Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
July 1, 2021
Cooper Jester, who was fishing with his sister, Avry, and guide John Duncan on DeGray Lake, found the crappie still biting well there this week. John says he nicknamed the pair Toad Thumper (for Cooper) and Slab Slayer (for Avry, see her catch below in the DeGray Lake report from John). Crappie fishing has been unusually stronger deeper into June this year, our reports say. Photo provided by John Duncan.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
June 24, 2021
After a couple of weeks of terrible conditions due to high water and lots of debris fields throughout, fishing picked back up nicely at Millwood Lake in southwest Arkansas. This angler enjoyed the improved bass bite this week. Photo provided by Mike Siefert.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
June 17, 2021
Guide Tommy Cauley has been getting into the hybrid and white bass on beautiful Greers Ferry Lake these days. He's been finding them roaming around chasing schools of very small shad. Throw them an inline spinner, spoon or a topwater bait and look for them in 25-50 feet.Check out his full report from Greers Ferry Lake in the Weekly Fishing Report.
Keep some striped bass for conservation
June 16, 2021
ROGERS – With summer heat finally breaking loose, water temperatures are on the rise. With warmer water temperature comes an inevitable increase in fish mortality, even with catch-and-release fishing. This is especially true for striped bass pulled from Arkansas’s top striped bass fisheries. It may seem counterintuitive, but keeping your striped bass can actually increase the number of stripers available for other anglers.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
June 10, 2021
Judsen Coon was fishing in a bass tournament on Lake Ouachita last weekend when a big cat interruped his bass angling efforts: a 55-pound blue catfish, to be exact. Coon reports that he caught the cat on a 10.5 Red Bug Ol' Monster in 3 feet of water.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
June 3, 2021
Justin Yancey and his children, Ava, age 8, and Gavin, age 5, had a blast this Memorial Day weekend.On Saturday, Ava caught a 22-inch brown trout on the White River with Gavin netting the fish. On Monday, Yancey reports, both kids had fun catching trout at Dry Run Creek.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
May 27, 2021
Nick Harris of Little Rock found the bream on fire Sunday afternoon at Lake Maumelle. These are a couple of the 20 or so he caught in the first hour of fishing. With the full moon upon us here as we move into June, the bream will be spawning and this will be a big weekend for fishing. Consider taking a kid along for a great day and evening of bream fishing and an experience the youngster won't forget. Photo by Randy Zellers.