Arkansas Fishing Reports 07/29

Posted 07/29/2004

Beaver	Little Red River	Kings River	Bull Shoals	Greers Ferry
Beaver Tailwater	Millwood	Norfork	Norfork Tailwater	White River
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Little Red River

Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout The lake level is low in the morning. Trout fishing is good 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: 2869 cfs. Level: 2.31 feet low

Walleye excellent using nightcrawlers off the rock points in 30 feet of water

Kentucky Bass No Report

Smallmouth Bass No Report

Whites Bass No Report

Largemouth Bass good in 30 feet of water using small plastics

Crappie fair in 30 to 35 feet of water using small minnows

Channel Catfish good using live bait on the flats

Bluegill excellent in 10 feet of water using crickets

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Beaver

Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1121.4 Temperature:

Outflow: 3982 cfs. Level: 1.15 feet high

Crappie good using minnows

Stripers are deep using umbrella rigs and deep cranks and live shad

Largemouth Bass good using topwater baits

White Bass good at night under a light

Catfish good using live bait around the rock on a trotline

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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 clear and high. However, the conditions are great for floating.

Smallmouth bass fishing is excellent on green or watermelon soft plastics fished along boulders and lay downs. Top-water lures are also effective for smallmouth bass.

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BULL SHOALS

updated 07/29/04

Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 657.0 Temperature: low 90's

Outflow: 8578 cfs Level: 0.71 feet high

Lake Map

Fishing Report by: Bull Shoals Lake Boat Dock "Braggin Board"

Bream are biting well on worms.

Crappie fishing is very good on crappie minnows and small crappie jigs fished 25 to 30 feet deep over brush piles.

Bass fishing is slow.

Catfish are biting well on trotlines and jugs.

Walleye are fair to good on night crawler harnesses fished 30 to 35 feet deep.

Report by Wilderness Trail

July 26, 2004

When is the last time you remember wearing a jacket at the end of July? A major cold front pushed in at the end of the week dropping daytime temperatures into the 60’s with a cold rain. It was a nice break from the summer heat but it is a shocker for the fish. Water temperature was not affected by the cold front and surface temperature remains in the mid 80’s. The thermocline has set up at 35 feet and most of the game fish are just above the temperature break. Lake level this week is at 657.16, which is 3 feet above normal pool, hopefully with the rains we will stay there for a while.

Crappie are biting early in the mornings and on floating lights at night around brush piles in 25+ feet of water or the standing trees along the bluff walls. Best baits are crappie minnows, Swimming Minnows and crappie tubes. White bass are now active on spoons in 40 to 55 feet of water at the entrances of the pockets in the creek arms and around the main lake. The shad have dropped into thermocline, which enables the Whites to feed on them in the their temperature range.

Largemouth bass are still spotty during the day light hours. A few are being caught on jigs or Berkley worms around docks and brush piles, but the big surprise this week was some of the suspended largemouth reacting to slow rolling spinnerbaits on points and in the back of the creeks. This reaction bite is taking place early in the mornings while they are feeding on shad.

Smallmouth bass have gone deep and are under ledges at the entrance of the cuts and pockets throughout the lake. Fish tube baits, Spider Jigs or drop shot baits down the bank for best results. The bite is slow so work the area over thoroughly before moving on.

Kentucky bass have also been spotty but the reason is that they are traveling in schools in search of shad, so you need to do some graphing to find them. Once a school is marked, drop a spoon (white or silver) or a drop shot rig down to them. For live bait anglers a nightcrawler or shiner on a split shot rig will also trigger some bites.

Walleye are now on the bottom at 35 feet off points and the deep side of feeding flats. Bottom bouncers are working with crawler harnesses or leech harnesses in the mornings and early evening. There are walleye suspended at 35 feet over deeper water out in front of points and flats and these fish can be caught with lead core line pulling Rapala Glass Shad, Reef Runners and Bill Norman lures at 1.5 to 1.7 mph. Keep your bait over the top of the walleye because they feed upward and will not go down after a bait.

NIGHT FISHING UPDATE: The bite is the best from sundown until midnight on points and chunk rock baits. Best baits are jig and pigs, tubes, 8 to 10" worms and brush hogs all in brown or blue/black colors.

