Beaver Lake: Crappie are biting in the middle portion of Beaver Lake, reports James Whittle at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers.
Use minnows or jigs 12 to 20 feet deep around docks and brush piles to catch crappie, Whittle suggested.
For black bass, try top-water lures at dawn. Switch to plastic worms or jig and pigs later. Fish 12 to 25 feet deep around points and brush piles.
Average water temperature at Beaver Lake is 71 to 78 degrees.
Garland Villines at Hickory Creek Marina said crappie fishing is slow. A few have been caught with minnows or jigs 20 feet deep around brush piles. Try trolling Bandit 300 crank baits over flats that are 30 feet deep.
Beaver tailwater: Tom Steinke at the Beaver Dam Store said trout fishing is good. The top baits are Power Bait or waxworms, or a combination of both.
Spoons are the top lure. The best flies are pheasant-tails and nymphs.
Walleye can be caught with minnows from Houseman Access downstream.
Lake Fayetteville: Dolly Black at Lake Fayetteville boat dock said a few crappie have been caught by trolling or still-fishing with minnows or jigs. Use crickets or worms for bluegill.
Lake Sequoyah: Mike McBride at Lake Sequoyah bait shop said crappie are biting jigs or minnows 5 to 10 feet deep. Black bass fishing is good with all types of lures.
Catfish are biting liver or shad. Bluegill are biting crickets or worms at all depths.
Siloam Springs Lake: Kenny Stroud in Siloam Springs said black bass are biting top-water lures early. Use plastic worms around lay-down trees and other cover later in the day.
Swepco Lake: Stroud said black bass are biting plastic worms 2 to 20 feet deep.
Bella Vista: Harvey Horne at Hook, Line and Sinker in Bells Vista said black bass fishing is good with plastic worms, spinner baits and crank baits 2 to 6 feet deep at all Bella Vista lakes.
Bluegill are biting worms or crickets 6 to 12 feet deep. Try worms or liver for catfish.
Eastern Oklahoma: Kenny Stroud in Siloam Springs said black bass at Lake Eucha are biting top-water lures at dawn. Use jig and pigs or plastic worms around laydown trees later in the day.
At Grand Lake, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation said largemouth bass are biting fair on plastic worms and crank baits along main-lake points.
--Compiled by Flip Putthoff
Outdoors on 09/25/2014