FISHING HOT SPOTS
LAKE HAMILTON Massive numbers of largemouth bass are being caught using shad-pattern crankbaits on main and secondary points at 10-20 feet. Some schooling activity is being reported. Work schooling bass with suspending jerkbaits, spoons and any white or silver baits, including, including frogs and worms.
GREERS FERRY LAKE Crappie fishing is good in rivers and creeks around timber on jigs and minnows at 12-30 feet. Walleye are biting nightcrawlers, jigs and spoons from 2-60 feet. Bream are biting crickets and nightcrawlers from the bank to 18 feet. Catfish are biting all over the lake on a variety of baits from soap to hot dogs at various depths on various rigs. Black bass are scattered from the bank to 60 feet and around shad. Hybrid and white bass fishing is excellent on spoons, inline spinners, swimbaits and topwater baits at 25-60 feet.
ARKANSAS RIVER (Little Rock POOL) Bass fishing is excellent around rocky points with small shad-colored swimbaits, Rat-L-Traps and green pumpkin Brush Hogs. Catfishing is fair below the dam with skipjack. White bass and striper fishing is excellent on chartreuse Bucktail 1-ounce jigs.
Sports on 10/18/2018