Fishing Highlight of the Week: The refill of both lakes Hamilton and Catherine will begin March 3 and be back to full pool by March 11.

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 excellent on worms and crickets. Crappie are biting well on jigs and pink minnows in Gold and Caney creeks. Bass are excellent on shad-colored spinnerbaits in Pierce Creek. Catfishing is excellent on minnows and stinkbait hung from yo-yos in the Brandon Landing area.

Dan at Gold Creek Landing (501-607-0590) said crappie are still biting well on jigs or minnows. Bream are biting well on redworms fished just off the bottom. Catfishing is good on yo-yos baited with minnows and nightcrawlers. No report on bass.

Little Red River

Lindsey’s Resort (501-302-3139) ) said the water is clear and low, with two generators running sporadically. Trout are excellent on PowerBait during low water and white spinners during high water.


Greers Ferry

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 462.47 feet MSL (Normal conservation pool - 461 MSL).

Tommy Cauley of Fish Finder Guide Service said the lake level is falling. The surface temperature is 46-49 degrees and rising. The expected warm rain should really put the river walleye on the move and a lot of males should start showing up soon. Try hair jigs, jigs with minnows and crankbaits. The hybrids and white bass continue to be good all over the lake. Try the Claw (Alabama rig), spoons, hair jigs and in-line spinners. No report on catfish. Crappie are still good around brush piles and in the pole timber. Jigs, jigs with minnows and small spoons fished vertically are catching the most fish.

Cody S. Smith of www.fishgreersferry.com said the water is falling with daily releases. Surface temperatures dropped from the low 50s to the high 40s. Quality largemouths are being taken on Alabama-rigged paddletail swimbaits. The fish are scattered around pre-spawn locations. Cover a lot of water to catch these larger staging fish, while most of the smaller largemouths are still schooled tightly in their winter pattern. White bass are beginning to feed well on the main lake with a few showing up in the rivers. Vertically jigging a spoon around suspended fish has been the best way to catch white bass. It’s still a little early for a good walleye bite, but longer days and the full moon should spur some better action.

Harris Brake Lake

Harris Brake Lakeside Resort (501-889-2745) said the water is clear and high. Bream are slow. Crappie are biting well on minnows and jigs. Bass are biting well on spinnerbaits. Catfishing is excellent on trotlines baited with shad.

Whiskers Sporting Goods in Perryville (501-889-2011) said crappie are biting well on the east and south sides of the lake before sunup and sundown. The best lures for crappie have been minnows and white/salt and pepper Bobby Garland Baby Shad tipped with a crappie nibble. Catfish are biting well on minnows and worms in shallow water and deep boat runs. Bass are fair on spinnerbaits and Rooster Tails. Bream are slow.

Lake Overcup

Overcup Landing (501-354-9007) said the water is about a foot high and murky on the upper end. The dam side is fairly clear. Crappie have been biting around the docks and brush piles against the dam, they are hitting no. 6 minnows and white Crappie Stingers and white/chartreuse and pink/white tube jigs. Bream are fair around brush piles. Bass and catfish are slow.

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 at sunup and sundown.


Brewer Lake

Overcup Landing (501-354-9007) said the water is a little high and clear. The crappie are hitting white Crappie Stingers and blue/white tube jigs over the brush piles and old bridges. The bream are fair on redworms. The bass and catfish are slow.

Lake Maumelle

Jolly Roger’s Marina said the water level is 5 inches above the spillway. The water temperature is around 49 degrees on the lake and 53 in the coves. Largemouth bass are still sitting in 15 feet of water and are biting fairly well on jigs and grubs. The largemouths should be moving to shallow water as the temperature increases. Spotted bass are biting well on Rooster Tails and grubs fished on a jig head in 20 feet of water. White bass are biting well in the main channel from Jim’s Island west. Find and follow the gulls and loons and try Rooster Tails, shad lures and spoons. Crappie are biting well on small jigs and grubs and on small pink minnows in 20 to 25 feet of water.

Lake Valencia

Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop (501-758-4958) said trout are still biting fairly well on Power Bait.

Sunset Lake

Turbyfill’s Outdoor Sports (501-315-3061) said the water is clear and at normal levels. Bream are slow. Crappie are fair on lemon meringue-colored, 2-inch Kalin’s grubs. Bass are fair on watermelon-colored grubs and crawdad-colored crankbaits in 10 to 12 feet of water.


