Fishing this week

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

HOT SPOTS

LAKE CONWAY Catfishing was excellent using large minnows, goldfish and on trotlines. Bass fishing was good around the lily pads with white spinnerbaits and topwater frogs. Bream fishing was excellent from 5 feet off the bank to a depth of 8-10 feet. Worms and crickets were the baits to use. Crappie fishing remains fair around the cypress trees and the Arkansas 89 bridge, using minnows and jigs.

LAKE MAUMELLE The fishing overall was excellent. Some 40- to 60-pound catfish were being pulled out with worms and chicken liver. Crappie was excellent around stumps using No. 6 minnows. Bream were excellent around brush piles using crickets. Bass could not keep up with the rest of the fishing, still rating good, however, with spinnerbaits and crankbaits bringing them in.

LITTLE MAUMELLE RIVER While crappie fishing fell off, others were biting well. Bream were good in shallow water using worms and crickets. The shallow water was also where bass were hitting spinnerbaits, crankbaits and plastic worms, and the fishing was fair. Catfishing picked up, rating good in the past few days on the river. Worms, blood bait and chicken liver were favorite baits. White bass fishing was fair.

BEAVER LAKE Bream fishing was good in 4-8 feet depth using worms, crickets, wax worms and live bait. Bass fishing was good in deeper water, around the 10-foot depth, with spinners, crankbait, plastic worms and topwater all getting action. Crappie fishing picked up in deeper water, around 18 feet, but was just fair; jigs were working best. Catfishing was poor, with most action on trotlines using goldfish.

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