Buffalo River Arkansas - Canoeing and Fishign

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I was also wondering about anyone's successes/failures of fishing this stretch of river.

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The time I went, and we launched in Ponca, a crawfish crank bait beat the crap out of soft plastics. Pretty much this Rebel,



Very small, and one of the brownish colors.

Pumpkin seed or a dark green salt and pepper Gitzit. No weight in the tube. Throw it in the slack water on back side of rapid. Or let it float/sink through the rapids and into the eddy naturally. You will catch the biggest and most brownie (smallmouth) that way.

If you want to catch bream, goggle eye, or small brownie throw a Rapala crank crawdad near the weed lines or rocks in the slower pools. Nothing bigger than 1/4 oz, I prefer 1/8 oz for the kids. They get the most hookups that way.

Most of all enjoy the beauty of the surrounding land. One of the cleanest rivers in the USA. If you hit green water (super deep) may as well put your pole up and float along. I never catch much in these areas.

for a fly, try a near 'nuff crayfish in olive or brown or even orange. sink tip line really makes a difference sometimes as you can bounce it along the bottom.

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Gitzit.

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Those are still made?

This book has A LOT of information about the Buffalo River. It gives history, rock formations, hikes, etc. I don't think it has anything about fishing, but it should be able to answer any other questions.