Fishing Highlight of the Week: The Fly Fishing Film Tour will return to Arkansas, April 10, at the Malco Theatre in Fayetteville. The tour visits 125 cities across the U.S. and Canada, and Fayetteville is the only stop in Arkansas. It will feature the best fly fishing films of 2011, in the best possible atmosphere, a crowd of like-minded fly fishers. There will be prize drawing and giveaways, and a whole lot of fun. Nearly all the shows sell out in advance. Discount advance tickets ($12) can be purchased from Dally’s Ozark Fly Fisher in Cotter, AR and McLellan’s Fly Shop in Fayetteville.

Arkansas and White river levels are available at: http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=lzk

For real-time information on stream flow in Arkansas from the U.S. Geological Survey, visit: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ar/nwis/rt

For water quality statistics (including temperature) in many Arkansas streams and lakes, visit: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ar/nwis/current/?type=quality

Family and Community Fishing Ponds: Trout have been stocked across the state and will be easy to catch throughout the holiday season. Worms, small crappie jigs and spinners all work well, as does Berkley Power Bait. Click http://www.agfc.com/fishing/Pages/Fi...ogramsFCF.aspx for a list of program ponds.

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Central Arkansas


Craig D. Campbell Lake Conway Reservoir

Bates Field and Stream (501-470-1846) said the water is stained and at normal level. Bream are biting well on worms and crickets. Crappie are biting well on Lil’ Hustler jigs around Pierce Creek and the Twin Bridges. Bass are biting well on Rat-L-Traps and Alabama rigs. Catfishing is excellent on yo-yos baited with minnows.

Dan at Gold Creek Landing (501-607-0590) had no new report.

Little Red River

Lindsey’s Resort (501-302-3139) ) said the water is clear and two generators are running fairly regularly. Trout are excellent on nightcrawlers drifted in the current and on spinners.

Greers Ferry

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 461.1 feet MSL (Normal conservation pool - 461 MSL).

Tommy Cauley of Fish Finder Guide Service said the water level at Greers Ferry lake is falling. The hybrids and white bass fishing continues to be good on The Claw rigged with in-line spinners and on spoons and a few topwater lures. The fish are suspended 10 feet deep in 70 feet of water; watch your electronics and for the birds feeding. Largemouth bass, spotted bass and smallmouth bass are biting well on The Claw (Alabama rig). They also can be caught on football head jigs, Carolina rigs and spinnerbaits. No report on catfish. Crappie are biting well on The Claw, baited with small jigs and grubs and on jigs tipped with a minnow, in water 15-25 feet deep over 60-80 feet of water. No report on bream. The walleye are still on the move, with some already upriver waiting on just the right time to move on up and lay their eggs, and the rest of the river fish are on their way.

Cody S. Smith of www.fishgreersferry.com had no new report.

Harris Brake Lake

Harris Brake Lakeside Resort (501-889-2745) said the water is murky and high. Bream are slow. Crappie are biting well on minnows. Bass are slow. Catfishing is good on large minnows.

Whiskers Sporting Goods in Perryville (501-889-2011) said crappie are biting, but are moving around the lake looking for roving bunches of shad. The best baits are minnows and Bobby Garland Baby Shad. Catfish are fair on minnows and worms in shallow water and boat runs. Bass are fair on spinnerbaits and Rooster Tails. Bream are slow.

Lake Overcup

Overcup Landing (501-354-9007) had no new report.

Whiskers Sporting Goods (501-889-2011) said crappie are slow but moving around. Minnows and Bobby Garland Baby Shads in black/sliver/white with an orange jig head are picking up a couple of fish.


Brewer Lake

Overcup Landing (501-354-9007) had no report.

Lake Maumelle

Jolly Roger’s Marina had no new report.

Lake Valencia

Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop (501-758-4958) had no report.

Sunset Lake

Turbyfill’s Outdoor Sports (501-315-3061) said the water is clear and at normal level. All species are slow.


Saline River Access in Benton

Turbyfill’s Outdoor Sports (501-315-3061) said the water is clear and at normal level. Bream are slow. Crappie are slow. Bass are excellent on orange crankbaits and ¼-oz. black/blue jigs. Catfishing is slow. Walleye are biting well on pumpkinseed grubs.

