02-16-2007, 03:43 PM
[font "Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica"][size 2]Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Keith Stephens (501) 223-6342, e-mail: [url "mailto:kastephens@agfc.state.ar.us"]kastephens@agfc.state.ar.us[/url] [/size][/font] [font "Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica"]This is the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s fishing report for Feb. 14, 2007. If there is a body of water you would like included in this report, please call or e-mail us with information on possible sources for that lake or river.[/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica"]CENTRAL ARKANSAS [/font] [font "Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica"]
Lake Conway : Bates Field and Stream (501-470-1846) said the water is muddy. Bream are fair on redworms and crickets. Crappie are biting well on black/chartreuse, chartreuse pepper and orange core Dynamax jigs in deep water. Catfishing is fair on trotlines baited with shrimp.
Little Red River: [url "http://www.lindseysresort.com/"][#0000ff]Lindsey's Resort[/#0000ff] [/url](501-302-3139) said the water is clear and generators are running 24 hours a day. Trout fishing is good on spinners cast across the current and on wax worm/marshmallow combinations drifted in the current.
Mark Hollan at [url "http://www.littleredflyshop.com/index.htm"][#0000ff]The Little Red Fly Shop[/#0000ff][/url] in Heber Springs said the brown trout spawn is over but egg patterns are still working well. Other flies that are proving productive include the Red Ass (no. 16), tan beadhead sow bug (no. 14-16), zebra midge (red or olive no. 16), San Juan worm (no. 14-18) and olive or brown woolly buggers (no. 8-12). The Corps is operating both generators every day in an effort to lower the lake level prior to spring rains. Wade fishing is possible at Winkley and Libby shoals every morning from dawn to about 9 a.m. When the lower White River gets below flood stage, both generators may be turned on constantly for weeks.
Greers Ferry: As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 465.15 feet MSL.
[url "http://www.shilohmarina.com/"][#0000ff]Shiloh Marina[/#0000ff] [/url](501-825-6237) said the water is clear. All fishing has been slow lately.
[url "http://greersferry.com/members/fishfinder"][#0000ff]Tommy Cauley of Fish Finder Guide Service[/#0000ff] [/url]said the surface temperature at Greers Ferry is ranging from 41 to 46 degrees. The water level has been falling about 6 inches per day. Bass fishing has been very slow at best with 4 or 5 lbs. winning tournaments as of late. The best bite is in deep water around brush and or big rocks using a football head or Carolina rig anywhere from 40-70 feet of water with 2 or 3 bites a day being good. The whites and hybrids are pretty slow, but some action can be found around the baitfish in the clearer water with spoons and the buckshot big fish bait, look for the birds. Bream can be caught in the guts of the creeks about 40 feet deep. Crappie are bunched up suspended in 40-60 feet of water on pole timber. Walleye fishing is warming up, there have been two caught over 30 inches and some males have been showing up in the river. With the predicted warm rain, we will see a big movement of them upriver. Fishing should be good on grubs and jigs tipped with minnows as well as Wally Divers and long-billed Rebels.
Harris Brake Lake: [url "http://www.coffeecreekresort.net/"][#0000ff]Coffee Creek Landing[/#0000ff] [/url](501-889-2745) said the water is murky and at normal levels. Crappie fishing is fair on minnows and jigs. An occasional crappie is also being taken on nightcrawlers.
Lake Overcup : Lakeview Landing (501-354-1470) said the water is murky and the fishing is slow.
[url "http://www.overcuplanding.com/"][#0000ff]Overcup Landing[/#0000ff] [/url](501-354-9007) said the water is murky and high. Bream are fair on redworms. Crappie are biting fairly well on pink minnows and pink/white and chartreuse pepper jigs fished around boat docks and piers. Bass and catfish are slow.
Lake Maumelle : Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop (501-758-4958) said the lake is muddy and high. Stripers and white bass are being caught making their move to the upstream end of the lake. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and red/chartreuse mini jigs. Bass are biting well on minnows.
Little MaumelleRiver: River Valley Bait (501-868-3279) said the water is low and has a good stain to it. Bream fishing is poor. Crappie are biting well on minnows and jigs. Bass are poor. Catfishing is fair on nightcrawlers, blood bait and stinkbait.
Sunset Lake : Turbyfill’s Outdoor Sports (501-315-3061) said the water is low and clear. Crappie are biting well on minnows in 5 feet of water. Bass are biting well around the banks on crankbaits deflected off the bottom. Catfishing and bream fishing are poor.
Saline River Access in Benton: Turbyfill’s Outdoor Sports (501-315-3061) said the water as fallen and is running fairly clear. Crappie are biting well in 5 to 6 feet of water on small jigs and spinners. Bass fishing is excellent on crayfish-colored crankbaits in 5 to 6 feet of water. All other species are slow.
