CENTRAL BASS BREAM CATFISH CRAPPIE
BREWER — — — —
CLEAR Good — Fair Fair
CONWAY Good Good Good Good
GREERS FERRY Good Fair Fair Fair
HARRIS BRAKE — — — —
MAUMELLE — — — Excellent
NORRELL Good Good Good Good
OVERCUP Good Good Good Good
SALINE RIVER (BENTON) Excellent — Good Fair
SUNSET Good Fair Good Fair
WINONA Good — Good Poor
ARKANSAS RIVER (CADRON) Excellent — Good Good
ARKANSAS RIVER (LITTLE ROCK) Good Good Fair Excellent
ARKANSAS RIVER (MAUMELLE POOL) — — — —
ARKANSAS RIVER (MORRILTON) Poor Poor Poor Poor
BISHOP PARK PONDS Good Fair Good Good
LITTLE MAUMELLE RIVER Good — — Fair
LITTLE RED RIVER (GREERS FERRY TAILWATER) The Corps of Engineers has closed the spillway gates and is regulating the lake level by water release through the two generator turbines. For high-water conditions, use long leaders and weight. Concentrate on pools along the banks away from the strong currents. The key for both fly-fishing and Trout Magnet fishing during heavy generation is the ability to get and maintain a good presentation of the fly or Trout Magnet. Working the banks with streamers is also an effective fly-fishing method in high water conditions.
LAKE PECKERWOOD Good — Good Good
NORTH BASS BREAM CATFISH CRAPPIE
BULL SHOALS — — — —
NORFORK — — — —
WHITE RIVER Water is fluctuating between low to high. A pair of young fly-fishermen caught about 25 trout with ruby midges tied on a No. 16 or No. 18 hook. Bait fishers have used sculpin minnows to catch big brown. Some guides prefer palm sized (big) sculpins. Most are just as successful drifting more plentiful smaller baits at mid-depths. Rainbow trout have been biting scented shrimp and bright fluorescent chartreuse or yellow eggs.
NORFORK TAILWATER The most productive flies have been small midge patterns (sizes 18, 20, 22) like ruby midges, root beer midges, zebra midges (black or red with silver wire and silver bead) and soft hackles (sizes 14, 16) like the Green Butt. Egg patterns have also been productive. Double-fly nymph rigs have been very effective. Try a small bead-headed nymph (zebra midge, Copper John or pheasant tail) suspended 18 inches below a brightly colored San Juan worm (hot fluorescent pink or cerise size 10). The fishing is better in the morning.
SOUTH-CENTRAL BASS BREAM CATFISH CRAPPIE
COLUMBIA — — — —
FELSENTHAL — — — —
WHITE OAK — — — —
NORTHWEST BASS BREAM CATFISH CRAPPIE
BEAVER Good — — Good
BEAVER TAILWATER Trout are biting just about anything. The preferred method has been light terminal tackle with PowerBaits and assorted spoons. Trout are eating primarily insects as opposed to snails from the previous week. A few white bass have been caught between Beaver and Holiday Island, but no big schools have been reported.
FAYETTEVILLE Excellent — — Excellent
SEQUOYAH Good — Excellent Good
NORTHEAST BASS BREAM CATFISH CRAPPIE
CROWN Excellent Good — Fair
SPRING RIVER
Water flow is 340 cfs, and water is clear. Fishing excellent. Jim Hinkle Hatchery has been stocking some really nice-sized rainbows over the last few weeks. Olive Woollies, brown Woollies and Y2Ks have been hard to beat on the fly. Red, white and hot pink Trout Magnets are producing great on spinning and fly equipment..
SOUTHWEST BASS BREAM CATFISH CRAPPIE
COLUMBIA — — — —
MILLWOOD Good — — Fair
GREESON Good — — Good
WEST-CENTRAL BASS BREAM CATFISH CRAPPIE
ATKINS — — — —
BAILEY Good — Good Good
DARDANELLE Good Good Good Good
DEGRAY Good — — Excellent
OUACHITA Excellent Good Excellent Fair
HAMILTON Fair — — Fair
NIMROD — — — —
CATHERINE Good — — —
LAKE HAMILTON TAILWATER Thousands of trout are present in the tailrace and will be feeding consistently as water levels return to normal. Bank fishermen can catch limits using PowerBaits, waxworms and mealworms, redworms and corn fished just off the bottom with a marshmallow floater. Spin fishermen casting small jigs, Super Dupers and Little Cleos in silver or white will record limits of trout during periods of current or slack water. Fly-fishermen can still access areas that hold good numbers of rainbow trout and can be successful presenting Trout Magnets in white or pink, micro-jigs in black, or San Juan worms in red or hot pink with a strike indicator. Walleyes are still spawning, with most fish being caught by trolling shallow-running stick baits. Carolina rigs tipped with nightcrawlers have taken the largest fish at night. White bass are making a run toward the dam with numbers being taken from the bank by fishermen casting flukes and Rapala jerkbaits in a black/silver combination.
SOUTHEAST BASS BREAM CATFISH CRAPPIE
ARKANSAS RIVER (PINE BLUFF POOL) — — — —
CANE CREEK Good Fair Good Fair
CHICOT — — — —
MONTICELLO Good — — Good
NOTE For more detailed information on baits and lures, go to: agfc.state.ar.us/fishing/fishingreport.htm