Fishing Tip: If you plan on fishing during midday, focus on any shady areas. Boat docks, lily pads and fallen trees all offer shade and slightly cooler water that will attract baitfish. Even during the heat of the day, a top-water frog can score when worked over and through shade-producing cover.
Arkansas River Levels: According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as of Wednesday the Arkansas River stages are:
Trimble Lock and Dam (Lock and Dam 13): Headwater – 389.62 feet, Tailwater – 388.42 feet, Flow – 140,210 cubic feet per second
Ozark Lock and Dam (Lock and Dam 12): Headwater – 371.32 feet, Tailwater – 354.38 feet
Dardanelle Lock and Dam (Lock and Dam 10): Headwater – 337.66 feet, Tailwater – 303.09 feet
Ormond Lock and Dam (Lock and Dam 9): Headwater – 284.36 feet, Tailwater – 283.44 feet, Flow – 142,700 cubic feet per second
Toad Suck Lock and Dam (Lock and Dam 8): Headwater – 269.95 feet, Tailwater – 269.23 feet
Murray Lock and Dam (Lock and Dam 7): Headwater – 247.18 feet, Tailwater – 239.96 feet, Flow – 179,500 cubic feet per second
Terry Lock and Dam (Lock and Dam 6): Headwater – 230.12 feet, Tailwater – 227.70 feet, Flow – 160,920 cubic feet per second
Sanders Lock and Dam (Lock and Dam 4): Headwater – 195.66 feet, Tailwater – 195.61 feet
Hardin Lock and Dam (Lock and Dam 3): Headwater – 185.26 feet, Tailwater – 184.01 feet
Mills Dam (Dam 2): Headwater – 160.70 feet, Tailwater – 145.40 feet, Flow – 176,034 cubic feet per second
White River Levels: According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as of Wednesday the White River stages are:
6.1 feet at Calico Rock (flood stage – 19 feet)
6.4 feet at Batesville (flood stage – 15 feet)
3.7 feet at Newport (flood stage – 26 feet)
15.1 feet at Augusta (flood stage – 26 feet)
3.4 feet at Georgetown (flood stage – 21 feet)
14.1 feet at Clarendon (flood stage – 26 feet)
Statewide Family and Community Fishing Report: Fishing for catfish has been excellent at MacArthurPark pond on chicken liver and stinkbait in the morning and evening. Catfishing has been slower in most of the other ponds, but there are still plenty of fish out there to be caught. Bream fishing has been good on crickets and worms and will get better this week as the full moon approaches. For more information on catfish stockings, call toll-free 1-866-540-FISH (3474).
CENTRAL ARKANSAS
Lake Conway: Bates Field and Stream (501-470-1846) said the water is murky and a little high. Bream are biting very well, early and late in the day, on worms and crickets. Crappie and bass fishing are slow. Catfish are biting at night on bream.
Little Red River: Lindsey's Resort (501-302-3139) said the water is clear and at normal level. One generator has been run in the afternoons for a few hours. Fish have been biting well on wax worms with marshmallows and chartreuse Power Eggs. Artificial lures have been working well. Some include Rapalas, gold/red Buoyant Spoons, chartreuse and orange Rooster Tails, marabou jigs in brown/orange, olive, and black. Fly-fishing has also been productive. Black/red or brown zebra midges, sow bugs and red butts are all working well.
Jed Hollan at the Little Red Fly Shop said water releases at the Greer’s Ferry Power House continue as in previous weeks. Hydroelectric power generation has been beginning between 3 and 5 p.m., lasting from one to five hours. With this schedule, mornings are the best time to wade or boat on the Little Red. The aquatic insect hatches of last week continue into the present with blue-winged olives, sulphurs, pale morning duns and midges being the primary bugs of interest. The mayflies will continue to hatch for another month or so with BWO activity lasting into October. The dry flies that are catching fish, mostly during the spinner fall, include Adams (size 18), BWO dun patterns such as CDC Baetis dun (sizes 18-20), CDC PMD dun (size 18) and sulphurs (size 18). The sub-surface attractors are pheasant tails (size 16), princes (size 16), gold-ribbed hare's ears (size 16), copper Johns (size 16), zebra midges (sizes 16 through 22), and sow bugs (tan or light gray sizes 14 through 16)
Greers Ferry: As of Wednesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 461.51 feet MSL.
