Fishing this week

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BULL SHOALS LAKE Bass fishing has been great with smallmouth bass biting in 5-20 feet of water. Soft plastics like swim baits, crankbaits, lizards and tubes are working well. Largemouth bass are also biting those baits as well as top-water baits like Zara Spooks and Flukes. Walleye fishing has picked up on crawler rigs fished on bottom bouncers, split-shot and trolled Carolina rigs. White bass are still being caught in the backs of the creeks and large coves.

DEGRAY LAKE Bass fishing is good with plenty of catches all over the lake. There is a pretty decent top-water bite early in the morning in the upper end of the lake between Arlie Moore and Point Cedar. Hybrid activity is picking up nicely with quite a few good catches. The fish are schooling between Point 14 and Shouse Ford. Crankbaits such as Shad Raps and Fat Free Shad, heavy spoons, 5-inch swim baits and the five arm umbrella rigs with 4-inch grubs are working best. Bream fishing is good in most any cove with cover producing fish. Catfishing is picking up on trotlines set 20-30 feet deep baited with Catfish Charlie, hot dogs, liver, night crawlers or cut shad.

GREERS FERRY LAKE Crappie and bass are still in spawn stages and are catchable by a variety of methods. Hybrids and whites are schooling and chasing shad in the coves and to the shore. The walleye bite has improved with evening fishing producing numbers in 10-15 feet of water. Try trolling crankbaits near the bottom.

LAKE MAUMELLE Largemouth and spotted bass fishing are excellent along the edges of grass. Floating worms, top-water lures and swim baits are working well. White bass are biting well in the midsection of the lake on Rogues, Roostertails, Rat-L-Traps and grubs. Crappie are biting well on dull colored jigs fished in 15-20 feet of water near bends in the river channel with cover. Bream fishing is excellent using worms and crickets 4-10 feet deep.

LITTLE RED RIVER Trout are biting well on wax worms and Power Bait. Flyfishermen are having success with sow bugs and San Juan worms.

Sports, Pages 20 on 05/30/2013

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