Saline River Access in Benton

Turbyfill’s Outdoor Sports (501-315-3061) said the water is muddy and high. Bream are slow. Bass are fair on orange crawdad-colored Bomber crankbaits and 3/16-oz. black/blue jigs in deep holes. Catfishing is slow. Walleye are fair on live minnows in deep holes.

Arkansas River at Morrilton

Charley’s Hidden Harbor at Opello had no report.

Arkansas River (Maumelle Pool)

Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop (501-758-4958) said crappie are biting well in the Little Maumelle River and the Maumelle River on red/chartreuse tube jigs and minnows. Catfishing is good on chicken hearts and skipjack on limb lines and trotlines. Bass are behind the rock jetties and are biting fairly well on brown/orange jigs and red Model A Bomber crankbaits. Catfishing is slow.

Arkansas River (Little Rock Pool)

Vince Miller from Fish ’N Stuff said the river is still muddy and high. Boating on the main channel is not recommended.

Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop (501-758-4958) said crappie are biting well below Murray Lock and dam on white/chartreuse and red/chartreuse tube jigs. Catfishing is good on skipjack below the dam. Bream and bass are slow.

McSwain Sports Center (501-945-2471) said the water below Terry Lock and Dam is high and stained. Bream are slow. Crappie are slow. Bass are biting well on black jigs in the backwater areas. Catfishing is slow.

Clear Lake

McSwain Sports Center (501-945-2471) said the water is muddy and high. Bream are slow. Crappie are biting fairly well in 10 feet of water on red/white jigs. Bass and catfish are slow.

Peckerwood Lake

Herman’s Landing (870-241-3731) had no report.

Lake Pickthorne

Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop (501-758-4958) said crappie are biting well on red/chartreuse tube jigs and pink minnows. Catfishing is good on trotlines baited with live green sunfish, brood minnows and goldfish. Bream are slow.

North Arkansas


White River

Sportsman’s White River Resort (870-453-2424) said the water is high and clear. Two generators are running on the weekends. Trout fishing is excellent. Fly-fishermen are doing well on woolly buggers during high water and egg patterns and Y2K bugs during low water. The further upstream you go, the better the fishing gets. Rapalas and other minnow-style crankbaits are working well. Drift-fishing Power Eggs, shrimp or trout worms has worked well on rainbows.

Randy Oliver at www.randyoliverguide.com (901-832-1903) said generation has been steady and the fish are holding in the deeper pools. Black/silver no. 7 Countdown Rapalas are working well on rainbows and brown trout.

Guide Davy Wotton said Bull Shoals Dam trophy zone opened last week with the usual armada of boat traffic and anglers. Despite that fishing was good for many with many trophy browns caught as well as many good rainbow trout. There have been a few reports of shad, but there likely will not be a large shad kill this year. Lakes are close to pool levels, so expect fluctuations from high to low during the day. If fishing swift water, dead drift egg, worm or nymph patterns. Streamer fishing may be off and on, but is still worth trying. During slower current, fish midge pupae, sow bug and scud patterns.

Jim Brentlinger at Linger’s Guide Service and Fishing Lodge(870-499-5185) said fishing has been slow. All the rain muddied up the confluence of the Buffalo River and the White, making it unfishable.

Buffalo River

Just Fishing Guides had no report.

Crooked Creek

Just Fishing Guides had no report.

Bull Shoals Lake

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 654.55 feet MSL (Normal conservation pool - 654 MSL).

Mike Worley’s Guide Service had no report.

Bull Shoals Tailwater

Just Fishing Guides said generation has been around the clock, varying between two to six units (5,000-20,000 cfs). Nymphing and streamers are two of the more productive presentations. Seasonal flies include scuds, sow bugs, blue wing olives, micro-caddis, midges, worm, egg and sculpin patterns. Now is the time to get out your big streamers and the 8 weight rods to pick up some big browns.


Lake Norfork

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 522.87 feet MSL (Normal conservation pool: Sept.-April - 552 MSL, April-Sept. - 554 MSL).

Blackburn Resort said the water level has stopped rising. Surface temperature is in the mid-40s. People are catching some nice stripers on grubs halfway back in the creeks. Crappie are also halfway back in the creeks around deep brush. Several fish have been caught on small spoons in the brush piles.

101 Grocery and Bait said the surface temperature is 42 to 47 degrees. The water is stained to clear. Fishing has been good for crappie and bass. Stripers are hitting live bait and small jigging spoons fished 30 to 40 feet deep.

STR Outfitters said bass, crappie and walleye are biting fairly well. Striper fishing is slow. Bass and crappie are being caught on minnows and small spoons fished around brush piles. Walleye have begun their spawning run in the river above Red Bank.