Tommy Cauley of Fish Finder Guide Service said The water level on the lake is falling. The crappie fishing is fair over brush piles and in standing pole timber in 15-20 feet of water on jigs and minnow combinations . The bass fishing is good with worms Texas-rigged and c-rigged along with lizards and baby brush hogs in 22 feet of water and are moving deeper with the falling water. They can also be caught on drops and ledges as well as river bends. Hybrid and white bass fishing is good. Stay around the shad and fish anywhere from the topwater to 70 feet of water on spoons, in-line spinners and rinky dinks and swimbaits. A 24 pounder was brought in last week. Try the salt creek area as well as point 14, point 6 and all the other areas that have held them in years past. The catfishing is excellent all over the lake. Bream are good in the shallows with the big ones being caught in 22 feet of water. The walleye are fair on crawlers and leeches on bottom bouncers in 37-43 feet of water.
Harris Brake Lake: Coffee Creek Landing (501-889-2745) said the water is clear and at normal level. Bream fishing is excellent on worms and crickets, 15 to 20 feet off the bank in 4 feet of water. Bass fishing is fair on some spinnerbaits and plastic worms. Catfish are biting well on trotlines with live bait.
Lake Beaverfork: The City of Conway Parks and Recreation Department said the water is a little murky and at normal level. Crappie fishing is slow on jigs. Bass are biting on plastic worms. Catfish are biting well on crickets.
Lake Overcup: Lakeview Landing (501-354-1470) said the water is clear and at normal level. Bream fishing is fair on crickets. Bass fishing is fair on buzzing toads. Catfish are biting well on trotlines with minnows and live bait, or liver. Crappie fishing is fair, in the deeper water, on minnows.
Overcup Landing (501-354-9007) said the water is clear and at normal level. Bream are biting well on redworms and crickets. Crappie fishing is fair, in deep water around 6 feet deep. Crappie are biting on pink/white/chartreuse, pink/white and salt-and-pepper jigs. Bass are biting well on plastic worms and flukes. Catfishing is slow on shrimp and nightcrawlers.
Brewer Lake:Overcup Landing (501-354-9007) said the water is clear and at normal level. Bream are biting well on redworms and crickets. Crappie fishing is slow, with some being caught on red/white, blue/white or red/chartreuse jigs. Bass fishing is slow, with some being caught on white/chartreuse spinnerbaits or black buzzbaits. Catfishing is fair on stinkbait or live bream.
Little Maumelle River: RiverValley Bait (501-868-3279) said the water is muddy and low. All species are poor. A few bream have been caught on worms and crickets.
Sunset Lake: Turbyfill’s Outdoor Sports (501-315-3061) said the water is clear and at normal level. Bream are biting well on crickets. Crappie fishing is slow. Bass fishing is fair, with some being caught on red shad worms. Catfish are biting well on goldfish.
Arkansas River at Morrilton: Charley’s HiddenHarbor in Oppelo said catfish are biting well in flooded creeks and backwaters on nightcrawlers early and late. White bass and stripers are biting on points of creek mouths and backwaters using live minnows and bream. Bream are biting on a Mepps Rooster Tails flipped under overhangs in the flooded brush. Bream are also biting well on crickets in grassy areas. Bass are biting late in the evening on black or chartreuse buzzing toads flipped on the bank and pulled through the flooded timber.
Saline River Access in Benton: Turbyfill’s Outdoor Sports (501-315-3061) said the water clarity is fair and at normal level. Bream are biting well on crickets. Crappie fishing is slow. Bass fishing is fair, with a few being caught with top-water lures. Catfishing is slow.
Murray Lock and Dam: Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop said crappie fishing is slow. Catfish are biting well on skipjack. White bass are biting on live minnows.
Lake Valencia in Maumelle: Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop said bream fishing is fair to good on redworms and crickets. Bass fishing is fair, early and late, on large live minnows. Catfishing is excellent on chicken liver, chicken hearts and nightcrawlers.
Little Maumelle Creek: Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop said bream are biting well, around lily pad beds, on redworms and crickets. Crappie fishing is slow. Bass fishing is fair to good on top-water stick baits and spinnerbaits. Catfish are biting well on yo-yos, trotlines and limb lines with live minnows, chicken hearts and cut bait.
