Fishing this week

A map showing the location of Arkansas fishing spots.
A map showing the location of Arkansas fishing spots.

HOT SPOTS

LAKE MAUMELLE Bream fishing was excellent using crickets. Crappie also were hitting crickets, and the fishing was good. Bass were hitting spinners in shallow water. The catfishing was good as well with crickets. The weights on the Tuesday night black bass tournament were much higher, while the catfishing has been excellent, several 50- to 80-pound flatheads. The catfish are being caught in 15 to 20 feet of water on stink bait, small bream and chicken livers. As bream move to shallower water, the catfishing will improve. Black bass are excellent and are biting on wacky rig worms, spinner baits, jerkbaits and just about everything else shallow. They can be caught in 3 to 6 feet of water. Best area is the north side of the lake.

LITTLE MAUMELLE RIVER Catfishing was excellent with stink bait and chicken liver. White bass were also excellent, with most being caught on Rooster Tails. Bass fishing was good in shallow water, with spinners, crankbait and plastic worms all working well. In deeper water, crappie fishing was fair with minnows and jigs, while bream were found in shallow water, with worms and crickets bringing in fair hauls.

PECKERWOOD LAKE Bream fishing was excellent with worms and crickets. Crappie were excellent with minnows and jigs. Catfishing was excellent with worms, blood bait, stink bait, minnows, jigs, hot dogs and liver. Bass fishing was poor with topwater lures having the best success.

CROWN LAKE Catfish rated excellent and were working worms or chicken liver in shallow water. Bream fishing was good, and fish biting in shallow water. Crickets were working best. Crappie were also good in water ranging from shallow to 15 feet in depth, hitting mostly minnows. Bass fishing was good in shallow water using spinners and topwater bait.

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