Fishing Reports News

Beaver Lake: Anglers are forgoing a little sleep to catch fish at night.

Lee Winkler at Hickory Creek Marina said fishermen are catching several species by fishing under lights at night in deep water. Eden’s Bluff has been a good place to fish at night with lights.

Wait for the shad and minnows to come in, then lower a minnow into the swarm of bait fish. Crappie, white bass and walleye are being caught this way.

Catfishing is good, Winkler said. Some hefty blue catfish are coming in on jug lines and limb lines baited with sunfish, shad or goldfish.

Crappie fishing is excellent with minnows fished on a spider rig. Work minnows 12 feet deep over 25 feet of water.

There is some early top-water action for schooling white bass and spotted bass in the Hickory Creek area, he said.

Black bass fishing is tough. A few are coming in on jig and pigs.

Aaron Jolliff at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said night fishing for black bass is picking up. Try spinner baits or buzz baits in dark colors on the main lake.

Daytime bass fishing is tough. Black bass can be caught at dawn with top-water lures. Switch to finesse worms later in the morning and throughout midday.

Jolliff said catfish are coming on jug lines baited with goldfish or shad.

Jason Piper at J.T. Crappie Guide Services said crappie fishing is best early in the morning, at sunset and at night.

The best crappie fishing is in the “ditches” or the middle of small feeder-creek coves. Crappie are stacked up in these places from 15 feet to the bottom in 25 to 35 feet of water.

Jigs are working best. Minnows fished near docks have also been effective.

Night fishing under lights is good at the Arkansas 12 bridge, Eden’s Bluff and Horseshoe Bend Bluff. Lights in a shade of green are working best. Lower a minnow 10 to 20 feet deep beneath the light.

Lisa DeBoard at Lost Bridge Marina said anglers are bringing in some white bass.

White River below Beaver Dam: Maggie Banks at Riverview Resort said trout fishing is good with Power Bait and Colorado spoons.

Morning fishing is best and limits are being caught.

Scott Branyan at Ozark Fly Flinger guide service said trout are slow to bite flies, but can be caught with nymphs and streamers downstream from the Bertrand Access.

McLellan’s Fly Shop in Fayetteville said the best low-water flies are midge patterns like the Jujubee, the Poison Tung, and the zebra midge.

Gnats and other midge dry fly patterns have been hooking plenty of trout.

Lake Fayetteville: Jim Black at Lake Fayetteville boat dock said fishing for all species is slow.

Try crickets or worms for bluegill in shallow water. Buzz baits and plastic worms are picking up a few black bass.

Catfish are biting liver or nightcrawlers along the dam.

Lake Sequoyah: Jackie Smith at Lake Sequoyah boat dock said fishing is fair for all species.

Try minnows, tube jigs and Roadrunners for crappie 2 to 8 feet deep. Black bass are going for spinner baits and buzz baits at similar depths. Bluegill are biting crickets and worms 2 to 4 feet deep.

Catfishing is good with liver or cut bait in open water 4 to 20 feet deep. Joe Riley of Fayetteville caught a 42 pound blue catfish last Friday on liver.

Bella Vista: Nick Gann at Hook, Line and Sinker in Bella Vista said black bass are biting top-water lures at dawn and soft plastics during the day at all the village lakes.

At night, work spinner baits or plastic worms in dark colors for black bass.

Bluegill and redear are biting crickets and worms at all the lakes. The biggest fish are 6 to 8 feet deep.

Prairie Grove Lake: Lake Manager Paula Keen said fishing was good for black bass, bluegill and crappie last weekend.

Cody Esley, Cliff Eggert and Brad Eggert caught 150 bluegill with crickets. Homer Davis used worms to catch 40 bluegill.

Randy and Johnny Peoples used plastic worms to land 20 bass to 4 pounds.

Nathan Brisden and Clayton Shannon caught five red ear, nine bluegill and two bass with minnows. Billy and Julian Greenlee and Joshua Peal caught 60 crappie and three channel catfish with minnows and nightcrawlers.

The lake is open Saturdays and Sundays from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. No gasoline motors are allowed on the lake.

Upper Table Rock Lake: J.D. Fletcher at Devil’s Dive Resort said black bass are being caught along points and flats at sunrise on top-water lures and Rat-L-Traps.

Schooling bass may surface anywhere and can be caught on the same lures.

Catfish are biting on trotlines baited with sunfish. Hobert Helms of Eagle Rock, Mo., used sunfish to catch flathead catfish of 29 and 17 pounds on his trotline.

Crappie are biting minnows 10 to 12 feet deep at the mouths of coves.

Kings River: Fletcher said his son, Jeff, guided a few trips last week covering water from the U.S. 62 bridge to the Romp Hole access. Trips yielded from 50 to 11 smallmouth bass on dark-green tube baits.

Lake Taneycomo: McLellan’s Fly Shop in Fayetteville said fly fishing in low water has been good with a McLellan’s Hunchback Scud trailed by a Jujubee midge or Mercury midge.

During power generation, try drift-fishing from a boat and using larger scud and sow bug patterns.

Eastern Oklahoma: The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation reports blue catfish are biting fair at Grand Lake on jug lines set 10 feet deep in main river channels using cut or whole shad.

White bass fishing is good in the Elk River area and at Governor’s Island on spinners.

At Lake Eucha, crappie are fair on jigs and minnows around brush and structure. Largemouth bass are fair on crank baits.

Catfishing is good on trotlines and jug lines baited with sunfish.

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