Arkansas River at Morrilton: Charley’s HiddenHarbor in Oppelo said few people are fishing lately. Catfishing is good in deep holes and around jetty tips on whole shad. Kentucky bass are biting fairly well on jigs and CC Spoons fished around secondary drops around 10 feet deep. Stripers are biting fairly well on wobble spoons fished around the mouths of creeks and below the dams. Some large drum are coming up to the back side of the jetties and are biting excellently on live shad.
Murray Lock and Dam: Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop (501-758-4958) said crappie are biting well on minnows and red/white mini-jigs. White bass are biting well on white twister tails below the generator.
Terry Lock and Dam: McSwain Sports Center (501-945-2471) said the water is high. Catfishing is fair below the dam on shad. Occasionally a striper will hit on cut shad below the dam as well.
Clear Lake: McSwain Sports Center (501-945-2471) said the water is high and clear. Crappie fishing is fair around brush and stumps in 4 to 6 feet of water. Live minnows have been the only way to catch them lately. All other species are poor.
Lake Dardanelle : Murphy’s Sporting Goods (479-229-3200) said the water is muddy with a good flow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Bass are biting well on spinnerbaits and stick baits around points near the main channel. Catfishing is good on cut bait. Stripers are also biting well below the dam on cut shad.
Blue Mountain Lake : As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 384.26 feet MSL.
CNC’s End of the Line (479-947-2398) said the water is muddy and up from the rain. Crappie fishing is good.
Ozark Pool: Lakeside Food Mart (479-667-5155) said the water is murky and at normal levels. Crappie fishing is poor, but a few have been taken on jig-and-minnow combinations. Bass fishing is slow. Catfishing is fair to slow on stinkbait in large live minnows.
Lake Ouachita : As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 577.34 feet MSL.
[url "http://www.poormansguideservice.com/"][#0000ff]Poorman’s Tackle and Guide Service[/#0000ff] [/url]said bass are hit and miss, but they will bite if you keep at it. Crankbaits are working well, deflected off wood cover in 6 to 10 feet of water. Rat-L-Traps fished over the mossy flats will pick up a few fish, but you have to cover a lot of water. Rattlin’ Rogue jerkbaits are working well over deeper grass. The hit is coming on long pauses. Brown and pumpkin jigs are working next to standing timber at the moss line. Stripers are biting well on spoons fished 30 feet deep in creek channel swings. A few walleye are also being picked up beneath schools of shad in 30 feet of water.
[url "http://www.mountainharborresort.com/"][#0000ff]Mountain Harbor Resort[/#0000ff] [/url]said the water temperature ranges from 46 to 52 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits fished around the outside edge of the moss and green pumpkin or black/blue grass jigs. Gray bucktail jigs are working on suspended fish near creek channels. Try brush piles in 20-30 feet of water. Walleye are still good and being caught on silver spoons on the edges of creek channels 20 to 35 feet deep. These fish are starting to move up the rivers and stage for pre-spawn. Stripers are fair on live gizzard shad or bass minnows around main lake points and rock bluffs near or in the river channels on all areas of the lake. Crappie are fair and still being caught over brush piles. Try deep pockets and standing timber 12-20 feet deep. Minnows or crappie grubs are working best. Arkansas shad, Tennessee shad and white are the best colors for artificial baits.
Lake Catherine : Diamondhead Marina (501-262-2272) said fishing has been slow and not many anglers are out with the weather.
Lake Hamilton: [url "http://www.poormansguideservice.com/"][#0000ff]Poorman’s Tackle and Guide Service[/#0000ff] [/url]said Hamilton is fishing very well right now. Some good quality fish and good numbers are being caught on crankbaits fished in 5 to 8 feet of water. Find the stumps and rocky cover and deflect a crankbait off of them during sunny days. Brown jigs are working well in brush piles in 8 to 12 feet of water. Suspending jerkbaits are working well worked over the brush.
Lake Hinkle : Bill's Bait Shop (479-637-4719) said the water is clear and high. Crappie fishing is fair on minnows. Bass fishing is fair. All other species are slow.
Lake Atkins : Lucky Landing (479-641-7615) said the water is clear and at normal levels. Crappie fishing is good on chartreuse jigs fished 7 feet deep.
Lake Nimrod : As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 342.49 feet MSL.
Local angler Billy Blankenship said the water is murky from all the rain and level fluctuations. Crappie fishing is good on red/chartreuse jigs.