Arkansas River at Morrilton

Charley’s Hidden Harbor at Opello said the warm weather has brought the shad up shallow on the windblown side of the river. Catfishing is good on whole shad in 4 to 8 feet of water. Spotted bass are feeding on the shad as well and can be caught on crankbaits and spinnerbaits around warm, shallow water.

Arkansas River (Maumelle Pool)

Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop (501-758-4958) had no report.

Arkansas River (Little Rock Pool)

Vince Miller from Fish ’N Stuff said the water is stained and at normal level. Bream are slow. Crappie are biting well on red/chartreuse jigs in rocky areas around backwaters. Bass are biting well on crankbaits. Catfishing is slow.

McSwain Sports Center (501-945-2471) said the water below Terry Lock and Dam is stained and low. Bream are fair on crickets. Crappie are excellent on minnows in the backwaters. Bass are fair on black/blue jigs. Catfishing is fair on nightcrawlers.


Clear Lake

McSwain Sports Center (501-945-2471) said the water is stained and at normal level. Bream are fair on crickets. Crappie are excellent on minnows and chartreuse/black tube jigs. Bass are fair on black/blue jigs. Catfishing is fair on nightcrawlers.

Peckerwood Lake

Herman’s Landing (870-241-3731) said the landing is closed until February.

Lake Pickthorne

Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop (501-758-4958) had no report.

North Arkansas


White River

Sportsman’s White River Resort (870-453-2424) said the water is clear and low in the mornings. Trout fishing is excellent on shrimp. Fly fishing is excellent on woolly buggers and nymphs. Brown trout are biting well on jigs, Rapalas and Rogues

Randy Oliver at www.randyoliverguide.com (901-832-1903) said generation has been high the last week and the fishing has been hot. Drift fishing using Power Bait in yellow and pink/white fished in the deeper channels has worked better this week than lures.

Guide Davy Wotton said unseasonably warm weather has been most welcome, and fish have been active most of the day. Generations have been a little erratic with days of very high water to lower generations and shut down, therefore you will have to pay attention for the best zones to fish, be it wade or boat fishing. Brown trout fishing continues to be exceptional with many days of double-digit numbers and fish well over 20 inches. Both rivers are well stocked with rainbows as well. The best options will be drift-fishing combinations of sow bugs, white tail black and red midges, prism worms and hares ear during low water. During high water, switch to combinations of eggs, San Juan worms, larger sizes of sow bugs, scuds and white tail midges. Streamer fishing may be good one day and gone another. The Bull Shoals Dam area opens Feb 1. If there are low water levels then, midges, sowbugs and soft hackles will be the order of the day, if we see generations then most of the above will work..

Jim Brentlinger at Linger’s Guide Service and Fishing Lodge(870-499-5185) said fishing is excellent on green or ginger Zig Jigs. In the deeper holes, Rapalas will produce. Get out and enjoy the nice weather. Just be careful in the low water and keep an eye out for problem areas. Get someone to shuttle you around and do one-way trips.

Buffalo River

Just Fishing Guides had no new report.

Crooked Creek

Just Fishing Guides had no new report.

Bull Shoals Lake

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 653.55 feet MSL (Normal conservation pool - 654 MSL).

Mike Worley’s Guide Service said unseasonably warm weather has kept water temps 48-52 degrees with many species of fish moving shallow and biting on jigs, suspending stick baits and grubs. Sow rolling an Alabama rig baited with 5 twister-tailed grubs has produced striped bass, white bass, black bass and walleye. Deeper fish are biting on jigging spoons about 40 feet deep on points and drop offs. Crappie are biting over brush piles on jigs about 20 feet deep.

Bull Shoals Tailwater

Just Fishing Guides had no new report.

Lake Norfork

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 551.95 feet MSL (Normal conservation pool: Sept.-April - 552 MSL, April-Sept. - 554 MSL).

Blackburn Resort said the lake level has dropped to just below 552 with intermediate generation. The creeks are stained a little from recent rains, and you can see about 7 feet down on the main lake. Crappie and bass fishing are the best with some walleye showing up with the big bass. Surface temperature has dropped to just below 50 degrees. Grubs, spoons and swim baits are working well for bass and crappie, and minnows on a slip float are working excellently for crappie as well. Fishing has been very good in general, with some very big fish being caught. Most fish are about halfway up the creeks near brush. Stripers are holding deeper and are moving in and out of the creeks.

