BEAVER TAILWATER Fisherman have been doing excellently using orange and white PowerBait with wax worms. Fly-fishermen have been doing well on anything in the olive spectrum during low water. Clousers and big streamers are working best in high water.
DEGRAY LAKE Bass fishing is good using almost any topwater lure. Medium-running crankbaits and lipless crankbaits also are catching bass in the major coves off secondary points. Hybrid fishing is fair using Tiny Torpedoes, Baby Zara Spooks or a three-inch swim bait. Lots of bream are biting during the full moon in most any cove with some cover. Use a float and fish about 4-5 feet deep. Catfishing is very good using noodles baited with hot dogs soaked in strawberry Kool Aid, chicken livers, night crawlers, cut shad or Catfish Charlie.
LAKE MAUMELLE Largemouth bass are biting well on wacky-rigged worms, buzzbaits, spinnerbaits and jerkbaits fished in 10 feet of water or shallower. Evening fishing has been best. Spotted bass are being caught on crankbaits and jigs in 10-15 feet of water. White bass fishing is excellent on deep-diving Bandit and Bomber crankbaits. CC spoons, white jigs and Roostertails are working well when a school fires up. Crappie are biting well on minnows and jigs fished 15-20 feet deep around brush. Bream fishing is excellent using crickets and live worms in 10-15 feet of water.
LAKE NORFORK Stripers are being caught in 35-40 feet of water using live bait. White bass are being caught on Kastmasters and Zara Spooks. Bass fishing is picking up and are being caught best on jigs and spoons, but some are also coming in on crankbaits. Some big bluegills are also being caught. Crappie are beginning to move back into the brush. Live minnows are working best.
LAKE OUACHITA Black bass are being caught with topwater baits on points near structure. Striper fishing is fair using live bait and hair jigs on main lake points and humps on the east end of the lake. Bream fishing is very good using worms, grubs or crickets near brush in 15-25 feet of water. Crappie are biting well near brush on small spoons, minnows or crappie jigs fished 20-30 feet deep. Catfish are biting well on night crawlers or stink bait.