Pickthorne Lake: Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop said bream fishing is fair to good around timber on crickets and redworms. Crappie fishing is slow. Bass fishing is fair early and late on top-water lures and plastic worms. Channel cats are biting well on chicken hearts, chicken liver and nightcrawlers.
Burns Park: Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop said crappie and bass fishing is slow. Catfish are biting well on trotlines with chicken hearts, shad or skipjack.
Big Maumelle Creek: Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop said bream fishing is fair to good on crickets and redworms. Crappie fishing is slow. Bass fishing is fair on chartreuse spinnerbaits. Catfish are biting well on trotlines and limb lines with chicken hearts, shad and skipjack. Stripers are biting early. White bass are biting on Pop-Rs or Near Nothins.
Terry Lock and Dam: McSwainSportsCenter (501-945-2471) said the water is too high and muddy to fish.
Clear Lake:McSwainSportsCenter (501-945-2471) said the water is clear and at normal level. A few bream are being caught in 4 to 5 feet of water on wax worms and crickets. Largemouth bass are biting well on white spinnerbaits in 3 to 4 feet of water. Catfishing is fair on nightcrawlers on the bottom.
Peckerwood Lake: Herman’s Landing (870-241-3731) said the water is clear and at normal level. Bream fishing is poor. Crappie fishing is fair, trolling. Bass fishing is good. Catfish are biting well on minnows, stinkbait and chicken liver.
NORTH ARKANSAS
White River: Gaston’s White River Resort said fishing has been good on live redworms and nightcrawlers, Buoyant Spoons, Red Rubber Glo-Worms, and Yellow Power Bait. The trophy brown trout tend to bite best on nightcrawlers, Rapalas and Black-backed Rogues. Fly-anglers have a few options to choose from. Pink 1/64-oz. Chrome Dome jigs and red San Juan worms catch trophy trout when the water is high. The bulbous bi-visible and grasshopper patterns catch more when the water is lower. Of course, the fall-back flies would be the olive bead-headed woolly buggers and the fox squirrel tail nymph.
Anglers White River Resort (870-585-2226) said the water is murky and low. Fish have been biting well on brightly colored Power Bait and corn.
Bull Shoals Lake : As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 655.14 feet MSL.
Bull Shoals Lake Boat Dock said bass still have a good top-water bite first thing in the morning. First light is around 5:15 or so, that is an excellent time for early risers or late niters. Main-lake points, bluff ends, timber bluffs and the tops of brush piles are the best for top-water action. Zara Spooks, Zoom Flukes or any other shad-simulating topwater will work. When the top water goes away, it is time to go deep. Pinch a size 3 to 5 split shot on your line about 2 feet from a size 4 hook. Slowly work the bait over any structure you find between 25 and 35 feet of water. For artificial baits, try a Texas-rigged strawberry-colored worm with silver or gold flake, tube bait, or Carolina or mojo rigs with a 4-inch worm or centipede. Night fishing for bass has been fair on a jig-and-pig combos in a dark colors. Some walleye have been coming in to the dock during daylight hours; some techniques that have been working are split shotting or slow-trolling a nightcrawler around 30 feet deep, bottom bouncing a night crawler, flat line trolling with deep-diving crankbaits or stickbaits and downrigging. Some crappie are being caught around the brush piles and timber on the bluffs with small minnows, tiny tubes and small jigs. Try deeper brush piles with slip bobbers. White bass are being caught at night under the lights on minnows in 25 to 40 feet of water. The catfish have turned on with the water temperature rising. Trotlines and jug lines at night are producing good stringers.
Lake Norfork : As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 552.95 feet MSL.
Cranfield Junction Bait and Tackle (870-492-5141) said the water is clear and at normal level. Bream are biting on crickets. Bass are biting well on jigs and plastic worms. Stripers are biting from the dam to Big Creek on ¾-oz. white Binks Spoons. Walleye are biting in the morning on crawler harnesses.
Norfork Tailwater: Gene’s Trout Dock (870-499-5381) said the water is clear and at normal level. Trout are biting well on yellow or chartreuse Power Bait and corn.