Hummingbird Hideaway Resort said crappie, largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass are currently the best bites on Norfork Lake. A ¼-oz. spoon fished vertically light line and a spinning rod has worked well on suspended fish. Look for schools of baitfish in 20 to 30 feet of water and you’ll find the crappie and bass.

Guide Steve Olomon said the water temperature is in the mid- to upper 40s. Look for fish suspended around 30 feet deep, and drop a jigging spoon to them. Crappie, bass, stripers and walleye can all be caught on the spoon. Another good tactic is to throw suspending jerk baits along bluffs and over deep brush piles in coves.

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 generation has been steady each day. Most fish are holding near the dam. Bottom fishing using corn or redworms outside of special regulations zones has worked well on rainbow trout.

Just Fishing Guides said generation has been usually all but 6-8 hours per day with flows from 3,500-8,000 cfs. Periods of low water late night to very early morning each day for wade fishers. Tan scuds have been hot lately. Small streamers without bead or cone heads producing a slower fall are working well also. Sow bugs, midges, worm and egg patterns should be in your arsenal as well.

Northwest Arkansas


Beaver Lake

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 1,120.85 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 slow-cranked, crawdad-colored Wiggle Wart crankbaits along chunk rock banks. Bass have also been biting hula grubs or jigs with a craw trailer around docks or timber along sloping chunk rock banks. Afternoons have been best. Crappie fishing has been very good from late morning until the afternoon. Fish have been suspending just below the surface in 15 feet of water above brush piles and along pole timber closer to deeper water. A black/chartreuse or pink/white 2-inch swim bait fished under a cork 4 to 8 feet deep has worked well. If the fish are a bit deeper, try a slow retrieved curly tail grub. Blue Springs, Hickory Creek, Friendship Creek and Monte-NE have all been good areas to fish. White bass continue to roam main lake flats and points. They can be picked off by slow trolling a Bandit crankbait. Point 12, Monte-NE and Prairie Creek have all been good. Catfishing has been best at Hickory Creek and the 412 bridge access. Liver or worms have worked best.

Southtown Sporting Goods (479-443-7148) said the main part of the lake is clear and the river arms are stained. The surface temperature is in the mid-40s. Bream are slow. Crappie are biting well on minnows, jigs and small swimbaits. Bass are biting well on crankbaits, jerk baits and Alabama rigged swimbaits. Catfishing is slow. Walleye are fair on swimbaits, umbrella rigs and a jig-and-minnow combination. Stripers are fair on live shad and umbrella rigs.

Beaver Tailwater

Just Fishing Guides said there has been very little low water for wade fishing. Generation has been at least 18 hours per day with flows to 8,000 cfs. Some days they are spiking twice per day. The water has been off color, but the fishing has been consistently good. A variety of flies are working, including size 12-16 Humpback Scud, BH Simple Sow, BH Flashback Pheasant Tail and size 8-12 Zebra Midge (grey, black, olive and red), Wooly Bugger, Sparrow, .56'er and Zonker. Egg and San Juan worm patterns are also working on the high water.

Lake Elmdale

Lucky Key at Duck Camp Fishing Retreat said crappie anglers are beginning to troll more, but few fish have been caught. Bass are fair in 12 to 16 feet of water on Hula grubs, brown jigs and jigging spoons. Check the area along Harmon’s Bluff.


Kings River

Just Fishing Guides had no report.

Lake Fayetteville

Lake Fayetteville Boat Dock (479-444-3476) said the water is murky and at normal level. Bream are slow. Crappie are fair on small jigs. Bass are fair on small jig-and-pig combos. Catfishing is slow.

Lake Sequoyah

Lake Sequoyah Boat Dock (479-444-3475) said the water is murky and high, but is clearing. Bream are slow. Crappie are biting well on minnows and jigs. Bass are biting well on crankbaits, soft-plastics and jigs. Catfishing is slow.

Northeast Arkansas


Lake Charles

Lake Charles State Park had no report.

Lake Poinsett

Lake Poinsett State Park said many fish are suspended in deep water right now. Medium-diving crankbaits and lipless crankbaits are ideal for bass fishing this time of year. Many catfish and bass are being caught in shallow water on warm days.

Crown Lake

Boxhound Marina (870-670-4496) said the water is clear and a foot low.

Lake Frierson

Lake Frierson State Park said the water is murky and 2 feet high. Bream are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Bass are slow. Catfish are slow. Saugeye are fair on crankbaits.