Trout fishing on the White River has been good on Power Bait in yellow and white, Power Wigglers, Gulp Earthworms, salmon eggs and Belgian red worms. Buoyant Spoons, Mepps and Rooster Tails have been working when the generation is on. The fly fishermen have done well on olive and black Woolly Buggers, peach egg pattern, scuds, sow bugs and San Juan worms. Browns are being caught on Floating Original Rapala’s, Countdowns, Rebel Floating Minnows and nightcrawlers.

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: 80 - 90

Outflow: 523 cfs. Level: 0.09 feet high

Report by: Millwood Lake Guide Service

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Millwood Lake Guide Service reports water temps 80º-90º; 2.5 inches above normal, stained, & falling.

Largemouth bass, 3 to 6 pounds, are very good on 5 inch Bass Assassin Shads in bone diamond, salt & pepper, or gizzard shad colors. A client caught 10 pound bass Friday last week on a 5 inch Bass Assassin, up river (see photo attached).

Rat-L-Traps in red chrome, or bleeding shad diamond dust colors, and white/chart buzz baits are still catching keeper bass on points of creek mouths feeding into Little River. Soft plastic Rats and scum frogs in pumpkin/chart or white colors, are taking decent bass in the lily pads, coontail moss and hydrilla.

Hogg Assassins in redbug or green pumpkin are catching keeper size bass on base of cypress trees, and around stumps in shallow water. Southern Pro Fatbutt Gitzits in black and blue, or pumpkinseed/chartreuse, and 10-12 inch power worms in blue fleck, red shad or black are still catching good fish up river.

Carolina rig lizards in cotton candy, watermelon red, and scumpernong, are still catching solid bass in Little River on points. Additionally, white jigs with pearl white Zoom plastic chunks or spilt milk grubs, are beginning to take keeper size fish.

Visibility and clarity continues improving and is approximately 8-9 inches on the main lake or the Little River. Little River's clarity continues improving daily. The upriver oxbows such as McGuire, Horseshoe, Mud Lake, Clear Lake etc, still have much better water clarity estimated approximately 4-7 feet visibility in places. Current in Little River is non-existent this week, with the discharge at the dam currently at 777 CFS. The floating debris in Little River has began settling out, and continues improving daily. Use extreme caution while running the river in low light conditions!

Channel Cats are biting cut baits in the river channel, on trot lines. 2-5 pound Blues continue biting well on cheese baits, shiners, and liver on yoyos underneath cypress trees set at 7-8 feet depths, in the last week.

Crappie bite is improving with the reduction this week in current, and continually improving water clarity. Good catches are reported on shiners in 12-14
feet.

White bass are still trying to school up, hitting small roostertails in red/white, or Cordell Crazy shads in chrome/black, in Horseshoe Lake or Mud Lake oxbows, up Little River. The schooling activities are random and most occurring after 2-3pm.

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Currently for those people fishing below the spillway, as of Monday, July 26, the USCE reports an increase in the gate change from discharge last week, and is approx 777 CFS at the dam. There are currently two gates open today, #2, and #12 at one foot each.

The lake level has slightly risen this past week due to fresh water, and is only 2.5 inches above normal conservation pool, and falling. Current in Little River is substantially reduced this week, at 259.40 feet and falling. Normal conservation pool elevation of 259.20 should be reached by mid-week this week provided there is no additional rainfall. The flow at the dam, and the current in the river, is greatly reduced this week, almost non-existent. Water clarity in the river, is improving, with the decrease in current, and visibility is approximately 8-9 inches.

*Note: High, muddy water over the last several weeks, has moved some of the river buoys out of the channel and onto the banks, or have dissappeared altogether. Many river buoys are missing between mile marker 3 and Jack's Isle in Little River. Water temperatures have stablized, and range approx 81ºF early to 90ºF later in the day, depending on area of the lake, wind and sunlight penetrations.

Use EXTREME caution while navigating Little River in low light conditions, and SLOW DOWN! Careful watch for floaters and debris in Little River's current is a requirement. The river is improving daily, in clarity and slower current. The vegetation and floating debris floating in the river this week is again reduced, however, random grass mats, tree debris and floating objects remain coming down Little River. Keep in mind there are long sections of Little River where the river buoys have moved out of position or have disappeared from the high water and current.

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 are suddenly thrown from your boat, or knocked unconscious, 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: 179 cfs. Level: 1.63 feet high

Lake Map

Report by: Ripple Outfitters

No Report

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Norfork Tailwater

Report by Ripple Outfitters

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