Table Rock Lake : Phillip Stone of Stone’s Guide Service said the bass are definitely in their summer patterns now. There is still a top-water bite first thing in the morning until about 9 or 10 a.m., but after that, the deep bite is the key. Most of the fish are feeding early near the flooded bushes and on the flats. Try using a Spook or a Sammy. After the sun comes up, move out to the deeper points and saddles with trees on them. The fish are really schooled up in the submerged trees from 25-40 feet. Most of my fish have been coming on a drop shot or a spoon. With the lake level coming down, this bite should pick up before too long. Crappie are really slow right now.
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
Beaver Lake: As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 1,120.44 feet MSL.
Southtown Sporting Goods (479-443-7148) said the water is clear and at normal level. Crappie fishing is fair, trolling with Hot-n-Tots or minnows. Black bass are biting at night on large crankbaits, spinnerbaits and plastic worms. Catfishing is good on jug lines with large live bait.
Lake Fayetteville:Lake Fayetteville Boat Dock (479-444-3476) said the water clarity is good and at normal level. Bluegill are biting on crickets. Bass are biting early in the day. A few catfish have been caught on chicken liver and nightcrawlers. Overall, all species are slow.
Lake Sequoyah: Lake Sequoyah Boat Dock (479-444-3475) said the water is muddy and a little higher than normal. A few bream have been caught in 4 to 6 feet of water on worms and crickets in treetops. Crappie fishing is slow; some are being caught on Roadrunners, minnows and jigs. Bass fishing is slow; some are being caught in 4 to 6 feet of water on buzzbaits, spinnerbaits and shad-imitating crankbaits. A few catfish are being caught on chicken liver or sunfish in open water around 10 feet deep.
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
Crown Lake: Boxhound Marina (870-670-4496) said the water is clear and at normal level. Blue Gill fishing is excellent on worms and crickets. A few crappie have been caught with minnows. Bass are biting early and late on spinnerbaits and buzzbaits. Catfishing is excellent on liver and stinkbait.
Lake Frierson: Lake Frierson State Park said the water is muddy and high. Bream are biting well on crickets.
Eleven-Point River: Woody’s Canoe Rental and Campground (870-892-9732) said the water is clear and at normal level. Bass are biting well on lures. Catfish are biting well on worms.
Spring River: Many Islands Camp (870-856-3451) said the water is clear and at normal level. Trout fishing has been excellent on rainbow Power Bait and salmon eggs. A few walleye have been caught.
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
LakeChicot: Koenig Bass Tracker Marine (870-265-5374) said the water is clear and high. Bream are biting well on worms and crickets. Bass are biting well on spinnerbaits. Catfish are biting well on crickets and worms.
GrandLake: Koenig Bass Tracker Marine (870-265-5374) said the water is clear and a little high. Crappie fishing is slow. Some are being caught in 8 to 10 feet of water, trolling with minnows and jigs. White bass are being caught trolling in 8 to 10 feet of water.
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
MillwoodLake: As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 261.06 feet MSL.
Millwood Lake Guide Service said largemouth bass were in process of summer transition, that is until the lake rose over 2-3 feet in 20-30 hours over the past few days again. With the lake still over normal pool by over 3.4 feet, bass are roaming back into fresh vegetation so thick, they are hard to reach and find with a lot of consistency and following the rising water further and further back into cover. Little River's grass and pads which are normally at surface are now subsurface, and the river bass population is now suspended or roaming over the top of this grass attached to the bottom. Black/blue or firetiger colored buzzbaits, top-water toads, Bass Assassin Shads and Floating Rat-L-Traps in 3/4 to 1oz sizes are catching good bass from the river and on points with mixtures of grass and pads and flooded bushes. 10 to 12-inch worms in blue fleck, purple or black are working along the river, as are crankbaits like Fat Free Shad in citrus shad color. Dark-colored, rattling baits are the key when the water is this muddy. White bass remained elusive again this week with all the current and muddy water in Little River. The crappie bite has all but shut off, due to the muddy water and current. Channel Cats are excellent on trotlines set 6 to 7 feet deep on outside river bends where current is flowing out of the river's normal banks and in back of the oxbows where current is rising.
