Beaver Lake: Fishing is excellent for black bass and white bass, reports Chris Johnson at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers.
Black bass are hitting crank baits in fire tiger and crawdad colors.
Johnson said the best fishing is along transition areas, such as bluff-togravel banks.
Spinner baits, plastic worms and jigs are working well. Clifton Eoff and Jim Wolfe, both of Rogers, caught 22 keeper-size spotted bass on Saturday with plastic worms along steep banks 15 feet deep.
Good numbers of white bass and black bass are being caught on jigging spoons 25 to 30 feet deep in the midlake area, Johnson said.
White or gold spoons are working best.
Jim Mank of Rogers caught two walleye last Thursday weighing 4.75 and 6.5 pounds on minnows20 feet deep in the midlake area.
Stripers are biting shad or shiners in the creek arms. A few are coming in on top-water lures.
Jason Piper at J.T. Crappie Guide Services said crappie fishing is good.
Fish are suspended 10 to 20 feet deep close to creek channels.
Try fishing tube jigs tipped with a minnow around brush piles and pole timber.
Good areas to fish include Horseshoe Bend, Eden’s Bluff and Piney Creek.
Lee Winkler at Hickory Creek Marina said striper fishing is fair in the War Eagle arm on shiners or shad 15 feet deep. The best area is from the mouth to the Sidewalk Hole.
Chris Humphreys at Lost Bridge Marina said stripers are hitting Roadrunners and white jigs 10 feet deep in the Lost Bridge area. Some top-water action is reported, butit’s sporadic.
White River below Beaver Dam: Jessi Eardley at the Beaver Dam Store said power generation is heavy.
The top baits for trout are lemonlime Power Bait, nightcrawlers and waxworms. The best lures are Buoyant Spoon in fluorescent red, gold/red or silver/blue.
Effective flies include Copper Johns, rainbow warriors and zebra midges.
Lake Fayetteville: Dollie Black at Lake Fayetteville boat dock said no one is fishing.
She recommends jig and pigs for black bass, trolling minnows or jigs for crappie and working jigging spoons on the bottom for black or white bass.
Lake Sequoyah: Jackie Smith at Lake Sequoyah boat dock said the crappie are “tearing it up.”
Crappie are scattered, but goodnumbers are coming in on minnows 2 feet deep over 4 feet of water.
Black bass fishing is good on crank baits 1 to 5 feet deep.
Lake Elmdale: Lucky Key at Duck Camp Fishing Retreat said crappie are biting chartreuse/silver jigs. Try plastic worms or crank baits for black bass.
Bella Vista: Justin McClelland at Hook, Line and Sinker in Bella Vista said trout fishing is excellent at Lake Brittany on white or pink Power Bait.
Crappie are fair on minnows 8 to 10 feet deep at Loch Lomond and Lake Windsor. Black bass are hitting jigs and plastic worms at all the city lakes.
Swepco Lake: Kenny Stroud at the Siloam Springs Walmart recommends using plastic worms 1 to 20 feet deep or jigs 20 feet or deeper.
The Flint Creek Power Plant is shut down and no warm water is coming into the lake.
Crystal Lake: Stroud recommends crappie fishing with minnows or jigs 10 to 15 feet deep at the edge of the creek channel.
Illinois River, Flint Creek: Stroud recommends small tube baits or jigs for smallmouth bass.
Upper Table Rock Lake: J.D.
Fletcher advises using a plastic worm on a drop-shot rig along the main channel for black bass.
Eastern Oklahoma: Kenny Stroud at the Siloam Springs Walmart said crappie are biting at Lake Eucha 15 to 20 feet on small jigs tipped with a crappie nibble.
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation said largemouth bass are good on soft plastics.
Outdoor, Pages 9 on 11/19/2009
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