101 Grocery and Bait said fishing has been good. Crappie are hitting minnows and small plastic baits from 10 to 20 feet deep. Bass fishing has been good on flukes and jerk baits. Stripers are hitting shiners and jigging spoons. White bass fishing has been slow.

STR Outfitters said the stripers are in their winter pattern and are in 60 to 100 feet of water around shad in the mid-lake area. Stripers are off mid-lake bluff walls and main lake creeks. There are large schools feeding on small shad. Baits set at 24 to 36 feet were all producing. Float creek and Crystal Cove have been the best spots in the afternoons.

Hummingbird Hideaway Resort said crappie anglers have been doing well. Live bait is working the best, but small grubs tipped with a minnow are also working well. The fish are still on shallow brush (6 to 10 feet deep) early and late in the day and go to deeper brush in mid-day. You can also find them at all depths. Bass are suspended 10 to 20 feet deep in water 25 to 35 feet. Some good stripers came 40 feet down in 70 feet of water off of bluff lines.

Guide Steve Olomon said the water temperature is 50-52. Look for stripers suspended in 30-50 feet down during the day along bluffs and creek channels. Drop a jigging spoon and throw a stick bait for the fish up on the bank. Throw a vibratail grub on a ¼-oz. jig head to the bank and work it slowly back to the boat. Throw Wiggle Warts along the banks if the wind is blowing.

Randy Oliver at www.randyoliverguide.com (901-832-1903) had no new report

Norfork Tailwater

Randy Oliver at www.randyoliverguide.com (901-832-1903) said low generation and low fishing pressure have the fish scattered and holding in the deep holes above the catch-and-release to the shoals below the dam.

Just Fishing Guides had no report.

Northwest Arkansas


Beaver Lake

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 1,120.04 feet MSL (Normal conservation pool - 1,120 MSL).

Bailey’s Beaver Lake Guide Service (479-366-8664) had no report.

JT’s Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass have been biting well on jigs with a craw trailer along and in docks located on sloping chunk rock banks. The best colors have been green pumpkin and pumpkin. Fish also have been biting crawdad-colored Wiggle Warts on windy days along windblown banks and points. Crappie fishing has been very good on sunny and warm days. Fish will suspend above brush piles, laydowns and pole timber in 15 to 35 feet of water close to a channel and can be caught using a jig under a cork set 4 to 8 feet deep. If action is tough, try slow reeling a curly tailed grub from the bottom up to locate fish. The best jig colors have been black/chartreuse, pink/white and blue/white. Blue Springs, Kelly Creek and Monte-NE have all been good places to fish. White bass can still be picked off by slow trolling a Bandit crankbait over main lake flats and points. Prairie Creek, Point 12, War Eagle Marina and the mouth of Monte-NE have all been good places to troll. Catfish can be caught from the bank late in the day using liver or stinkbait. Highway 12 or 412 bridges have been good places to find catfish.

Southtown Sporting Goods (479-443-7148) said the water is stained in the rivers and clear around the lake. The water is a little high. Bream are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows, jigs and trolled crankbaits in 8 to 12 feet of water. Bass are biting well on crankbaits and Alabama rigs. Stripers are fair on shad, and a few have hit topwater lately. Catfishing is slow.

Beaver Tailwater

Just Fishing Guides had no new report.

Lake Elmdale

Lucky Key at Duck Camp Fishing Retreat said it’s been a little slow lately. The wind has been very rough. Bass are biting suspending crankbaits and green Hula grubs fished slowly near drop offs.

Kings River

Just Fishing Guides had no new report.

Lake Fayetteville

Lake Fayetteville Boat Dock (479-444-3476) has reopened. The water is clear and at normal level. No report on the fishing.

Lake Sequoyah

Lake Sequoyah Boat Dock (479-444-3475) said the water is clear and at normal level. The surface temperature is at 43 degrees. Bream are slow. Crappie are biting well on jigs in 4 to 5 feet of water, with some good crappie up to 2 lbs. being caught. Bass and catfish are slow.

Northeast Arkansas


Lake Charles

Lake Charles State Park had no report.

Lake Poinsett

Lake Poinsett State Park had no report.

Crown Lake

Boxhound Marina (870-670-4496) said the water is clear and 6 inches high. Bream are slow. Crappie are biting well on minnows and jigs in 30 feet of water. Bass are biting well on white, smoke or shad-colored soft-plastic swimbaits. Catfishing is slow.

