HOT SPOTS
LAKE MAUMELLE Crappie are being caught on minnows and jigs and are 15 feet deep. Try the edges of the channels. Bream fishing remains excellent and can be found at 13 feet on the bottom. They are being caught on crickets and live worms. Catfishing is excellent, and they are biting in 15-20 feet of water on stink bait, small bream and chicken livers.
ARKANSAS RIVER (MAUMELLE POOL)
Bream were biting well in shallow areas on worms and crickets. Use wax worms. Crappie were good around brush piles in 12-15 feet depth on minnows and jigs. Bass fishing was excellent around jetties. Try a plastic Trick Worm and pull it under at 10-15 feet. Catfishing was excellent on trotlines with Skipjack working best.
LAKE NIMROD Surface temperature was 87 degrees, and those conditions led to an excellent week all around for fishing. Bass were excellent in shallow depth using topwater lures. Catfish were also working in shallow water, and the bite was excellent on worms and chicken livers. Crappie fishing was excellent; the fish are biting at 5 feet depth on minnows and jigs. Bream fishing was excellent around the shoreline; use worms and crickets. White bass are good.
LAKE OUACHITA Walleye are excellent and are being caught trolling shallow running crank baits and jigging CC spoons. Stripers are good on live bait. The central area of the lake is the hottest right now. Bream are very good. Crickets, maggots and redworms are best fished 12-25 feet deep. Crappie are still fair. Try using minnows or crappie jigs at depths around 20-30 feet near brush. Catfish are excellent. Try live bait or cut bait in depths of 15-20 feet.