A buddy and I took the canoe out to crooked creek today to do some fishing. Water was 81 degrees and clear....for crooked creek. Fishing was EXCELLENT, we caught 40+ brownies along with some different perches, one largemouth, and one goggleye. All fish of good size were caught on crawfish pattern crankbaits and minnow pattern jerkbaits, with the exception of one good sized fish caught on a PB&J jig and craw. Enough bs, on to the pics:

I will post them in order of smallest to biggest, all taken with his camera. Smallest fish of the day goes to me for catching this perch with a crankbait. I caught a BUNCH of perch not much bigger than that on this crankbait today:

here is the one I caught on the jig and craw:

going up the list here are some more fish, one being spiderman's largest of the day:





Here is the largemouth, I caught it below the slab a ways.

I caught this fish in the exact same spot that I caught another keeper last time I floated this stretch of the river

and last but not least was this monster:


To date this is the biggest brownie I have caught and it put up a heck of a fight. We estimated the weight between 3-4lb. I need to get a tape measure in the boat. I bought a scale but it is a cheapie and horrifically inaccurate.

Great pics. My dad and I use to float and fish Crooked Creek. That was one of his favorite ways to fish. We have floated several Rivers and Creeks in SE Oklahoma, NW Arkansas, and SW Missouri.

it is more difficult fishing from a canoe but I like it alot.

Wow! I haven't fished that creek in almost 15 years!
used to be the #1 smallmouth stream in america, and it looks like it's still just as good.
Thanks for bringing back some great memories.

Nice! I want to catch some smallies now...

drag on up here. there is a place renting canoes on the creek.

where is it at?

They say before the White River was dammed up it was the premier Smallmouth fishing anywhere around.

I've wade fished Crooked Creek out of Yellville. We caught some nice smallies! Fun times!

between harrison, AR and yellville are the best floats.



I bet it was.