Lake Frierson

Lake Frierson State Park said the water is murky and at normal level.

Spring River

Mark Crawford with Spring River Flies and Guides said water levels are running at 350 cfs at the spring and water clarity is clear with a green tint. The trout have been hitting very well over the last week. Guppies, mayfly emergers and Y2ks are hot. If you’re spin fishing it is hard to go wrong with a Trout Magnet. It should be fished below a float just off the bottom. Hot colors this week have been tan, white and hot pink. With the temps up and down, dress for cold and shed layers as it warms up.

Southeast Arkansas


Lake Chicot
Local angler Jessie James said the water temperature was 52 to 56 degrees. Catfish were biting well this week. Bream were caught on worms fairly well. Crappie are biting very well around docks and underwater brush piles. Bass were biting well on white Bionic Custom Baits spinnerbaits with a white curly tail trailer and on white Booyah Baby Boo jigs with a white trailer swam at the top. White and blue Shooter crankbaits were working well with a stop-and-go retrieve.

Fishing guide Greg Gulledge (870-723-3928) of MonticelloBigBass.com had no report.

Lake Chicot State Park had no report.

Cane Creek Lake

Cane Creek State Park had no report.

Lake Monticello

Fishing guide Greg Gulledge (870-723-3928) of MonticelloBigBass.com said the bass are pretty slow with very few anglers fishing for them. White bass and crappie are biting in the deep water on minnows. Action has been pretty spotty.

Southwest Arkansas


Millwood Lake
New regulations for largemouth bass have gone into effect as of January 1, 2012. See http://www.agfc.com/resources/Pages/...okFishing.aspx for details.
Mike Siefert at Millwood Lake Guide Service said the lake level is dropping slowly back to normal conservation pool and is expected to continue through the week. Surface temperatures are 52 to 55 degrees. The discharge rate is 8,818 CFS, and there is a considerable amount of current with debris in Little River due to the incoming muddy water. Water clarity ranges from 5 to 8 inches in the river, depending on location. River Run East facilities are still undergoing maintenance and upgrades, and are closed until mid-July 2012. Paraloma Park is closed for winter. All other ramps and USACE parks are open. USACE recently completed updates at White Cliffs Camp ground with addition of 6-8 more campsites, and other facility improvements. The lake level has begun dropping back to normal conservation pool, and we are finding the bass in transition pulling back out to major creek tributaries and junctions with Little River. The best bet over the past week continues to be on Gene Larew Hog Craws in black, black/blue and June Bug colors. Yum Wooly Bugs, or creature baits like Zoom Brush Hogs in Watermelon/Red, Black/Blue and Killer Craw, were also catching some good bass on cypress trees and knees in 8-12 feet of water. Magnum Tubes are also working around stumps and cypress trees and knees. War Eagle spinnerbaits in Aurora, Hot Mouse, or Cole Slaw colors are working well slow rolled around lily pad stems. Salty Rat Tails, Yum Dingers, and Senko-style worms in purple smoke fleck, watermelon/red, or green pumpkin, are taking some nice largemouth spotted bass. Rat-L-Traps in Toledo Gold, Citrus Zombie or Sexy Zombie were working fairly well. The key to the Rat-L-Trap bite is slowing down the retrieve to a crawl and deflecting off stumps in flats 6-8 feet deep. The white bass have gone deep in the river channel, and all but disappeared with the recent influx of muddy water and increased current. Snake Creek tributary off Little River still has a few spotted bass bunched up out of the muddy current that were hitting lizards and Baby Brush Hogs in blackberry, chartreuse pumpkin, or cherry seed colors. Crappie are still very scattered. Catfish remain very good to excellent on trotlines, yo-yos and tight lines, along current and break lines in the outer bends of Little River. Blues and channel catfish were biting on cut shad, blood bait, hot dogs and chicken livers in 14-18 feet of Little River.


Lake Columbia

Steve’s Outdoor Sports (870-234-2222) had no report.

Lake Erling

Steve’s Outdoor Sports (870-234-2222) had no report.

Lake Greeson

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation was 547.45 MSL (Flood pool - 548 MSL).

Lakeside Grocery and Bait (870-398-5304) said the water is murky and high. The surface temperature is 48 degrees. Bream are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs in brush around 20 feet deep. Bass are suspended over 30 feet of water, and are fair on Alabama-rigged centipedes and jigs fished a few feet under the surface. Catfishing is slow. Walleye are slow.

