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Arkansas Fishing
Reports
Posted 03/04/2004
Little
Red River
Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout fishing is excellent using wax worms with marshmallows or Power Bait
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White River
Report by Ripple Outfitters
No Report
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Greers Ferry
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 462.5
Temperature:
Outflow: 1443 cfs. Level: 1.40 feet low
Walleye fair
using spoons in deep water
Kentucky Bass No Report
Smallmouth Bass No Report
Whites Bass good in 40 feet of water
using white spoons at Middle Ford and Devils Fork areas
Largemouth Bass fair using topwater baits
in the tributary arms late at night or early morning
Crappie No Report
Channel Catfish No Report
Spotted Bass No Report
Bream No Report
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Beaver
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1121.4
Temperature:
Outflow: 0 cfs. Level: 5.51 feet low
Crappie good using minnows and jigs in 6 to 12 feet of
water around the brush piles
Stripers No Report
Largemouth Bass good using crank baits and rogues
White Bass No Report
Catfish No Report
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Beaver
Tailwater
Report by Ripple Outfitters
No Report
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Kings River
Temperature:
Report by Ripple
Outfitters
The river is low, but floatable
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BULL
SHOALS
updated 03/04/04
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 657.0
Temperature:
Outflow: 2953 cfs Level: 3.73 feet low
Lake
Map
Fishing Report by: Bull Shoals Lake Boat Dock
"Braggin Board"
WALLEYE - No Report
CRAPPIE- No Report
CATFISH- No Report
TROUT- No Report
White River- No Report
Report by Wilderness Trail
TROUT SEMINAR
March 13th 2 to 4 p.m.
Al Boland of Al B's Guide Service will be the guest speaker
There is no charge for seminar but seats are limited
Call 870-445-2703 for reservations
BULL SHOALS LAKE SEMINAR
April 3rd 2 to 4 p.m.
Rick will be doing his spring seminar
There is no charge for the seminar but seats are limited
Call 870-445-2703 for reservations
The top ranked walleye pro anglers will be in Bull Shoals this June for
the PWT tournament. YOu can fish with them to learn more about where and how to catch Bull
Shoals walleye. The PWT is a Pro-Am.
Call 218-824-2542 for entry forms.
March 1, 2004
The lake has rebounded nicely from the winter turnover or flip, which appeared a week or
so ago. Most of the floating junk has dissipated and the fish are again becoming active.
Lake level this week is at 651.32, three feet below normal pool and six feet down from
another great spawning year. The lake temperature is around 45 to 47 degrees with some of
the northern creeks warming up to 49 to 50 degrees in the backs. Don’t be fooled by
the warmer water at the back of these creeks, the game fish have not moved to the backs
yet. This week the Heartland Buddy Bass and Pro-Am tournaments were here on Bull Shoals
and the results are – Buddy Bass on Saturday was won by the team of Conrad and Evans
with 17.14 pounds and the team of Wenners and Fauser had the Big Bass with a 6.68 pounds
largemouth. The Pro-Am on Sunday was won by Eric Holt with 17.37 pounds with Big Bass
going to B. Rieder at 6.34 pounds. The amateur winner was E. Fortner with 7.92 pounds. He
also had Big Bass at 4.39 pounds. Thanks to the Heartland Tournament Circuit and
congratulations to all of the anglers competing.
The crappie bite has started in the upper part of the Theodosia arm
along the bluff walls and around the brush piles. Crappie minnows are the best bait fished
on a split shot and plain hook 20 to 30 feet deep.
Largemouth bass are moving back to the banks and into the main lake
cuts after suspending over deep water for the last ten days. After seeing the number of 4
to 6 pound fish weighed in at the tournament they are evidently hungry. Fish channel
swings, secondary points and small pockets both in the main lake and in the creek arms.
Best technique and baits are suspending Rogues, Spider Jigs and Wiggle Warts when the wind
is up.
Smallmouth bass are behind the largemouth, still holding and
suspending off the banks in 40 to 50 feet of water. They are keying on chunk rock channel
swing banks and boulder points. Spider Jigs, grubs and finesse worms are working the best
at this time. As the week moves on the smallies should move toward the banks in search of
crawdads and then the tube bite will turn on.
Kentucky bass are moving and roaming both the shallows and cuts
chasing shad and searching for crawdads. The spoon bite has turned off but the drop shot
bite has turned on with finesse worms and beaver tail grubs. The technique is to find the
balls of shad and drop down through them with your drop shot rig. The Kentuckys that are
up on the banks will strike Spider jigs or tube baits in brown or gourd green colors. Fish
these baits from 20 to 35 feet of water for best results.
Walleye remain slow and are still holding in deeper water over the top
of the flooded forest. They should start their migration towards the creeks and flats as
the lake temperature moves toward the 50 degree mark. Fish live bait, shiners on ball jigs
with chartreuse or bright red heads over the forest to trigger a few bites. Another method
is vertical spooning with silver, white or gray back spoons on top of the standing trees.