LakeColumbia: Steve's Marine (870-234-2222) said the water is stained and a little above normal. Bream are biting in 2 to 4 feet of water, on worms and crickets. Crappie are biting in deep water, around 8 to 12 feet, after dark. Bass are biting well on crankbaits in deep water and plastic worms in Tequila Sunrise or variations on red. Catfish are the best thing going. They are biting excellently on trotlines and jugs with blood bait or live bait.
LakeErling: Steve's Marine (870-234-2222) said the water is stained and a little above normal. Bream are biting in 2 to 4 feet of water, on worms and crickets. Crappie are biting in deep water, around 8 to 12 feet, after dark. Bass are biting well on crankbaits in deep water. Catfish are the best thing going. They are excellent on trotlines and jugs with blood bait or live bait.
LakeGreeson: As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 547.94 feet MSL.
Lakeside Grocery, Motel and Bait (870-398-5304) said the water is dingy and high. All species are poor. Some bass are biting top-water lures on the points. A few catfish are biting in 8 to 20 feet of water on jugs with live bait.
Darryl Morris of Family Fishing Trips Guide Service saidrecent rains caused the lake to rise above full pool very quickly. The water level has begun to fall, but both of these rapid changes in water level shut all the fish off. Crappie are slow. Spotted bass showed some surface activity in major creek arms early in the morning. Surface temperatures remain in the lower 80s, but expect them to rise with hot days and warm nights.
DeGray Lake: As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 406.68 feet MSL.
DeGray One Stop (501-865-3511) said the water clarity is good, and the temperature is in the mid 80s. Bream are on beds in 8 to 15 feet of water. Crappie are scattered during the day, with a few biting on minnows and jigs off the points. Crappie fishing is best at night. Bass are biting fairly well from daylight to around one hour after daylight in 5 to 15 feet of water on spinnerbaits, top-water baits and buzzbaits. Around 8 a.m. they are moving out to 20 to 30 feet deep. They are biting well on crankbaits, Carolina rigs, and heavy grass jigs late in the day. Catfishing has picked up, with some being caught in 20 feet of water or deeper on trotlines and noodles baited with bream. White bass and hybrids are schooling from Edgewood to the south and east toward IronMountain.
Larry Hurley fromPoorman’s Guide Service said bass and hybrids are excellent right now. Bass are biting Oxycraw-colored Magic worms at about 24-feet deep.
WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS
LakeDardanelle: Murphy’s Sporting Goods (479-229-3200) said the water is muddy and high. Bream are biting well on worms and crickets. Stripers are being caught on twiddle tails. Bass are biting well on worms, plastic frogs and crankbaits. Catfish are biting well, in the lake, on stinkbait and shad.
BlueMountainLake: As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 386.12 feet MSL.
CNC’s End of the Line (479-947-2398) said the water is a little murky, but at normal level. Crappie are biting well in the lake and river on minnows and jigs. Catfishing is going very well in both the lake and river on worms and liver.
Ozark Pool:Lakeside Food Mart (479-667-5155) said the water is muddy and high. A few bream have been caught on crickets. Bass are biting on white spinnerbaits and chartreuse crankbaits. Catfish are biting well on shad and liver.
LakeOuachita: As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 575.18 feet MSL.
Mountain Harbor Marina said the water is clearing and at around 84 to 88 degrees. Largemouth bass still are slow and can be caught with U-tail worms, swim baits and grass jigs. Jighead finesse worms and Texas-rigged Ole Monsters are also worth trying this time of year. Black spinnerbaits will be worth a try at night with a full moon approaching. Walleye are good and being caught on spoons and crankbaits near creek channels and main lake points. Stripers are slow to fair on live brood minnows and gizzard shad. The eastern end of the lake seems to be the best area for these fish. Bream are still very good on crickets and worms in 6 to 20 feet of water. Crappie are slow and being caught over grass and brush in deeper water. Try large moss flats and brush in water 20 to 35 feet deep. Minnows or crappie grubs are still working best. Arkansas shad, Tennessee shad and white are still the best colors for artificial baits. Catfish are still good with reports of these fish being caught with live bait and stinkbait 10 to 20 feet deep on jugs and trotlines.
Larry Hurley fromPoorman’s Guide Service said bass fishing is good and so much fun this week. Big bass are starting to show up and are hitting 10-inch worms and jigs off the deep end of the grass.