For more information on crappie fishing at Lake Greeson, visit Jerry Blake’s website, www.actionfishingtrips.com/tripreports.htm.

Lake Greeson Tailwater (Little Missouri River)

Visit www.littlemissouriflyfishing.com for a daily update on fishing conditions.

Cossatot River

Cossatot River State Park had no report.

DeGray Lake

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation was 407.02 feet MSL (Flood pool - 408 MSL).

Local angler George Graves said the water temperature is in the high 40s and the lake is clear up to Point 14. Bass fishing is fair with most fishing now on the deep points, humps and ledges at 20 to 40 feet. The best presentation has been either a Texas-rigged worm or lizard and a heavy jig with soft-plastic "critter" trailer. The best colors are green pumpkin, red shad and cotton candy. Fish on or near the bottom very slowly in the cold water. Look for fish on main lake points and ledges from Arlie Moore to Cox Creek. Also try the mouths of coves with standing timber. Some fish have been caught on 1-oz. chartreuse or white jigging spoons around channel ledges in Big Hill Creek at 25 to 30 feet. Crappie fishing is slow; the fish are buried in the brush. Best method is to fish deep attractors at 25 to 30 feet and fish vertically over the thickest part of the brush. Use a 2-inch Tennessee shad grub or tube on a 1/16-ounce jig head and fish very slow with little or no jigging action. Also be sure to put a crappie nibble on the jig, it works. Look for attractors on the main lake between Caddo Drive and Point Cedar. Also try Big Hill Creek. Hybrid fishing is good with some big catches reported from the Shouse Ford and Point Cedar areas. The fish are schooling in preparation for their false spawning run up the Caddo River. Look for schools on the sonar which will be suspended at 15 to 20 feet in 30 to 35 feet of water. Throw a white or chartreuse 3 inch curly tail grub on a 1/4 ounce jig head or a 1/2 ounce jigging spoon in chrome or chartreuse. Best time is during the warmest part of the day, so no need to get an early start. No reports on bream or catfish.
West-Central Arkansas


Lake Nimrod

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation was 342.9 feet MSL.

Whiskers Sporting Goods (501-889-2011) said crappie are biting below the dam and in open water on the lake on minnows and Bobby Garland Baby Shad. Bream are slow.

Lake Bailey (Petit Jean Mountain)

Whiskers Sporting Goods (501-889-2011) said bream are fair on crickets and worms. Catfish are fair on worms.

Fourche La Fave River

Whiskers Sporting Goods (501-889-2011) said the river is stained and high. Crappie are biting on minnows and worms in run off areas. Catfish are biting on stink bait and livers in the river. Other species are slow.

Lake Hinkle

Bill’s Bait Shop (479-637-7419) said had no report.

Lake Dardanelle

Regina Olson at Spadra Marina said crappie are still biting very well. Colors of choice have been red/clear glitter, blue/clear glitter and silver. Minnow fishermen are still catching bigger crappie than jig fishermen. The rain seems to turn them off for a day or so, but when it is clear they pick back up again. They are staying in 4-7 feet of water, although I have heard minnow fishermen are fishing up to 14 feet deep. Catfish are stable. You can expect to catch a few, but may have to work hard to get your limit. They are biting best on shad (when you can find them), but many are using bass minnows or worms. Chartreuse worms have been reportedly doing very well still, which is a nice piece of information to keep in mind. So far, the glow worms have worked well in all-weather types. We have been seeing a lot more bass fishermen as of late, mostly trying to get a hold of the Alabama Rigs that have gained a lot of attention recently. Apparently they are producing some nice catches, because we keep getting customers coming by for more. Blue/Black and silvers have been the main lure color choices.

Blue Mountain Lake

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation was 386.08 feet MSL.

Lake Ouachita

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation was 576.96 MSL (Flood pool - 578 MSL).

Larry Hurley from Poorman’s Guide Service said bass fishing is good with a jig and pig in dark colors fished around wood off of small points in creeks. Stripers are good in creeks above the standing timber on large spinnerbaits.

Trader Bill’s Outdoor Sports said the lake temperature is in the 50s. The lake level is above full pool. The water color is stained to clear. There is some good moss growing on the northeast side of the lake about 8 to 10 feet below the surface and scattered along the banks of Blakley's, Rabbit, and Cedar Fourche. Try a jig and a crank-bait over the moss. Also an Alabama rig can catch good fish off points and ledges. Crappie are in 10 to 15 feet of water over brush or moss.

