11-07-2007, 09:15 PM
[size 1]Lake Conway: Bates Field and Stream (501-470-1846) said the water is clear and low. Crappie fishing is excellent on minnows and jigs. A few bass have been caught on spinnerbaits. Catfishing is fair on live bream.
Little Red River: Lindsey's Resort (501-302-3139)said the water is clear and at normal level. Generation is at an absolute minimum. Trout fishing has been really good on chartreuse Power Bait, buoyant spoons, and black or olive marabou jigs.<br />
Jed Hollan at the Little Red Fly Shop said the Greers Ferry Power House released water only two days last week. These releases were about three hours long with only one generator being used. Water temperature averaged 47 degrees. The brown trout spawn is on and they're stacked in the river right now. Twenty-inch long brown trout are all over the shoals eating chartreuse egg patterns like candy. There are some regulations that must be followed and common courtesies that should be extended to protect the fishery and still enjoy fishing. All brown trout 16 to 24 inches long must be released immediately. Please watch where you put your feet. Do not walk in the redds (clean areas of river bed specially prepared by the female trout for egg laying). The skies above the Little Red are dotted with blue winged olive, caddis and midge hatches. This trout food is best imitated on the surface with a tan elk hair caddis (sizes 18-20), BWO (sizes 18-20), Adams (sizes 18-20) or midge (sizes 18-22, cream). In the sub-surface realm, use sow bugs (sizes 14-16, tan, purple haze, peacock or light gray), zebra midges (sizes 16-22, red or black), gold ribbed hare's ears (sizes 14-16), pheasant tails (size 16), wooly buggers (sizes 10-12, olive or black) and most any color egg pattern. Eggs with hare's ear droppers and eggs with San Juan worm droppers are proving especially effective. Don't use a dropper in the special regulations area where only one hooking point per angler is permitted.<br />
Greers Ferry: As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake's elevation at 457.05 feet MSL.<br />
Tommy Cauley of Fish Finder Guide Service said hybrid and white bass fishing is still excellent all day as long as you stay with the schools of shad. If the fish aren't pushing the shad to the top, you need to watch your electronics and have some wind to catch them. Spoons and Buckshot inline spinners are working well. Catfishing is good across the lake on jugs baited with bream and set about 18 feet deep. Bass are still scattered and are very hit-or-miss. Walleye are around the hybrids and whites and can be caught on spoons fished under the schools of shad. Crappie fishing is improving in the pole timber and channel swings. No report on bream.<br />
Shiloh Marina said water conditions are normal. White bass are the best thing going in the evenings.<br />
Harris Brake Lake: Coffee Creek Landing (501-889-2745) said the water is clear and low. Crappie fishing is good on minnows and jigs. Bass fishing is fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Catfish are biting well on trotlines with stink bait.<br />
Lake Overcup: Lakeview Landing (501-354-1470) said water conditions are normal. Bream fishing is fair on crickets. A few crappie have been caught on pink minnows, shiners and Crappie Stinger tubes. Catfish are biting well on minnows and nightcrawlers.<br />
Overcup Landing (501-354-9007) said all species are slow.<br />
Brewer Lake: Overcup Landing (501-354-9007) said all species are slow.<br />
Lake Maumelle: Hatchet Jack's Sport Shop said water conditions are about normal. Crappie fishing is fair in 20 feet of water on minnows. Kentucky bass are biting well on crankbaits and jigs around rocky points.<br />
Lake Valencia: Hatchet Jack's Sport Shop said water conditions are about normal. Bass fishing is good on spinnerbaits and plastic worms. Catfishing is good on chicken hearts and nightcrawlers.<br />
Maumelle River: Hatchet Jack's Sport Shop said water conditions are normal. Crappie fishing is good on minnows. Bass are biting well on jigs and crankbaits. Catfishing is good on limb lines and trotlines using goldfish and small green sunfish.<br />
Sunset Lake: Turbyfill's Outdoor Sports (501-315-3061) said the water is fairly clear and at a normal level. Crappie fishing is good in about 15 feet of water on 2-inch Tennessee shad grubs. Bass fishing is good in shallow water around brush on trick worms or 5-inch green pumpkin lizards.<br />
Saline River Access in Benton: Turbyfill's Outdoor Sports (501-315-3061) said water conditions are normal. Bream fishing is good on crickets. Crappie fishing is fair on black Rooster Tails. Bass are biting well on white spinnerbaits. Walleye fishing is decent in deeper water on green crankbaits.<br />