Trout fishing on the White River has been best on Berkley Power Eggs
in yellow, rainbow and pink, and white chrome domes have been working well with the
generation. Buoyant spoons, Blue Fox and Little Cleos have also been working when there is
some generation. The fly fishermen have been doing well on olive Woolly Buggers, gray sow
bugs, tan scuds and San Juan worms. Browns are being caught on Suspending Rogues, Jointed
Rapala floaters, and Flat Fish.
Remember to keep only what you can eat and release the rest for
another day. Rick Culver of Wilderness Trail does the research for this report and the
writing of this report. For more information call Rick or Sue Culver at Wilderness Trail
at 870-445-2703, e-mail us at wtrail@bullshoals.net
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Millwood
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 259.20
Temperature: 48 - 53
Outflow: 0 cfs. Level: 0.89 feet high
Please use extreme caution in the
river.
Report by: Millwood Lake Guide Service
}><(((º> Millwood Lake Fishing Report <º)))><{
Millwood Lake Guide Service reports water temps 48-53º, and heavy stain.
Largemouth bass are fair to good in the 3-5 pound range, best this week
on red-chrome or orange Rat-L-Traps, white/chart War Eagle spinnerbaits or jigs in
pumpkin/chartreuse.
Best areas this week are the clearer water areas of the oxbows off Little River where the
water clarity is much improved, on base of cypress trees or standing timber, in 2-4 feet
depths. The bite is steadly improving with the warmer days and bright sun. The lake is
still in the process of clearing from the muddy 3 foot rise, 3 weeks ago, and rising again
from recent rains.
Jig'n Pigs in pumpkin/chartreuse and Texas Craw colors continue to catch the nicer sized
bass with a large black Unc Josh pork chunk trailer or Gene Larew Hawg Craw trailers
around shallow cypress trees in the 3-9 foot deep sloughs in very close proximity to the
river. Several nice bass in the 6-7 pound range were caught and released last week in a
pre-spawn condition, full of eggs. Water temps have increased making the bass consider
spawning, however, no males have been observed fanning spawning or nesting sites as of
yet. An increase in water temperature of another 5-8 degrees, will be needed to initiate
bed-making.
Texas rigged lizards in chartreuse pumpkin, black/blue tail or scumpernong/chart tail, in
3-5 feet deep washouts along stumps, are also working along Little River ledges.
Suspending Smithwick Rogues in green back/ orange belly or blue back/orange belly, are
taking a few nice keepers along the dead lily pad stems in the river.
Blue Cats are still biting cut shad, and chicken livers on trot lines, in
9 feet deep sections of the river. Additional catfishermen were having luck with
cottonseed cakes.
Crappie bite remains off this week due to increase in current and muddy
inflow of fresh water from recent rains, but improving.
White bass and a few Kentucky (Spotted Bass) remain up Little River,
above Highway 71 bridge. Several whites in large schools were caught in the last few days
on Chuck-n-Spin tail spinners and white rooster tails.
}><(((º> Lake Fishing Conditions <º)))><{
Currently for those people fishing below the spillway, as of Monday, March 1, the USCE
reports reduction in discharge from last week, and is approx. 3,542 CFS at the dam. There
are 9 gates open this week, 1 foot each. The lake level dropped another few inches over
the last week, and is approx. 3.5 inches above normal pool elevation, at 259.52 feet and
rising, due to the increased rain and inflow over the last 3 days. The flow at the dam,
and the current in the river, has been reduced this week. Water clarity and stain is
somewhat improved this week from last week. The clarity is approx. 3-4" in the river,
depending on location. Oxbows along Little River such as Horseshoe, McGuire and Mud Lake,
do have better water clarity. The water temps, over the last week have risen due to warmer
days with highs in the upper 60º and increased sunlight penetrations. Water temperatures
range approx. 48ºF early to 53ºF later in the day, depending on area of the lake, wind
and sunlight penetrations.
Recently the USACE reworked all the river buoys in Little River, replacing missing river
buoys. There were numerous new buoys added in long sections where previously there were
none. This has had a tremendous benefit in running the river below Yarborough Point, and
we thank them for their continued efforts to make Millwood a safe place to fish and hunt,
while navigating the river.
Use caution in low light conditions, watch for floaters and debris in Little River. Don't
forget, be safe, and respect the other guy's right to use the lake too. Release those big
bass to spawn and fight again, and take home those little 16"ers to fry up! Use
caution in low light conditions, and wear your Life Preserver! If you fall in the lake,
this time of year, hypothermia can set in, in as little as 4 minutes! Your life preserver
can potentially be your only hope to survive, so PUT IT ON!
If you fall in the lake, this time of year, hypothermia
can set in, in as little as 4 minutes! Your life preserver can potentially be your only
hope to survive, so PUT IT ON!
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Norfork
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 552.0
Temperature:
Release Rate: 567 cfs. Level: 2.27 feet low
Lake
Map
Report by: Ripple Outfitters
No Report
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Norfork Tailwater
Report by Ripple Outfitters
No Report
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This page was updated Thursday, April 17, 2008
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