Millwood
Lake: As
of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s
elevation at 260.17 feet MSL.
Millwood
Lake Guide Service said the water clarity is 2 to 5 inches
in the main lake away from current. The surface temperature is 84
to 87 degrees. Current in Little River is 780 cubic feet per second.
Some high-density vegetation and floating mats remain in Little River
from recent pool fluctuations and discharge. USACE crews have replaced
many damaged and/or missing river buoys in Little River from the
clear cut main lake area, and upriver. All USACE boat ramps and campgrounds
are open, as of Monday. State Park has one boat ramp still under
repair with the other ramp closer to campgrounds, open. The rain
brought some much needed relief to boaters. Largemouth bass activity
improved, with most fish being caught early and between 2 p.m. and
sunset. Top water toads and plugs, Bass Assassin shads, 10-12" worms,
and swim baits all continue working well for bass. The crankbait
bite has improved. Fat Free Shads are working in various shad colors.
Bass Assassin Shads in white, blue glimmer or baby bass are best
for a reaction bite in heavy lily pad stands. Wacky Worms and Salty
Rat Tails in watermelon/red, kiwi or peanut butter and jelly colors,
continue working. Siefert's Buzz Baits continue to draw good bites
around pads and primrose grass from 1-6 feet of water. Best reaction
bite on buzz baits for last week has been in Tangerine Firecracker,
Black Shadow, or Blue Christmas Tree, in the clearest water you can
find. War Eagle spinnerbaits, in Firecracker, Hot Mouse, Aurora or
smoke colors, are still working around flooded vegetation and cypress
trees close to deep water. Rat-L-Traps in Sexy Shad, Shad Daddy,
and Spring Bream colors remain hot. White bass remain nomadic and
sporadic. The best bite has been near Cemetery Slough and the Highway
71 Bridge on Little Cleos, Little Georges, Rooster Tails and Rocket
Shads. The crappie are fair to good in Little River with the improved
water color and clarity. The most consistent bite remains on live
shiners, grubs on light-wire jigheads and white/chartreuse hair jigs.
Blue and channel cats continue to hit well on trotlines in current
in Little River. 3-7 pounders are very common and are biting well
to very good, using cut shad or Charlie, chicken hearts and livers.
Yo-yo's hung from cypress trees in approx 8-10 feet water depth,
near any current are picking up some decent 2-4 pound cats. Bream
continue to bite well along the banks on crickets and redworms around
docks and cypress trees. With the mayfly hatch dwindling down, bream
and redears can still be caught under a single cypress or willow
tree on ultra-light or spin cast tackle on smoke colored tubes, jigs,
crickets, red worms, and also on white/chartreuse popping bugs.
Cossatot
River: Davy Ashcraft at Cossatot
River State Park (870-385-2201) said USGA states that the
water level is 4.65 feet, with the surface temperatures ranging from
70 to 80 degrees. With the recent rainfall, the river has risen to
levels that are not conducive to bass fishing on the river. And with
more rain predicted this week and weekend it doesn’t look to
be letting up anytime soon. There have however been a few fishermen
that are catching a few catfish during these conditions on worms and
cut bait in clam pools close to swift water. Also bream are biting
well on a worm weighted down as close to the bottom as you can get.
Take extra caution on the river it when it is up this high.
Lake
Columbia: Steve's
Marine (870-234-2222) said
water conditions are normal. Bream are fair on crickets and worms. Bass
are fair on soft-plastic worms. Catfishing is good on worms and shiners.
Lake
Erling: Steve's
Marine (870-234-2222) said
the water is clear and low. Bream are fair crickets and worms. Bass are
fair on crankbaits. Catfishing is good on worms.
White
Oak Lake: White
Oak Lake State Park said the water level is rising and very muddy.
The water is slightly cooler than last week. Catfish have really been
hitting minnows on trotlines. In the last few days, an angler pulled
in a 35-lb. blue cat, along with 9-lb. and 5-lb. blue cat off his trotline.
Bream are hitting crickets and worms well. There have been some bass
caught over the weekend in the deeper water of both lakes.
Lake
Greeson: As of Tuesday,
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation
at 544.45 feet MSL.
Lakeside Grocery said the water is murky and low with a surface temperature
at 95 degrees. All species are slow.
Darryl
Morris of Family Fishing Trips Guide Service said Lake Greeson
is typically warm for this time of year. Crappie are scattered and
slow. Expect the crappie bite to be back on when the water temperature
starts to cool. Bream fishing remains excellent using crickets. Bass
are showing more surface activity and should continue to increase as
fall approaches. Stripers are excellent in deep water if you can keep
live shad handy, but still good to fair with other live bait like extra
large shiners, small bream and goldfish.
DeGray
Lake: As of Tuesday,
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation
at 402.60 feet MSL.
DeGray One Stop (501-865-3511) had no report.
Charles
at Iron Mountain Lodge and Marina said largemouth bass are biting fairly
well on redbug and cherryseed colored worms fished on the deep side
of moss points. Some fish are schooling very early and late and can
be caught on Zara Spooks, Rooster Tails and Tiny Torpedoes. Kentucky
bass are slow on live crawfish fished 20 to 26 feet deep on points
and dropoffs. Hybrids are biting well on live shad, topwaters and jigging
spoons in 35 to 45 feet of water. The best areas have been around the
dam and Caddo Bend. Crappie are slow, but a few are being caught on
Tennessee Shad grubs and live minnows fished slowly around moss points
with brush piles set 18 to 22 feet deep. Catfish are biting well on
trotlines and jugs baited with minnows or cut shad. Bream are biting
well on crickets and nightcrawlers fished 10 to 20 feet deep near points. |
