I need to catch bigger bream for 'flathead' bait. My neighbor now has 3 flathead in his pen - and his line is only half a block from my line (all I catch are channels)

squirmin grub n jig for crappie

2010-03-21T19:18:00.001-05:00

When fishing from dock / bank I use a jig with a squirmin grub - and a cork set 1 -1.5' deep (water is shallow here so use different set up than in boat / channel)

Reel 'dead slow' - sometimes stop and 'twitch' but try to keep motion in the grub tail

Crappie for week 03/15 - 03/20

2010-03-20T20:05:00.001-05:00

Crappie fishing is 'off and on' - some days you catch 10-12 an hour then they stop biting - next day may only catch 1-2. Neighbors to my North - fish a couple hours a day (after work) - neighbors to my South fished a few hours - on two days (work late). I fish a couple hours a day for crappie but been taking out time to bream fish for trotline bait. If I don't get a crappie in short time - I switch to bream fishing.
Summary: Crappie move in and out - if you're around when they swing bye - you have fun - otherwise go eat supper or go bream fishing (Trotline size always bite)

First Caffish 2010

2010-03-14T22:42:00.001-05:00

7.5 lb 4 lb and 2.75lb channel cats - bream - trotline - plus 53 Crappie from past couple days

crappie 30 total

2010-03-09T22:12:00.001-06:00

Crappie are moving around in shallow water but not holding in one place so I was lucky on Sunday afternoon to pick up 13 crappie around 2:30PM - 3:30PM then at 3:45PM while my neighbor started to fillet them - I got 3 more before he could finish. Then he joined me and we both got 4 more apiece but we held them until Tuesday to clean them (along with a couple more from yoyo's) - rambling - when they are biting you better catch them - cause they move out and are gone and may not return for days

Minnow net froze to minnow bucket

2010-03-03T04:17:00.003-06:00

Decided to check for crappie - put out 6 yoyo's on fishing pier on Sunday / Monday - March 1 - using minnows

Results slow but the full moon is working - on clear nights and early AM

Sunday - 3 crappie (5" - 7" - 9") - 1 bass (1.5 lbs - size neighbor likes - so I kept the bass) - let the crappie go

Monday/Tuesday - 1 crappie 10"
(just at dark saw a lot of shad jumping - something chasing them)

Tuesday/Wednesday - 2 crappie 9" & 11.5" - as of 4AM - when I re baited
(Had re baited at 10:30PM after something stripped all yoyo's)

Summary: 4 fish in pen and yoyo's baited under the still full moon - it's beautiful out there but COLD (having coldest winter in long time - so wasn't expecting to do much fishing this time of year any way

Birds eating bait fish

2010-02-09T01:48:00.001-06:00

Dang snow - so I now have over 1 hour video of birds catching bait fish in the snow. Don't worry I will not bore you with an hour video - I hate long video so this one is less than one minute

Birds fishing

2010-02-03T21:02:00.001-06:00

Dang birds are trying to eat all the bait fish in my brush pile. I chum / feed with dog food and range cubes to keep shad and shiners around my fishing pier

Real Fisherman

2010-02-01T19:34:00.001-06:00

A real fisherman never lets weather slow him / her down

Lake Conway Frozen

2010-01-15T21:37:00.001-06:00

High water xmas 2009

2009-12-25T15:13:00.001-06:00

xmas 2009: Some people were looking for snow - I was up most of the night watching the water rise - hoping it would not make it to my front door. Going to have to put on duck hunting boots and see if my boats are still floating in the boat house

Birds eating shad

2009-12-10T21:09:00.001-06:00

Birds - mainly American white pelicans are eating tons of shad that are around my place. No matter ! - cause with so many shad in the area - the fishing has been impossible - plus it's been too cold for an old softy like me

For past week any where from a couple dozen to about 100 white pelican's have been eating hundreds of shad a day - I have about an hour of video but I hate long video so I cut out 2 minutes (no video should be more than a couple minutes IMHO :)

Slower now

2009-12-08T09:38:00.003-06:00

Still had luck on 27th 28th 29th but 30th was rainly cold and no fish - then on Dec 1 (Tues - very slow but got 8-9 crappie and only 3 were keepers). Now past week the shad have taken over i.e. there are thousands and thousands of shad so the crappie are not hungry. Still catch a few yellow bass but nobody wants them