Arkansas River at Morrilton: Charley's Hidden Harbor in Oppelo said catfish are holding on the backside of jetties and drops near sandbars where you have large schools of shad. They are biting well on nightcrawlers and shad fished 8 to 20 feet deep. Black bass are holding near woody cover near 6 to 10 feet of water in the late afternoon and biting on shad-colored Rat-L-Traps and slow-rolled spinnerbaits. A few schools of white bass are showing up in late evenings around Flagg Lake Cutoff and are biting fairly well on white Rooster Tails. Stripers are fair on live shad fished in 10 to 15 feet of water near jetty points and below the dams. Crappie are holding on the inside of the jetties around woody cover. They are biting fairly well on minnows fished 8 to 15 feet deep.<br />
Arkansas River at Little Rock: Vince Miller from Fish N' Stuff (501-834-5733) said the water is low and clear with no flow. Bass fishing has still been decent in the backwater on jigs and crankbaits.<br />
Larry Hurley from Poorman's Guide Service said fishing has slowed somewhat, but there's a very good flipping bite with some good fish being caught. A black/blue jig bounced along rock jetties is working well on largemouth.<br />
Little Maumelle River: River Valley Bait (501-868-3279) said the water is clear and a little high. Bream fishing is fair on worms and crickets. Crappie fishing is decent on minnows and chartreuse jigs. Bass fishing is fair on spinnerbaits and assorted jigs. Catfishing is good.<br />
Hatchet Jack's Sport Shop said bream fishing is fair on crickets around lily pads. Crappie fishing is fair on red or chartreuse jigs. Bass fishing is good on minnows and spinnerbaits. Catfish are biting well on trotlines using cut bait.<br />
Murray Lock and Dam: Hatchet Jack's Sport Shop said water conditions are normal. Crappie fishing is fair on minnows. White bass are biting on white and chartreuse twister tails. Catfishing is good on trotlines using cut bait, goldfish and green sunfish.<br />
Palarm Creek: Hatchet Jack's Sport Shop said crappie fishing is fair on pink minnows and bass fishing is good on jigs.<br />
Terry Lock and Dam: McSwain Sports Center (501-945-2471) said the water is not running, which has caused all fishing to be slow.<br />
Clear Lake: McSwain Sports Center (501-945-2471) said the water is muddy and low. Crappie fishing is good in 4-5 feet of water on pink minnows. Bass fishing is good in 3 feet of water on white spinnerbaits. [/size]
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Little Red River: Lindsey's Resort (501-302-3139)said the water is clear and at normal level. Generation is at an absolute minimum. Trout fishing has been really good on chartreuse Power Bait, buoyant spoons, and black or olive marabou jigs.<br />
Jed Hollan at the Little Red Fly Shop said the Greers Ferry Power House released water only two days last week. These releases were about three hours long with only one generator being used. Water temperature averaged 47 degrees. The brown trout spawn is on and they're stacked in the river right now. Twenty-inch long brown trout are all over the shoals eating chartreuse egg patterns like candy. There are some regulations that must be followed and common courtesies that should be extended to protect the fishery and still enjoy fishing. All brown trout 16 to 24 inches long must be released immediately. Please watch where you put your feet. Do not walk in the redds (clean areas of river bed specially prepared by the female trout for egg laying). The skies above the Little Red are dotted with blue winged olive, caddis and midge hatches. This trout food is best imitated on the surface with a tan elk hair caddis (sizes 18-20), BWO (sizes 18-20), Adams (sizes 18-20) or midge (sizes 18-22, cream). In the sub-surface realm, use sow bugs (sizes 14-16, tan, purple haze, peacock or light gray), zebra midges (sizes 16-22, red or black), gold ribbed hare's ears (sizes 14-16), pheasant tails (size 16), wooly buggers (sizes 10-12, olive or black) and most any color egg pattern. Eggs with hare's ear droppers and eggs with San Juan worm droppers are proving especially effective. Don't use a dropper in the special regulations area where only one hooking point per angler is permitted.<br />
Greers Ferry: As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake's elevation at 457.05 feet MSL.<br />
Tommy Cauley of Fish Finder Guide Service said hybrid and white bass fishing is still excellent all day as long as you stay with the schools of shad. If the fish aren't pushing the shad to the top, you need to watch your electronics and have some wind to catch them. Spoons and Buckshot inline spinners are working well. Catfishing is good across the lake on jugs baited with bream and set about 18 feet deep. Bass are still scattered and are very hit-or-miss. Walleye are around the hybrids and whites and can be caught on spoons fished under the schools of shad. Crappie fishing is improving in the pole timber and channel swings. No report on bream.<br />
