Crooked Creek: No report this week.
Lower Buffalo River: No report this week.
Lake Fayetteville: Lake Fayetteville Boat Dock reports crappie are being caught in brush piles 12 to 15 feet deep with minnows. Bass fishing is good early in the morning with spinner baits, plastic worms and pig’n frog. A few catfish are being caught. Bluegill are starting to spawn again in the shallow water.
Lake Sequoyah: Lake Sequayah Boat Dock said bream and redear fishing is good using worms and crickets. Crappie fishing is fair with minnows and jigs. Bass are hitting spinner baits, buzz baits and soft plastics. Catfishing is slow, with a few being caught on worms and chicken liver.
Beaver Tailwaters: Beaver Dam Store says kitchen sinks are about the only bait not used this past week or so on the Beaver tailwaters. Trout anglers were experiencing some of those days when you just can’t buy a bite. To make matters worse, you could see the fish swimming around, but just couldn’t find the magic combination to turn them on. Although trout fishing was tough for most folks recently, there are good numbers of fish in the upper end of the river. Bead-head pheasant tails, olive, size 16 seemed to do pretty well and Griffith’s Gnat dry fly took a few fish as well. Crickets are the best bait to use for bream. Beaver Lake fishing has been pretty decent for stripers around Point 5 and Point 6 trolling live shad or extra large minnows. White Bass fishing at night under lights with live shad is a sure way to fill your freezer if you like the idea of cleaning a hundred or so fish. Smallmouth fishing on Beaver is good, thanks to several years of stocking efforts. Nightcrawlers make good live bait.
Kings River: Kings River Outfitters said the river is low but still floatable. Fish are still on the beds and fishing is excellent. Lots of smallmouth and largemouth bass are being caught.
Black River: Powhatan Landing reports the river is starting to go down and a few bass and catfish are starting to be caught.
Spring River: Many Islands Camp said fishing is excellent using corn and salmon eggs. A 16-pound tiger muskie was caught this past weekend.
White River: No report this week.
Strawberry River: No report this week.
Current River: No report this week.
Lake Columbia: Steve’s Marine said bream fishing is fair with worms or crickets. Crappie fishing is slow. Bass fishing is good. Catfish are being caught on trotlines baited with perch and stink bait.
Lake Erling: Steve’s Marine said bream are hitting worms and crickets. A few crappie are being caught on shiners. Bass fishing is good. Catfish are hitting just about any bait.
White Oak Lake: Charlie’s One Stop said fishing is very poor due to all the rain.
Lake Greeson: Lakeside Grocery, Motel/Bait Shop said the lake is dropping and the fishing is poor.
Little Missouri River: Local fly-fishing guide Jeff Guerin said the fish have not been kind lately. After the weekend’s storms they days have been beautiful with a little northerly breeze. And what little breeze we do get has been beneficial as far as action is concerned. Of course, we’re talking about the end of one of the biggest holidays of the year and I have no idea how many people were out playing in the water over the weekend, and getting the fish all spooked. Try casting a Griffith’s around the Triangle and the Trough. Copperhead Crossing has had quite a few fish rising as well.
White Oak Lake: Charlie’s One Stop said fishing is very poor due to all the rain.
Lake Greeson: Lakeside Grocery, Motel/Bait Shop said the lake is dropping and the fishing is poor
DeGray** Lake:** No report this week.
Ozark** Pool: **Lakeside Food Mart said bream fishing is very good using nightcrawlers or crickets. A few crappie are being caught below the dam in the clear water. Black bass fishing is picking up using spinner baits. A few white bass are being taken below the dam. Catfishing is excellent with nightcrawlers, minnows and cut bait.
Lake Ouachita: Mountain Harbor Resort said largemouth bass are still hitting Carolina-rigged lizards and floating worms, Rogues and flukes. Top water action has been good using Spooks and Boy Howdies. Night fishing is picking up using black spinner baits and bloodline worms around the main lake points. Walleye are fair over or near large moss flats and humps with fluorescent plastics and jerk baits in 10 to 20 feet of water. Stripers are still very good with C-10 Red Fins, spooks, Boy Howdies, gray hair jigs and silver spoons around main points and rock bluffs near or in the river channels. Bream fishing is still excellent using crickets and worms in eight to 20 feet of water. Crappie fishing is fair over brush piles and moss flats using feather jigs around lain lake points and large moss flats 12 to 20 feet deep. Catfishing is excellent using nightcrawlers, stink bait and live minnows on jug lines and trotlines.
Lake Catherine: Dozhier’s Bait Shop and Rainbow Landing said trout are going for Power Bait, red worms and corn. During periods of power generation trolling with shad-like or crawfish crank baits are working well. Catfish are being found in Spencer Bay and in the main channel from Diamonhead to the State Park. Large shiners or chicken blood bait is working well on channels and blues. Some flathead catfish are being taken using small bream on trotlines and limb lines. Some hybrids and stripers are being taken early in the morning directly below the dam. Bass are hitting trick worms and lizards worked along drop offs and ledges. Kentucky bass are hitting spinner baits. Bream are hitting crickets with the spawning beds becoming very active again. Crappie are being taken deep around structure using small shiners
Lake Hamilton: Dozhier’s Bait Shop and Rainbow Landing said bass are hitting Carolina rigged lizards and worms, trick worms and Flukes, with the best action out of the main channel and in the larger coves and bays. Mazarn and Hot Springs Creek are producing some nice fish. Catfishing is hot with nice strings of blues and channels coming off trotlines and jugs baited with large shiners, shad and shrimp. Bream are hitting crickets and red worms. The redear and bluegill are moving toward the shallow spawn beds. Crappie remain active and are hitting small shiners fished 10 to 12 feet deep around docks, established brush piles and artificial fish structures.
Lake Atkins: Lucky Landing said bream fishing is good using crickets. A bream tournament held here Memorial Day weekend had 20 boats entered. First place was taken with 11 pounds and second place was 10.13 pounds. Crappie fishing is slow. Bass fishing is fair with spinner baits or plastic worms. Catfishing is very good using nightcrawlers and crickets.
Lake Hinkle: Bill’s Bait Shop said bream fishing is slow. Crappie fishing is fair with minnows and jigs. Bass fishing is excellent with your favorite bait. Several catfish are being caught on trotlines baited with perch, minnows or goldfish
Lake Wilhelmina: Rocky Store said catfish are being caught using shad gizzards in the coves and trotlines baited with goldfish have yielded some large catfish. The bream are going for crickets. Crappie are biting minnows, but are still slow with very little shoreline success.