Felsenthal: Hale’s One Stop (870-943-2683) said fishing has been very slow. Not many anglers are out with the weather conditions. The water level is very high. [/font]
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Keith Stephens (501) 223-6342, e-mail: [url "mailto:kastephens@agfc.state.ar.us"]kastephens@agfc.state.ar.us[/url] [/size][/font] [font "Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica"]This is the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s fishing report for Feb. 14, 2007. If there is a body of water you would like included in this report, please call or e-mail us with information on possible sources for that lake or river.[/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica"]CENTRAL ARKANSAS [/font] [font "Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica"]
Lake Conway : Bates Field and Stream (501-470-1846) said the water is muddy. Bream are fair on redworms and crickets. Crappie are biting well on black/chartreuse, chartreuse pepper and orange core Dynamax jigs in deep water. Catfishing is fair on trotlines baited with shrimp.
Little Red River: [url "http://www.lindseysresort.com/"][#0000ff]Lindsey's Resort[/#0000ff] [/url](501-302-3139) said the water is clear and generators are running 24 hours a day. Trout fishing is good on spinners cast across the current and on wax worm/marshmallow combinations drifted in the current.
Mark Hollan at [url "http://www.littleredflyshop.com/index.htm"][#0000ff]The Little Red Fly Shop[/#0000ff][/url] in Heber Springs said the brown trout spawn is over but egg patterns are still working well. Other flies that are proving productive include the Red Ass (no. 16), tan beadhead sow bug (no. 14-16), zebra midge (red or olive no. 16), San Juan worm (no. 14-18) and olive or brown woolly buggers (no. 8-12). The Corps is operating both generators every day in an effort to lower the lake level prior to spring rains. Wade fishing is possible at Winkley and Libby shoals every morning from dawn to about 9 a.m. When the lower White River gets below flood stage, both generators may be turned on constantly for weeks.
Greers Ferry: As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 465.15 feet MSL.
[url "http://www.shilohmarina.com/"][#0000ff]Shiloh Marina[/#0000ff] [/url](501-825-6237) said the water is clear. All fishing has been slow lately.
[url "http://greersferry.com/members/fishfinder"][#0000ff]Tommy Cauley of Fish Finder Guide Service[/#0000ff] [/url]said the surface temperature at Greers Ferry is ranging from 41 to 46 degrees. The water level has been falling about 6 inches per day. Bass fishing has been very slow at best with 4 or 5 lbs. winning tournaments as of late. The best bite is in deep water around brush and or big rocks using a football head or Carolina rig anywhere from 40-70 feet of water with 2 or 3 bites a day being good. The whites and hybrids are pretty slow, but some action can be found around the baitfish in the clearer water with spoons and the buckshot big fish bait, look for the birds. Bream can be caught in the guts of the creeks about 40 feet deep. Crappie are bunched up suspended in 40-60 feet of water on pole timber. Walleye fishing is warming up, there have been two caught over 30 inches and some males have been showing up in the river. With the predicted warm rain, we will see a big movement of them upriver. Fishing should be good on grubs and jigs tipped with minnows as well as Wally Divers and long-billed Rebels.
Harris Brake Lake: [url "http://www.coffeecreekresort.net/"][#0000ff]Coffee Creek Landing[/#0000ff] [/url](501-889-2745) said the water is murky and at normal levels. Crappie fishing is fair on minnows and jigs. An occasional crappie is also being taken on nightcrawlers.
Lake Overcup : Lakeview Landing (501-354-1470) said the water is murky and the fishing is slow.
[url "http://www.overcuplanding.com/"][#0000ff]Overcup Landing[/#0000ff] [/url](501-354-9007) said the water is murky and high. Bream are fair on redworms. Crappie are biting fairly well on pink minnows and pink/white and chartreuse pepper jigs fished around boat docks and piers. Bass and catfish are slow.
Lake Maumelle : Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop (501-758-4958) said the lake is muddy and high. Stripers and white bass are being caught making their move to the upstream end of the lake. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and red/chartreuse mini jigs. Bass are biting well on minnows.
Little MaumelleRiver: River Valley Bait (501-868-3279) said the water is low and has a good stain to it. Bream fishing is poor. Crappie are biting well on minnows and jigs. Bass are poor. Catfishing is fair on nightcrawlers, blood bait and stinkbait.
Sunset Lake : Turbyfill’s Outdoor Sports (501-315-3061) said the water is low and clear. Crappie are biting well on minnows in 5 feet of water. Bass are biting well around the banks on crankbaits deflected off the bottom. Catfishing and bream fishing are poor.
Saline River Access in Benton: Turbyfill’s Outdoor Sports (501-315-3061) said the water as fallen and is running fairly clear. Crappie are biting well in 5 to 6 feet of water on small jigs and spinners. Bass fishing is excellent on crayfish-colored crankbaits in 5 to 6 feet of water. All other species are slow.
