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BULL SHOALS TAILWATER Rainbow trout fishing has been excellent. Use PowerBait. Brown trout appear to be spawning and the fishing is good, though mostly small catches.
LAKE FAYETTEVILLE Bream are good and biting redworms and crickets. Crappie are fair on crappie minnows. Bass are good on spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Catfishing is excellent on pretty much any bait. Try worms, blood bait and stink bait for great success.
CROWN LAKE Bream are good on worms. Bass are really picking up and reports were of good to excellent catches. Catfishing is very good on nightcrawlers and chicken liver. Crappie fishing remains poor.
LAKE ATKINS Bream reports noted small fish but the fishing is good nonetheless. Worms and crickets are both getting bites. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. A 7-pound bass highlighted some of the good catches of the past week. Bass rated good with buzzbaits and other lures working well. Catfishing is fair on trotlines using shrimp or shad.