Arkansas Fishing Reports

Posted 12/07/2000

[ Beaver | Beaver Tailwaters | Bull Shoals (East) | Greers Ferry | Little Red River | Millwood | Norfork |


Due to the Weather Conditions the fishing reports will be coming in slow.

Little Red River

Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout The brown trout are spawning. Fly fishing is good on sow bugs and brown parachute Adams flies. Bait  fishermen are using waxworms with marshmallows and nightcrawlers.

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Greers Ferry

Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 461.0 Temperature:  Outflow: 670 cfs. Level: 5.90 feet low

Walleye use Roostertail.

Smallmouth Bass are hitting on worms and minnows

Hybrid Bass are hitting on Rogues and similar lures.

Largemouth Bass  fair on topwater lures

Crappie are fair on small minnows in 20 feet of water

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: 1275 cfs. Level: 8.70 feet low

Report coming soon by Hamilton Guide Service

Striped Bass fair up in the river arms on live shad, big jigs and spoons 

Largemouth Bass are fair on soft plastic lures

Crappie are hitting on minnows and jigs in the brush

Catfish are hitting on live bait and on trotlines

White Bass are moving on the upper end and hitting on live shad and topwater lures

Bream fair on crickets and worms

 

Beaver Tailwaters

Trout good on micro jigs, Colorado spoons, Super Dupers and small rapalas. Fly fishermen are using soft hackles, and san Juan worms.

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BULL SHOALS (EAST)

Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 654.00  Temperature: 50's Outflow: 730 cfs Level: 8.00 feet low

Lake Map

Report by Wilderness Trail

November 27, 2000
The weather pattern was mild this week with temperatures in the 50's until Friday when the roof feel in and the 50's became 30's with rain and snow. Lake temperature has dropped to the mid 50's in the main lake and 52 to 53 degrees in the creeks and upper lake areas. Pool level has actually risen this week to 645.56 which puts it at nine feet below normal pool. One the bright side, white bass and Hybrids became active again this week pushing shad toward the banks. Roadrunner and Pro R's caught some nice stringers of fish.

Largemouth bass have made two moves this week. In the upper lake (Theodosia and Lead Hill) they have moved to the steep chunk rock banks and channel swings. On windblown banks spinnerbaits and crankbaits are working well. On calmer days fish brown or green pumpkin jig and pigs and glimmer blue, smokin' shad or baby bass flukes. The other move they made was to the deep forest throughout the lake. A number of quality fish are being caught in these trees that are located in 50 t0 60 feet of water on silver and white spoons.

Smallmouth bass continue to hold on pea rock and chunk rock points. The bite seems to be best in the afternoon. The fish are evidently moving up during the day. Tube baits and Spider Jigs are triggering a lot of strikes. Best colors have been Crooked Creek's 87SG or 119S in the tubes and green pumpkin or gourd green in the Spider Jigs.

Kentucky bass are in their winter pattern you can catch some along the channel swings on grubs or tube baits but the football Kentuckys are in the standing trees in 50 to 65 feet of water and they are slamming silver CC or Mann's spoons. There are different ways to fish a spoon; this week the fish would only hit it if was laying on the bottom.

Walleye were spotty this week but some nice fish were taken in the eight pound range. Numbers of smaller fish, 16 to 19 inches are still in the creek arms, biting on nightcrawler harnesses with gold or chartreuse/orange blades. The nicer fish were caught on the main lake flats long lining Bill Norman's DD22's, color 150.

Crappie The crappie anglers had a great week working brush piles in the creek arms with white or chartreuse crappie jigs and minnows. Best bit has been in the morning. 

Trout on the White River are still on a big feed. Berkley fluorescent yellow or white Power Eggs and Belgian red worms are both working great. With generation flow, gold Little Cleos and gold Vibrax Blue Fox spinners have been the best. Fly fisherman had a good week with olive Woolly Buggers and gray sow bugs and scuds. The few nice Browns that were caught this week came from the White Hole area on Gold SR5 Shad Raps.

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 [email protected] or check out our web site at www.wildernesstrail.com

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Millwood

Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 259.2 Temperature:  Outflow: 22803 cfs. Level: 2.07 feet high

Largemouth Bass fair on crankbaits and plastic worms

Crappie good on minnows on the lower part of the lake

Catfish fair on minnows and worms especially on the trotlines

Bream fair on crickets and worms

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Norfork

Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 552.0 Temperature: 52 Release Rate: 1640 cfs. Level: 6.40 feet low

Lake Map

Report By Professional Guide  Garry Sperry

This Report Is For:
Dec 1 thru Dec 15, 2000
or as conditions change

Lake Level: 546 feet
Water Temperature: Main lake 52 degrees
General Conditions:
Day temps in the 40's, night temps in low 30's, high 20's
Changes Since Previous Report: Some changes in striper location, few other changes.

No Changes - Bass are scattered everywhere. Use crank baits in shad or crawfish colors on 45 degree rocky banks. There is now some scattered topwater action in backs of creeks on spinner baits around brush. Use white, or white & chartreuse with #4 willow leaf blades. White bass are on creek flats. Scattered topwater all day. Best lures 1/4 oz.  rooster tails or 1/8 oz. roadrunners. Best colors, white, silver or white  with pink head on roadrunner..

White bass are on creek flats. Scattered topwater all day. Best lures 1/4 oz.  rooster tails or 1/8 oz. roadrunners. Best colors, white, silver or white  with pink head on roadrunner.

Some Changes - Stripers are mid lake and in the creek arms. There's some topwater in mornings and late evenings. During the day stripers are 20-24 feet deep. Best topwater lures are Rogues or Redfins. Blue and sliver, or silver are the best colors. Use live shad or large shiners during the day. Fish 20 feet deep. Trolling umbrella lures works well, blue and white, or use white Roadrunners. Best spots are Robinson Island, Float Creek, Bennetts Bayou and around Blue Lady Dock.

No Change - Crappie are on deep brush piles. Tube jigs work best. On sunny days   use pink &  white, or yellow & white. On cloudy days use blue & white, or red & chartreuse.   Minnows work well with slip bobber. VERY IMPORTANT--Stay off the brush with your boat or you'll spook the crappie!

No Change - Walleye are on long flats along drop-offs. Slow troll Hot-n-Tots or Sparkle Tails 8 to 10 feet deep. Worm Harness OK but not the best. Best colors, Chartreuse, pink or yellow. Troll slow!

No Change - Catfish are being caught on trot lines 6 to 30 ft. deep. Cut shad and small sunfish work best.

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