Shiloh Marina said water conditions are normal. White bass are the best thing going in the evenings.<br />
Harris Brake Lake: Coffee Creek Landing (501-889-2745) said the water is clear and low. Crappie fishing is good on minnows and jigs. Bass fishing is fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Catfish are biting well on trotlines with stink bait.<br />
Lake Overcup: Lakeview Landing (501-354-1470) said water conditions are normal. Bream fishing is fair on crickets. A few crappie have been caught on pink minnows, shiners and Crappie Stinger tubes. Catfish are biting well on minnows and nightcrawlers.<br />
Overcup Landing (501-354-9007) said all species are slow.<br />
Brewer Lake: Overcup Landing (501-354-9007) said all species are slow.<br />
Lake Maumelle: Hatchet Jack's Sport Shop said water conditions are about normal. Crappie fishing is fair in 20 feet of water on minnows. Kentucky bass are biting well on crankbaits and jigs around rocky points.<br />
Lake Valencia: Hatchet Jack's Sport Shop said water conditions are about normal. Bass fishing is good on spinnerbaits and plastic worms. Catfishing is good on chicken hearts and nightcrawlers.<br />
Maumelle River: Hatchet Jack's Sport Shop said water conditions are normal. Crappie fishing is good on minnows. Bass are biting well on jigs and crankbaits. Catfishing is good on limb lines and trotlines using goldfish and small green sunfish.<br />
Sunset Lake: Turbyfill's Outdoor Sports (501-315-3061) said the water is fairly clear and at a normal level. Crappie fishing is good in about 15 feet of water on 2-inch Tennessee shad grubs. Bass fishing is good in shallow water around brush on trick worms or 5-inch green pumpkin lizards.<br />
Saline River Access in Benton: Turbyfill's Outdoor Sports (501-315-3061) said water conditions are normal. Bream fishing is good on crickets. Crappie fishing is fair on black Rooster Tails. Bass are biting well on white spinnerbaits. Walleye fishing is decent in deeper water on green crankbaits.<br />
Arkansas River at Morrilton: Charley's Hidden Harbor in Oppelo said catfish are holding on the backside of jetties and drops near sandbars where you have large schools of shad. They are biting well on nightcrawlers and shad fished 8 to 20 feet deep. Black bass are holding near woody cover near 6 to 10 feet of water in the late afternoon and biting on shad-colored Rat-L-Traps and slow-rolled spinnerbaits. A few schools of white bass are showing up in late evenings around Flagg Lake Cutoff and are biting fairly well on white Rooster Tails. Stripers are fair on live shad fished in 10 to 15 feet of water near jetty points and below the dams. Crappie are holding on the inside of the jetties around woody cover. They are biting fairly well on minnows fished 8 to 15 feet deep.<br />
Arkansas River at Little Rock: Vince Miller from Fish N' Stuff (501-834-5733) said the water is low and clear with no flow. Bass fishing has still been decent in the backwater on jigs and crankbaits.<br />
Larry Hurley from Poorman's Guide Service said fishing has slowed somewhat, but there's a very good flipping bite with some good fish being caught. A black/blue jig bounced along rock jetties is working well on largemouth.<br />
Little Maumelle River: River Valley Bait (501-868-3279) said the water is clear and a little high. Bream fishing is fair on worms and crickets. Crappie fishing is decent on minnows and chartreuse jigs. Bass fishing is fair on spinnerbaits and assorted jigs. Catfishing is good.<br />
Hatchet Jack's Sport Shop said bream fishing is fair on crickets around lily pads. Crappie fishing is fair on red or chartreuse jigs. Bass fishing is good on minnows and spinnerbaits. Catfish are biting well on trotlines using cut bait.<br />
Murray Lock and Dam: Hatchet Jack's Sport Shop said water conditions are normal. Crappie fishing is fair on minnows. White bass are biting on white and chartreuse twister tails. Catfishing is good on trotlines using cut bait, goldfish and green sunfish.<br />
Palarm Creek: Hatchet Jack's Sport Shop said crappie fishing is fair on pink minnows and bass fishing is good on jigs.<br />
Terry Lock and Dam: McSwain Sports Center (501-945-2471) said the water is not running, which has caused all fishing to be slow.<br />
Clear Lake: McSwain Sports Center (501-945-2471) said the water is muddy and low. Crappie fishing is good in 4-5 feet of water on pink minnows. Bass fishing is good in 3 feet of water on white spinnerbaits. [/size]
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