Fishing this week

A map showing the location of Arkansas fishing spots.
A map showing the location of Arkansas fishing spots.

Hot Spots

ARKANSAS RIVER (PINE BLUFF POOL) Spotted and largemouth bass have been biting well off jetties on the main river channel. Largemouth are biting fairly well within Lake Langhofer, but anglers need to find offshore brush piles to consistently catch better-sized fish. Topwaters have been working well for the first couple hours of the day, with worms, jigs and square-billed crankbaits getting most of the bites throughout the rest of the day.

BEAVER LAKE Stripers are leaving their deep-water summer haunts as the water begins to cool. Watch for surface activity from stripers, whites and hybrids. Bream fishing is fair using crickets. Crappie fishing is fair using trolled Bandit 300 series crankbaits about 15 feet deep. Bass fishing is fair in the mornings and evenings using topwater lures. Try drop-shot rigs and spoons later in the day. Catfishing is fair using jugs baited with prepared bait in the rivers.

BREWER LAKE Crappie fishing is excellent using curly tailed lures in red/chartreuse and black/chartreuse trolled slowly over brush piles and on live minnows fished 10-14 feet deep. Catfishing is good at night and early in the morning using night crawlers, large minnows, shad, bream or black salties. Bass fishing is good around the shoreline using live minnows, crankbaits or soft-plastics. Bream and redear are bedding around structures along the shore in 2-4 feet of water and are hitting crickets and redworms.

LITTLE RED RIVER Streamers, midges and sowbugs are working well for fly-fishermen. Trout Magnets with red and pink bodies on gold and chartreuse jig heads are working as well.

LAKE OUACHITA Black bass fishing is fair using drop-shot rigs, Texas-rigged worms and jigs fished around brush and other cover near points. Early in the mornings, buzzbaits, poppers, chuggers and Horny Toads are working around topped out grass and shorelines. Walleye are being caught on main lake points and humps using three-fourths-ounce CC spoons jigged vertically around any cover you find. Stripers are biting well on live shad and hair jigs. Bream are biting well on worms, grubs and crickets near brush in 15-25 feet of water. Catfishing is good using night crawlers and stink bait.

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