NWA FISHING REPORT

Beaver Lake: First-light fishing for striped bass is good at Beaver Lake, but the window of opportunity is short.

John Newlun at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said top-water lures like Red Fins or Zara Spooks are working for stripers at dawn.

Surface fishing is good from Rocky Branch park to Beaver Dam for the first hour of daylight.

After that, surface fishing ends.

From sunrise on, troll with brood minnows or shad 15 feet deep.

Catfishing is good with jug lines or trotlines. Flatheads are biting well on small sunfish.

Crappie fishing is good from Monte Ne to Prairie Creek, Newlun said.

Use jigs or minnows 8 to 15 feet deep.

Black bass are biting shallow in flooded bushes and in deeper water.

Try top-water lures early, then plastic worms or jigs.

For nighttime bass fishing, use spinner baits jigs or plastic worms in dark colors.

Garland Villines at Hickory Creek Marina said trolling for crappie and walleye is good with Bandit 300 crank baits.

Try spider-rigging for crappie with minnows 12 feet deep over water 20 to 30 feet deep.

Black bass fishing is best at night.

Use plastic worms or jigs in dark colors.

White River below Beaver Dam: Nancy Rose at the Beaver Dam store said trout are biting orange or white Power Bait.

Tipping the bait with a waxworm is a good idea.

The top lures are Flicker Shads, micro jigs or small spoons.

For flies, try black or olive woolly buggers, midges or sowbugs.

Lake Fayetteville: Dolly Black at Lake Fayetteville boat dock said bluegill are biting crickets or worms 6 to 10 feet deep.

Crappie and white bass are biting minnows or jigs 6 to 10 feet deep.

Black bass are biting a variety of lures.

Lake Sequoyah: Mike McBride at Lake Sequoyah bait shop said all species are biting.

Try minnows or jigs for crappie 1 to 10 feet deep.

Bluegill are biting cricketsor worms 1 to 4 feet deep.

Catfish are biting liver or shad.

For black bass, try spinner baits, buzz baits or plastic worms.

Lake Elmdale: Lucky Key at Duck Camp Fishing Retreat said the best fishing is for bluegill.

Use crickets or worms 1 to 5 feet deep.

Try minnows or yellow jigs 7 feet deep for crappie.

Tip the jig with a crappie nibble if fishing is slow.

Black bass are biting topwater lures at sunrise and sunset. Use Zoom Flukes or plastic worms at midday.

Prairie Grove Lake: Dennis Kruse, lake manager, said catfish are biting well on small sunfish or stink bait.

Bluegill are biting crickets or worms. Crappie are biting deep on minnows.

Siloam Springs Lake: Kenny Stroud at BW Outdoors said black bass are biting top-water lures early and late.

Try shallow-running crank baits or plastic worms for midday fishing.

Illinois River: Stroud recommends using small tube baits, grubs or Rooster Tails for black bass.

Bella Vista: Harvey Horne at Hook, Line and Sinker in Bella Vista said black bass have moved deeper.

Try plastic worms or jigs 4 to 20 feet deep at all Bella Vista lakes.

Bluegill are biting at all lakes on crickets or worms 8 to 12 feet deep.

At Lake Brittany, trout are biting Power Bait.

The best fishing is from the dam.

Catfish are biting cut bait or nightcrawlers at Lake Windsor or Loch Lomond.

Upper Table Rock Lake: J.D. Fletcher at Eagle Rock, Mo., said black bass are hitting top-water lures at sunrise.

Later in the day, fish with plastic worms or tube baits along points or shorelines that slope 45 degrees.

Eastern Oklahoma: Kenny Stroud at BW Outdoors in Siloam Springs said black bass fishing is good at night at Lake Eucha wtih deepdiving crank baits or plastic worms.

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation reports good largemouth bass fishing at Grand Lake with crank baits or jerk baits.

Catfishing is excellent with cut bait.

Outdoor, Pages 6 on 06/27/2013

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