Spring River

Mark Crawford with Spring River Flies and Guides said current is 420 cfs at the spring and water clarity is cloudy from heavy weekend rains. The water is up, and a wading staff is a good tool to have. Fishing has been great and mayfly hatches are coming off throughout the day. Guppies are working very well during mayfly hatches Y2Ks have been working well also. Trout Magnets in hot orange and pink are working very well.

Southeast Arkansas


Lake Chicot
Local angler Jessie James (870-355-7800) said catfish are biting well on worms and cut bait all over the lake. Crappie are biting well on live minnows around brush piles. Bream are fair on worms. Bass are staging around points. Slow-rolling a spinnerbait, slow-cranking a white Rat-L-Trap and fishing a white jerk bait has worked well.

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 surface temperature is in the low 50s and is on the rise. There are still relatively low numbers of boats on the lake, and the fishing is slow for the most part. On the warmer days, there are some fish to be caught around shallow points leading into the spawning areas. These can be caught on soft plastics, jerk baits and crankbaits.

Southwest Arkansas


Millwood Lake


Mike Siefert at Millwood Lake Guide Service said the water is still high, at 259.58 msl, and is falling from the high discharge rate of 12,862 at the dam. Extreme caution should be used navigating the lake and the tailrace because of the high current. The surface temperature dropped to 45 degrees and the water clarity is 1 to 2 inches near Little River in the main lake. River Run East facilities are still undergoing maintenance and upgrades, and are closed until mid-July 2012. Paraloma Park is closed for the winter. All other ramps and USACE parks are open. Largemouth bass are biting well on jigs, worms, tubes and spinnerbaits pitched to stumps, grass and dead vegetation behind current breaks. A few male bass were seen looking for bedding areas on warmer days last week, but have since disappeared. Rat-L-Traps in Toledo gold, white zombie, or red shad continue catching largemouth bass in flats 5 to 6 feet deep near drops to 12 feet. Bomber crankbaits in Tennessee shad, citrus shad or white are catching a few largemouths in the oxbows away from muddy current. White bass have gone deep in the river channel, and have all but disappeared with the recent influx of muddy water and increased current. Crappie are still scattered and slow. Catfishing is still very good to excellent on trotlines, yo-yos and tight lines along current breaks in Little River. Blue and channel catfish were biting well on cut shad and chicken livers in 12 to 16 feet of water.


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 546.04 MSL (Flood pool - 548 MSL).

Lakeside Grocery and Bait (870-398-5304) said the water is clear in deep areas and murky anywhere the depth is 20 feet or shallower. The water level is high, but is dropping quickly. Crappie are biting well on minnows around brush piles in 15 feet of water. Bass are biting well on soft-plastic worms, top-water lures and jigs. Stripers are fair on crankbaits. Catfishing is slow. Walleye are moving into the upper arms of the river and are biting well on tubes, spoons and crankbaits.

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 408.44 feet MSL (Flood pool - 408 MSL).

Local angler George Graves said surface water temperature is in the low 50s, and the lake is clear up to Point 14 and stained to Cox Creek. Bass fishing is fair at best. The rising high water has scattered the fish. A few decent catches have been reported from the upper part of the lake between Point 15 and Cox Creek. The fish are starting to move up to the 10- to 15-foot range. Look for fish on the north side of the lake. Also fish the windy points, even though it may be uncomfortable, that is where the bait is and the warmer wind raises the water temperature. The best bites are coming on Texas- or Carolina-rigged worms or lizards in green pumpkin or red shad. Some larger fish are coming jigs. There has been no activity on Alabama rigs in the last week. Big Hill Creek is still producing some fish on heavy jigging spoons along the edges of the old creek channel 20 to 25 feet deep. Crappie fishing is still slow. Fish the deep attractors, around 25 to 30 feet deep. Fish main lake attractors between Arlie Moore and Point Cedar. The best crappie lure is a Tennessee shad-colored, 2-inch grub on a 1/16-oz. jig head fished vertically over the brush. Hybrid fishing has slowed because the fish are now starting to move farther upriver and off the big flat west of Goat Island. The fish are not schooling and are difficult to locate. The best pattern is to slow troll 3-inch curly tail grubs on ¼-oz. jig heads between Goat Island and Cox Creek.
West-Central Arkansas


Lake Nimrod

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation was 348.47 feet MSL.

