went to arkansas with my bro-in-law to the white river to do some trout fishing. i had never been trout fishing (other than down at the coast for specs) so this was new to me. the cool thing is, we did it like bass fishing. we used spinning reels and rapalas...
i caught my first brown trout, rainbow trout, smallmouth bass. i even caught a lamprey. i also caught a fish that i had no idea what it is. it looks like a combo between a carp and a bowfin.

check out the pics...
1st brown trout

here is the lamprey. it came off of a nice brown that it was attached to. it pulled free from the big brown

nice rainbow...

nice!

my bro in law with a nce brown

another big bull brown

rainbow

my bro in law and his german shorthair, Tex. that dog sure loves his master

norfork river

Matt's first smalley

Matt hooked up
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nice bluff
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Tex sees lunch..lol we rented a boat for a few hours
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matt with rainbow
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my first smalley
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another 'bow
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i am not sure if you can tell what this is by the pic, but if you look at the top center f the pic, you will see antlers. this 9 pointer was at the bottom. what a waste
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Tex
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'bow
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thank God for waders. the water was like 55 degrees
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lil one
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here is that fish that i have no idea what it is
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camp site
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there were trout actually jumping up this waterfall...not quite making it
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we had a great time. i would reccommend it to anyone

The fish you dont know what it is looks like a carp. Looks like y'all had a great time

it is defintley not a carp...a common anyway

great pics. how far is this place from dallas? what is the name of the city in arkansas? you got me itching to go!

Great pics - nice looking trip! I'll be heading up for a trip with cutter on the white rive in March - can't wait!

Thanks for posting the pics!
Brent

Awesome pictures! Great fish, I LOVE smallmouth bass. The master of the Black Bass family, hehehe.

As for your mystery fish - Did you get any better pictures of it?

You're right, it's definitely not a common carp. Scales are too small, body shape isn't quite right, and the dorsal and tail fins are all wrong.

It looks to me to be a type of chub, or maybe a type of sucker.

I'd need a better picture though I think.

that is the only pic i got. the mouth had a few teeth in it, and it bit a rapala. the watrer temp was 55 degrees if that helps at all. i was thinking of that same fish you caught in your net, but the mouth is different than the one you had. It's mouth was in the front. it looked like a huge shiner almost

this place is in north arkansas near mountain home and buffalo shoals by Lake Norfolk. They stock trout in there every year. The world record brown is caught out of the white river. (40 lbs)
i would say 10 hours from dallas. you would need to make a weekend out of it. it was a BLAST!!!

Great pics and report! Looks like some fun was had by all!

I heard that the White River is good fishing but didn't know one could camp there. Did you have to get anyone's permission to camp and fish that stretch?

Great looking pictures!! Looks like yall had a super trip!!

nice photos
trout are a blast to catch and great to eat

looks like an awesome trip!

it was a great time. there are a few state parks you can fish, but we found a place called Rileys that was free. Matt lives in Memphis, so it is only a 4 hour drive for him and he has been there like 10 times. It was a good location, not far from several places to fish. The trout fishing will be good anywhere with 50 miles of the dam. After that, the water gets a little too warm for most of the trout minus the rainbows. they can stand temps in the 70's.

all fish were released by the way

Man that looks absolutely incredible. That would make a great getaway anytime.

Looks like a old fashioned camp out to me. You guys must have had a great time. LOL!

Ted,

Your bro-in-law is in my wedding. That trip is a blast. Tell Matt that one of the 870 Boys said hi. I was surfing through the pics and saw the one of you standing on the rock with the river in the background below you. I told myself that looked very familiar. I have one of Matt, me, and the other 870 Boys in that exact spot.

Craig