Expecting another cold spell maybe it'll run off the shad so the crappie will be hungry again but in past years the crappie have not 'returned' - I think they move to deeper water

Not expecting to catch but a few crappie a week in this time of year (combination of I'm not going out in the cold and crappie are not concentrated in front of my house anymore = bummer :(

Slow but some keepers

2009-11-26T19:49:00.003-06:00

Last few days, the crappie fishing has been slow - at least the 'keeper size' have been hard to 'come by'

Still catch some too many yellow bass and small bream while trying to find the keeper size crappie but even those have slowed down e.g. all fishing slowed down with the lake 1 ft low

Typical day - get about 12-15 fish but usually only 5-6 keeper crappie

Today my fish pen had 16 fish and about 4 were really nice and other dozen were 9-10" i.e. most were small keepers. My neighbors had that many or more but they had a few that were on the 'smaller size'

Bottom line: not much to brag about so not posting or making video - but on other hand slowly putting some crappie / fish fry's in the freezer of neighbors.

Dang Fat Crappie

2009-11-24T21:15:00.003-06:00

Baited a few yoyo's on fishing pier and at 8PM - checked them and found a 13" Crappie that had swallowed the hook - so I had to clean it - which sucks cause it takes as long to gather knife - bring bucket / fish in the house - clean it - vacuum pack it and clean up - I spent 45 minutes on one fish - I could have cleaned 40 fish in this amount of time in the day time i.e. dang fish shouldn't swallow the hook after dark cause they are pain in butt to clean one at a time.

BTW: this one was fat for a 13" crappie - cause it's exact weight was 1 lb 6.5oz - I've had 15" crappie that were only 1.5 lbs but this 13" was thick n heavy for it's length.

Addendum: Crappie fishing has been 'spotty' - for example today was decent day - got over 2 dozen crappie but most were 8-9" and I only kept ones 10" and larger - which means I only kept half a dozen crappie :(

Yesterday was about same story but they were only biting for about an hour (4 keepers) - while today they were biting for about 2 hours.

Cleaned 54 Crappie

2009-11-19T12:08:00.001-06:00

Neighbor cleaned 54 that we got - see write up on youtube

Got Limit (20) Crappie

2009-11-14T21:25:00.001-06:00

Haven't felt like posting on my blog - despite fact I've been catching some nice crappie (but keeping only 10" or longer)
Today - decided to keep 9" and larger and had no trouble getting my limit (20 crappie)

Crappie fishing

2009-11-13T22:17:00.003-06:00

Because of loss of dear friend been emotional e.g. I've been down in dumps and not really interested in fishing much. So I didn't even try fishing today until 4PM - and I picked up 4 really nice crappie in very short time. I also had one really big one that was 1.5 or 2 pounds that got off when I tried to lift it over the fishing pier rail (should have had net in my hand but didn't)

Anyway - the big ones may have been here all day but nobody was fishing

Previous day - only fished short time and only got small crappie

Crappie slow - catfish small

2009-11-11T14:09:00.002-06:00

For past several days, Crappie fishing has been crappy i.e. slow - with only a few keepers a day

So I started fishing a couple hours a day for catfish - which is also slow but got 3 catfish yesterday on rod n reel and 2 on yoyo's over night (along with a 12" crappie on yoyo) - most around a pound - but one was 2 lbs - another 1.5 lbs

I gave away these fish to a neighbor who is slowing filling his freezer

Need to get some work done around place today / tomorrow but a very close friend passed away last night and I'm depressed - in a I don't care mood so maybe I'll go fish and try to clear my head

Crappie and Channel Cat

2009-11-06T18:24:00.001-06:00

2.75 lb and 2 lb channel cats See previous blog post for more crappie results - example: 10 Crappie from previous day - all 10" or longer (throw about dozen smaller crappie back) - neighbor has more than a dozen i.e. couple dozen Crappie to clean.

I missed report one day in last week cause only got about 3 keepers.

Then this PM I only got 5 keepers (neighbor didn't fish today)