Whiskers Sporting Goods (501-889-2011) said crappie are biting well below the dam and in open water downstream of Fourche River. Crappie minnows and white/salt and pepper Bobby Garland Baby Shad with crappie nibbles have been the best baits for crappie. Bream are slow.

Lake Bailey (Petit Jean Mountain)

Whiskers Sporting Goods (501-889-2011) said bream are slow on crickets and worms. Catfish are slow 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 the water is clear and at normal level. Bream are slow. Crappie are biting well on minnows in deep water. Bass are fair on minnows. Catfishing is slow.

Lake Dardanelle

Regina Olson at Spadra Marina said crappie have slowed significantly. A few fish are still biting on pumpkinseed, red/clear glitter and black/chartreuse jigs. The best action seems to be coming from Horsehead Creek and Piney Bay. Catfish were biting very well over the weekend. Several anglers limited out fishing off the bank at Spadra Park. Night crawlers and shad seem to be the best bait choices. Largemouth bass have been biting fairly well on Skinny Dippers and Alabama rigs. The best bass reports are coming from Piney Bay to Russellville.


Blue Mountain Lake

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation was 396.44 feet MSL.

Lake Ouachita

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation was 578.81 MSL (Flood pool - 578 MSL).

Larry Hurley from Poorman’s Guide Service had no report.

Trader Bill’s Outdoor Sports had no report.

Mountain Harbor Resort said the water is 48 to 52 degrees and stained. Largemouth bass are still very good on watermelon or black/blue jigs. Alabama rigs are producing a lot of quality fish 15 to 30 feet deep with shad-colored swimbaits attached. Walleye are fair and are being caught on bottom bouncer jigs, spoons and deep-diving crankbaits trolled 25 to 35 feet deep around brush. Stripers are good and being caught with live bait and trolled hair jigs or crankbaits in 18 to 25 feet of water. Crappie are fair near and over brush in 12 to 20 feet of water on minnows and crappie grubs. Catfish are fair and being caught on cut bait and live bait on jug lines and trotlines fished 20-30 feet deep.


Lake Hamilton

Trader Bill’s Outdoor Sports had no report.

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 45 degrees with clear conditions. Generators are running heavily in an effort to keep lakes Hamilton and Ouachita out of flood pool. Fast currents will continue all week, so navigation below the dam will be extremely dangerous. Despite strong current, rainbow trout fishing is good to excellent. Bank anglers are catching fish near current breaks on wax worms, redworms, marshmallows, corn and Power Bait. Fly-fishermen are doing well with white streamers and other shad-imitations. Spin fishermen are recording limits of trout on white or gray 1/16- and 1/8-oz. jigs around sand bars and rock structure. Trolling small crankbaits is a good way to cover areas that are holding fish and has accounted for the largest trout. Walleye should begin showing up below the dam in the next week or two. Trolling crankbaits and Carolina rigs baited with minnows are the best techniques for finding and catching these fish. A few white and yellow bass have been caught on jerk baits. Stripers are fair at best.

Lake Atkins

Lucky Landing (479-641-7615) said the water is still high and the surface temperature is 49 degrees. Crappie fishing has picked up. Anglers are catching their limits on jigs and minnows. Bream are biting fairly well on worms. Bass are slow.

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 said a few bass have been caught on ¼-oz. black/blue jigs with a blue crawdad trailer, but fishing is extremely slow. The heavy rain has the river rising quickly and the water is muddy.

Tri-County Lake

Jaret Rushing had no report.

East Arkansas


Bear Creek Lake

Mississippi River State Park said the water is clear and at normal level. Bream are biting well on wax worms, panfish worms and crickets. Bass are picking up on spinnerbaits around trees and on points. Catfish are fair on cut bait. Crappie are fair on live minnows.


Storm Creek Lake

Mississippi River State Park said the water is murky but at normal level. Bream are fair on worms and crickets. Bass are fair on crankbaits. Catfish and crappie are slow, but a few are being caught on cut bait and live minnows.

White River

Triangle Sports (870-793-7122) said the water is high and muddy.

Maddox Bay

Maddox Bay Landing (870-462-8317) said the water is low. Crappie are fair on yo-yos. Bass and catfish are slow.

Horseshoe Lake

Local angler Clyde Gregory said the water is clear and at normal level. Bream are biting well on wax worms around piers. Crappie are biting well on minnows and chartreuse jigs fished around piers. Bass are biting well on frogs and spinnerbaits around any vegetation. Catfishing is good on nightcrawlers and cut bait hung from limb lines or yo-yos around cypress trees.


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