LakeCatherine:Crazy Yankee Grill and Marina (501-262-2272) said the water is clear and at normal level. Bream and crappie fishing are slow. Bass are biting early and late on top-water lures. Walleye are in the deeper holes, around 14 to 15 feet. Stripers are close to the dam, in about 14 to 15 feet of water, hitting artificial lures.
Shane Goodner, owner of Catch’em All Guide Service, reports that the water temperature is holding at 58 degrees despite the 90-degree plus temperatures. Water clarity is very good, which is vital to catching rainbow trout. Most of the good fishing is taking place while the turbines are not running. Fly-anglers continue to catch trout in the early morning hours casting Woolly Buggers and egg patterns over shallow cover. These two basic presentations will consistently draw strikes from rainbow trout regardless of their feeding mode. Fishermen should use baits that imitate some other food forage besides a minnow due to the huge numbers of threadfin shad that are now everywhere in the tailrace area. Boaters that troll the channels should stick with a crawfish pattern instead of the regular minnow presentation. Bank fishermen are catching most of the trout as they use nightcrawlers and redworms floated under a bobber. Trout gorge themselves on the shad population and readily strike any worm presentation. Striper and hybrid bass fishing is about to explode as these fish migrate towards the dam searching for shad. The hot weather and unlimited shad numbers has created a heart-stopping topwater bite. Zara spooks and C-10 red fins are a must when targeting these aggressive predators. The main channel below the bridge is where most of the striper bite is taking place.
LakeHamilton: Local anglers report that fishing is tough during the day with the boat traffic and heat. Some bass are schooling on top early in the morning, but they could show up anywhere near the main channel. Boat docks are producing more consistent numbers of fish. In the mornings, a buzzing toad and Chug Bug are working. Once the sun is up, focus on brush piles in 12 to 20 feet of water with a 10-inch worm. It may take a while to locate a brush pile with fish willing to bite.
LakeHinkle: Bill's Bait Shop (479-637-4719) said the water is clear and at normal level. Bream are biting well on worms and crickets. Crappie are biting well on minnows and jigs. Bass fishing is great on worms and plugs. Catfish are biting well on sunfish.
LakeAtkins: Lucky Landing (479-641-7615) said the water is clear and a little low. Bream are biting well in deep water on worms and crickets. Crappie are in deep water. Bass are biting on worms and top-water baits. Catfish are biting well on worms and stinkbait.
LakeNimrod: As of Wednesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 350.80 feet MSL.
Local angler Billy Blankenship said the water is a little murky and high. Crappie fishing is excellent, in water 12 to 14 feet deep, on chartreuse/red jigs and minnows. Catfishing is also excellent on trotlines.
SOUTH-CENTRAL ARKANSAS
No report this week.
EAST ARKANSAS
Arkansas River (Pine Bluff): The Tackle Box (870-534-1498) said the water is muddy and high. Bream are biting well on wax worms, worms and crickets. Crappie fishing is fair, with a few being caught on minnows and jigs. Bass are biting well on plastic worms and top-water lures. Catfish are biting well on worms, liver and cut bait.
River City Sporting Goods (870-534-8303) said there is no report due to high water.
Maddox Bay: Maddox Bay Landing (870-462-8317) said the water is clear and at normal level. All species are poor.
Bear Creek Lake: Arkansas Outdoors (870-295-4240) said the water is dingy and at normal level. Bream are biting on redworms and crickets. A few bass are being caught on crankbaits.
Six Rivers (870-295-3236) said the water is clear and at normal level. Bream are biting in 4 feet of water on redworms and crickets. Redears are biting in 8 feet of water on redworms on the bottom. Bass are biting well off the points on white spinnerbaits. Catfish are biting well on redworms fished on the bottom in 10 feet of water.
Horseshoe Lake : Local fisherman Clyde Gregory said the water is clear and at normal level. Bream are biting in shallow water, 2 to 3 feet deep, on redworms and crickets. Crappie are being caught trolling in the middle of the lake, around 7 to 8 feet deep on minnows. Bass are biting well late in the afternoon on chartreuse/ white spinnerbaits. Catfish are biting well, in the channel, on liver and cut bait.
Island 40 Chute: Daily’s Boat Dock (870-739-3478) said the water is clear and low. Catfish are biting well on stinkbait and nightcrawlers.