Family Fishing Trips Guide Service

Charters run on Lake Hamilton, the Ouachita River impoundment that sits on the edge of Hot Springs, from a 22-foot Blue Wave Classic pushed by a 200hp four-stroke and rigged with two standard Garmin sonar units and two Garmin Panoptix LiveScope units. She is wide and stable, built to fish four adults comfortably and up to six when children are aboard, with room to move around. Crappie are worked pole-in-hand over cover or by hovering on the live-imaging screen; white bass and hybrid striper come casting and trolling live bait, crankbaits and spoons. Walleye, bream and catfish fill in around them. Days start early, every crappie pole and casting rod needed is already on the boat, and the fish go home cleaned.