HOT SPOTS
ARKANSAS RIVER (LITTLE ROCK POOL) Bass fishing is excellent in the backwaters and on jetty points using Texas rigged lizards and Big Bite Baits Fighting Frogs. Crappie fishing is excellent using white/chartreuse jigs and chartreuse twister tails on 1/8-ounce jigheads fished around brush. White bass fishing is excellent using chartreuse twin-tailed jigs and spoons below Murray Lock and Dam. Catfishing is excellent on skipjack, shad, sunfish and minnows.
ARKANSAS RIVER (MAUMELLE POOL) Bass fishing is excellent using shad-colored spinnerbaits and chartreuse/black shallow-diving crankbaits in backwater areas. Crappie fishing is excellent in backwaters using pink minnows, red/chartreuse jigs and Beetle Spins. Catfishing is excellent using minnows, chicken hearts, livers and worms.
ARKANSAS RIVER (PINE BLUFF POOL) The bass are shallow and hungry. Crankbaits, spinnerbaits and chatterbaits have been catching fish in less than 5 feet of water. Jigs andsoft-plastics have been working as well.
LAKE CONWAY Bass fishing is good all over the lake using spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Catfishing is good using yo-yos baited with minnows and goldfish. Bream fishing is good using worms and crickets at Pierce Creek and Palarm Creek. Crappie fishing is good using minnows and jigs around the trees at Adams Lake, Greens Lake and Gold Creek.
GREERS FERRY Bass fishing is catching fire. Most fish are shallow or are moving that way. Try spinnerbaits, crankbaits, jerkbaits, Alabama rigs, Carolina rigs and jigs. Hybrid and white bass are on the move. Try grubs, small flies, in-line spinners and jerkbaits. Crappie are biting fairly well and are beginning to move shallow. Many can be found 3-5 feet deep over brush and timber in 10 feet of water. A few crappie are still suspended in 25-30 feet of water in the pole timber. Walleye are almost finished spawning upriver. Try trolling crankbaits, Rattling Rogues and jigs tipped with minnows on humps, points and rip-rap banks between upriver spawning areas and the main lake.
Sports, Pages 22 on 03/27/2014