Mountain Harbor Resort said the water is 46 to 50 degrees and stained. Largemouth bass are excellent on a watermelonseed or black/blue jigs. Umbrella rigs are producing a lot of quality fish as well fished 15 to 30 feet deep with shad-colored baits attached. Walleye are fair and being caught on bottom bouncer jigs, spoons and deep-diving crankbaits trolled 25 to 35 feet deep around brush.
Stripers are very good and being caught on live bait and trolled large hair jigs or crankbaits 18-25 feet deep. Crappie are biting well near and over brush in 12 to 20 feet of water on minnows or Tennessee shad or rainbow trout-colored crappie grubs. Catfish are fair and being caught on cut bait and live bait on jug lines and trotlines from 20-30 feet deep.


Lake Hamilton

Trader Bill’s Outdoor Sports said the lake temperature is in the 50s and cooling. The water color is stained to clear. The lake is 5 feet down from full pool for the winter drawdown. The Alabama rig has taken over most tournament weigh-ins. Put your boat over 60 feet of water and fish over 20 to 50 feet deep on deep points and ledge banks. A jig at the mouth of creeks is also working well. Crappie are in 8 to 12 feet of water and biting well on shad-colored jigs.

For a daily fishing report from Darryl Morris, visit Family Fishing Trips.

Lake Catherine

For weekly flow releases from Carpenter Dam, visit www.entergy.com/hydro.

Shane Goodner, owner of Catch’em All Guide Service, said water temperature below Carpenter Dam is 50 degrees with clear conditions in the tailrace. Rainbow trout fishing has improved dramatically in the last week as quality fish are present and feeding heavily on threadfin shad. Trout are highly scattered from the dam for several miles downstream. Bank anglers should fish in periods of slack water and avoid generation times. Fast water is extremely difficult to manage from the bank. Brightly colored Power Bait, wax worms, nightcrawlers or redworms fished on the bottom or under a bobber work well in current or slack water. Fly fishermen casting egg patterns in white or orange with a strike indicator on the edges of current have done very well with catches of trout over 15 inches. Woolly buggers in black or green and micro jigs in white have been consistent producers. Trolling small crankbaits against the current has been excellent for large rainbows. With the trout stocking program in full swing, the big stripers have started showing up around the bridge. These huge fish hang around the deeper water and prey upon newly stocked trout that are sick or disoriented from the trip to the lake. Topwater activity is fierce during this time. While C-10 Redfins and Super Spooks are a mainstay for this type of fishing, smaller offerings such as 4- and 5-inch soft plastics often provoke more strikes from these monster fish. This size bait is closer to the body style of threadfin or gizzard shad normally preyed upon and offers an easy meal. Strong rods and lines are recommended with many of these fish over 20 pounds. No white bass or crappie have been caught.

Lake Atkins

Lucky Landing (479-641-7615) had no report.

South-Central Arkansas


White Oak Lake

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will commence a renovation project on Lower White Oak Lake in January 2012. The lake is currently being drained.

Moro Bay

Moro Bay State Park at the junction of the Ouachita River, Raymond Lake and Moro Bay had no report.

Ouachita River Oxbows

Jaret Rushing had no new report.

Tri-County Lake

Jaret Rushing had no report.

East Arkansas


Bear Creek Lake

Mississippi River State Park said bass have been good on crankbaits and spinnerbaits near points. Bream are fair on wax worms. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair on minnows in shallow water.


Storm Creek Lake

Mississippi River State Park ssaid bass have been good on crawdad-colored crankbaits. Bream are slow on wax worms. Crappie are fair on grubs. Catfishing has been slow.

White River

Triangle Sports (870-793-7122) said the water is clear and low. Bass are fair on jigs, soft-plastic grubs and crawdad-colored crankbaits. All other species are slow..

Maddox Bay

Maddox Bay Landing (870-462-8317) said the water is muddy and at normal level. No report on the fishing.

Horseshoe Lake

Local angler Clyde Gregory said the water is clear and at normal level. Bream are fair on wax worms. Crappie are biting well on minnows and black/chartreuse jigs fished around piers. Bass are slow. Catfishing is good on cut bait and nightcrawlers hung from yo-yos and limblines.