Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Sept. 7, 2023
Keeling Grubb from Eureka Springs landed an impressive 20-inch rainbow trout while fishing with guide Austin Kennedy on the Beaver Lake Tailwater recently.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Aug. 31, 2023
Happiness is a nice slab crappie on the end of a hook at DeGray Lake for Happy Caldwell, who was fishing recently with guide John Duncan on one of the nicer days in southwest Arkansas.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Aug. 24, 2023
Rich Arnold from Ida, Louisiana, was drift-fishing a Pheasant Tail soft hackle alongside the moss beds in the deep water of the Little Red River when this nice brown trout decided to take his fly while he was fishing with guide Mike Winkler.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Aug. 17, 2023
Crappie were on the menu in the past few weeks on Millwood Lake, as Mackey Harvin, a guide for Millwood Lake Guide Service, took a few clients to his favorite holes for some action. Bass have slowed down lately at what is one of the state's best bass fishing location, with the lake in a 2-foot ordered drawdown and the heat keeping most anglers off the water during the hottest parts of the day, but crappie provide a nice target, too.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Aug. 10, 2023
Hayden Greene, a 17-year-old, recently caught this nice catfish on Lee Creek in Van Buren. After a rainstorm has moved through, Hayden was using a 4-pound test line and crappie jig when he hooked this cat in 4 feet of water.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Aug. 3, 2023
Gary Bortz discovered what he described as a great topwater bite for largemouth bass on the Arkansas River somewhere above the Murray Lock and Dam in late July.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
July 27, 2023
Lake Charles in northeast Arkansas is turning out some nice bass. Justin Yancey caught this near 6-pounder and another that topped 6 pounds in Lake Charles in recent weeks. He says the bite has been slow but steady and he has been using moving baits.