Fishing this week

LAKE CONWAY Bream are biting well on worms and crickets in a foot of water around Caney Creek. Crappie are excellent on minnows and jigs fished in 6 to 8 feet of water around Gold Creek, Dix Creek and Green’s Lake. Bass are fair on white spinnerbaits and dark-colored soft-plastic worms. Catfishing is excellent on yo-yo’s baited with large minnows and goldfish around cypress trees in 6 to 8 feet of water.

SPRING RIVER Fishing has been as good as the weather. Guppies, Ole Yellers and Y2Ks have been the hot flies. Hot pink and white Trout Magnets and yellow and black spinners are working well for spin fishing. Wading is still a challenge. Bring a wading staff.

LAKE DARDANELLE The river has been hit or miss, but the creeks and bays are clearing nicely. Jerk baits, Alabama rigs and jigs have been producing fish in the clear water near channel swings and drops with stumps. Near the river, fish jigs and plastics very slowly in 4 to 5 feet of water out in front of the spawning flats. Crappie have been good in deep water on minnows and jigs.

LAKE OUACHITA Black bass are biting well on peanut butter-n-jelly jigs and trailers. Stripers are biting well on brood minnows and Alabama rigs near major creek channels. Some white bass and spotted bass are mixed in near these fish as well. One angler reported catching some good bream while fishing for crappie over brush with rosey red minnows.

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