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Looking good!
Just local run off, Spring River looks great this morning! Little cloudy
Mark Crawford
Apr 28, 20251 min read
Lot of rain
Had a slight chance of rain this morning, and let me tell ya it has been raining hard here all morning. Local creeks got up and nasty....
Mark Crawford
Apr 27, 20251 min read


The Outdoorsman with Max
Filming the next few days. These guys are a lot of fun!
Mark Crawford
Apr 25, 20251 min read


Woollies
Woolly buggers did great today. Overcast nasty looking day was perfect. River is looking great, did not get much rain, thank goodness!...
Mark Crawford
Apr 24, 20251 min read
Cleared up!
Water levels are running at 510 cfs, 350 avg, at the Spring and water clarity is clearing up. The river is clearing up this week. Rain...
Mark Crawford
Apr 24, 20251 min read


Few storms
Well we got more rain. Mainly to the north of us most of the day on Saturday, causing the warm fork to get brown for a bit on Sunday....
Mark Crawford
Apr 21, 20251 min read
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


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


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
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


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


No float
Couldn't get into dam 3 this morning. Area is closed. Will keep yall posted!
Mark Crawford
Apr 10, 20251 min read


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
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


Mark Crawford
Apr 6, 20250 min read


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


Mark Crawford
Apr 5, 20250 min read


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


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
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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