Arkansas River at Morrilton: Charley’s HiddenHarbor in Oppelo said few people are fishing lately. Catfishing is good in deep holes and around jetty tips on whole shad. Kentucky bass are biting fairly well on jigs and CC Spoons fished around secondary drops around 10 feet deep. Stripers are biting fairly well on wobble spoons fished around the mouths of creeks and below the dams. Some large drum are coming up to the back side of the jetties and are biting excellently on live shad.
Murray Lock and Dam: Hatchet Jack’s Sport Shop (501-758-4958) said crappie are biting well on minnows and red/white mini-jigs. White bass are biting well on white twister tails below the generator.
Terry Lock and Dam: McSwain Sports Center (501-945-2471) said the water is high. Catfishing is fair below the dam on shad. Occasionally a striper will hit on cut shad below the dam as well.
Clear Lake: McSwain Sports Center (501-945-2471) said the water is high and clear. Crappie fishing is fair around brush and stumps in 4 to 6 feet of water. Live minnows have been the only way to catch them lately. All other species are poor.
Lake Dardanelle : Murphy’s Sporting Goods (479-229-3200) said the water is muddy with a good flow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Bass are biting well on spinnerbaits and stick baits around points near the main channel. Catfishing is good on cut bait. Stripers are also biting well below the dam on cut shad.
Blue Mountain Lake : As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 384.26 feet MSL.
CNC’s End of the Line (479-947-2398) said the water is muddy and up from the rain. Crappie fishing is good.
Ozark Pool: Lakeside Food Mart (479-667-5155) said the water is murky and at normal levels. Crappie fishing is poor, but a few have been taken on jig-and-minnow combinations. Bass fishing is slow. Catfishing is fair to slow on stinkbait in large live minnows.
Lake Ouachita : As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 577.34 feet MSL.
[url "http://www.poormansguideservice.com/"][#0000ff]Poorman’s Tackle and Guide Service[/#0000ff] [/url]said bass are hit and miss, but they will bite if you keep at it. Crankbaits are working well, deflected off wood cover in 6 to 10 feet of water. Rat-L-Traps fished over the mossy flats will pick up a few fish, but you have to cover a lot of water. Rattlin’ Rogue jerkbaits are working well over deeper grass. The hit is coming on long pauses. Brown and pumpkin jigs are working next to standing timber at the moss line. Stripers are biting well on spoons fished 30 feet deep in creek channel swings. A few walleye are also being picked up beneath schools of shad in 30 feet of water.
[url "http://www.mountainharborresort.com/"][#0000ff]Mountain Harbor Resort[/#0000ff] [/url]said the water temperature ranges from 46 to 52 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits fished around the outside edge of the moss and green pumpkin or black/blue grass jigs. Gray bucktail jigs are working on suspended fish near creek channels. Try brush piles in 20-30 feet of water. Walleye are still good and being caught on silver spoons on the edges of creek channels 20 to 35 feet deep. These fish are starting to move up the rivers and stage for pre-spawn. Stripers are fair on live gizzard shad or bass minnows around main lake points and rock bluffs near or in the river channels on all areas of the lake. Crappie are fair and still being caught over brush piles. Try deep pockets and standing timber 12-20 feet deep. Minnows or crappie grubs are working best. Arkansas shad, Tennessee shad and white are the best colors for artificial baits.
Lake Catherine : Diamondhead Marina (501-262-2272) said fishing has been slow and not many anglers are out with the weather.
Lake Hamilton: [url "http://www.poormansguideservice.com/"][#0000ff]Poorman’s Tackle and Guide Service[/#0000ff] [/url]said Hamilton is fishing very well right now. Some good quality fish and good numbers are being caught on crankbaits fished in 5 to 8 feet of water. Find the stumps and rocky cover and deflect a crankbait off of them during sunny days. Brown jigs are working well in brush piles in 8 to 12 feet of water. Suspending jerkbaits are working well worked over the brush.
Lake Hinkle : Bill's Bait Shop (479-637-4719) said the water is clear and high. Crappie fishing is fair on minnows. Bass fishing is fair. All other species are slow.
Lake Atkins : Lucky Landing (479-641-7615) said the water is clear and at normal levels. Crappie fishing is good on chartreuse jigs fished 7 feet deep.
Lake Nimrod : As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 342.49 feet MSL.
Local angler Billy Blankenship said the water is murky from all the rain and level fluctuations. Crappie fishing is good on red/chartreuse jigs.
Felsenthal: Hale’s One Stop (870-943-2683) said fishing has been very slow. Not many anglers are out with the weather conditions. The water level is very high. [/font]
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