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Murky
Something gave and river was murkier today. Catching fish on orange blossoms today. The river flow is at 520 cfs and water clarity is...
Mark Crawford
Apr 18, 20251 min read
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Looks good!
Water is up so be safe out there. Still poor clarity, clearing up daily. Has that pea soup look I like! Caught a lot of fish today. It...
Mark Crawford
Apr 15, 20251 min read
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Accesses open!
Had a great morning on the water today. We floated from dam 3 to bayou and the bite was on. Caught high numbers on woollies, mainly...
Mark Crawford
Apr 14, 20251 min read
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Riverflow
This is a screenshot of the river gage during the flood Friday night. And yes that's feet, also notice how quick it dropped out. Looks...
Mark Crawford
Apr 10, 20251 min read
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Monday
Looks like I will wait and get out guiding on Monday. Still waiting on news from hatchery. Will post when they get damage assessed. I...
Mark Crawford
Apr 10, 20251 min read
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No float
Couldn't get into dam 3 this morning. Area is closed. Will keep yall posted!
Mark Crawford
Apr 10, 20251 min read
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Waiting
I'm waiting on info from AGFC on the hatchery. The Spring River is calming down and I plan on floating tomorrow if I can get to river. ...
Mark Crawford
Apr 9, 20251 min read
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1982
In 1982 there was an historic flood on the Spring River that wiped out the Hatchery on the river. The State of Arkansas began using the...
Mark Crawford
Apr 7, 20251 min read
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Mark Crawford
Apr 6, 20250 min read
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Raining still
I will get out with a full report tomorrow, it is still raining hard here. Should taper off tonight. Lot of damage in area from...
Mark Crawford
Apr 5, 20251 min read
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Mark Crawford
Apr 5, 20250 min read
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Flood warning
So far so good, major storms moved thru last night. No damage here, heavy rain north of us has the warm fork muddy. Nothing bad yet,...
Mark Crawford
Apr 3, 20251 min read
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River looks great
Had a great day on the water today with olive. Lot of really heavy rainbows, few smallies and some crazy savage strikes from river...
Mark Crawford
Mar 28, 20251 min read
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Started slow
Started out warm and sunny, fish didn't like that. Caught few on y2k, guppie, olive woolly. Clouds moved in end of day and they turned on...
Mark Crawford
Mar 25, 20251 min read
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Perfect day
Caught a lot of nice bows today. Started with woollies, but y2ks on the bottom was the trick for the most fun and best fish. Lots if...
Mark Crawford
Mar 22, 20251 min read
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Windy
River looks great, still up some at 430 cfs, water clarity is clear with green tint. It is so windy today, Hunter and I decided to hit a...
Mark Crawford
Mar 19, 20251 min read
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New boat
I bought a low pro hyde drift boat from Leslie and I like it! I have been guiding in a Montana skiff for over 15 years, it floats flat...
Mark Crawford
Mar 16, 20251 min read
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Good here
River looks fine this morning. Got little rain here and honestly not much of a storm last night. North of us just a little ways a tornado...
Mark Crawford
Mar 15, 20251 min read
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Orange slice
Gotta talk about a tough day on Monday, if we had on the orange slice we caught fish. Been having some epic days and some tough days....
Mark Crawford
Mar 12, 20251 min read
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Good times!
Olive and white streamer early, then Hopper dropper for a fun day. Did get kinda hot out....
Mark Crawford
Mar 12, 20251 min read
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