Bass Anglers In Arkansas 2024
hooks4bass reply :
Since I'm going to be getting to as many other lakes and rivers as I can across our great state, maybe you would be kind enough to let me know your lake or river, and what colors are working for you, Im in the Pine Bluff area and typically fish the Arkansas river.
rb56 reply :
hello hooks, i'm in the s.w. corner known as rednexarkana. i have started fishing degray this summer as i have just started fishing again and the caddo river below it. unfortunately i haven't had that much luck but what i have caught has been on split tail jigs or spinner baits and chartreuse. a lake report said zara spook was a big thing but that was the first of the month. zara has always caught fish for a long time.
trailer reply :
Hey fellas. I'm located in Benton, AR. I'm not a fishing expert by any means. I know this post is old but I was looking for AR guys. This past summer me and a buddy caught a ton on DeGray in the Yancey area. We went as far back in it as we could and started working the banks with a Super Spook Jr. Later in the morning we stayed in the main channel to Yancey as they were schooling. We caught 'em all on Spooks. Awesome time! Now it's Feb and I've got a new boat so I'm fishing Ouachita as soon as the weather warms a little. Can't wait to learn this lake.
jonesey1961 reply :
Ouachita is a hard lake to fish but good fish this time of year work the rock points with pig and jig in black or brown.
work it slow the bite will be soft. Ihave fish it with temps in the 30s and caught'em in the 4 to 6 # size.
trailer reply :
Lake Ouachita seems intimidating to me but that's because I'm new to it. What do you think makes it so hard to fish?
jonesey1961 reply :
From Mt. Harber to the dam is hard for me I do not fish it a lot but need to. The upper end of the lake Hwy 27, little fir and big fir is where I caught my pb on pig and jig. We are going to camp at DemeyPoint spring break. The son in law and me are going to fish the clear deep water east some.
trailer reply :
I always start at Brady Mt. If you look at a topo map towards Big & Little Fur it looks like a lot of good fishing spots. From Brady Mt to Blakely dam it seems to be extremely deep and wide. I'm going to try to learn the points and secondary points along the lake.
Nick B reply :
I live in Beebe, and fish Greers Ferry, Barnett, and Maumelle. I am still learing all these lakes, but I have been successufl on Greers Ferry with Chartruese, Sexy Shad, and Green Pumpkin colors. Barnett and Maumelle about the same with craw colors for Maumelle.
This year I want to fish the Arkansas river Big Bass Bonanza. I will probably fish the area around Little Rock/North Little Rock/Maumelle area.
trailer reply :
On 2/11/2013 at 4:08 AM, Nick B said:I live in Beebe, and fish Greers Ferry, Barnett, and Maumelle. I am still learing all these lakes, but I have been successufl on Greers Ferry with Chartruese, Sexy Shad, and Green Pumpkin colors. Barnett and Maumelle about the same with craw colors for Maumelle.
This year I want to fish the Arkansas river Big Bass Bonanza. I will probably fish the area around Little Rock/North Little Rock/Maumelle area.
I hear Maumelle is extremely tough to fish. I've heard people say no underwater timber and very clear.
jonesey1961 reply :
I have never fish Maumelle but i want to
Pleiades reply :
Hello, I thought I'd chime in on this thread. I've never had much luck at Maumelle. This is just my opinion, but I think it suffers from too much fishing pressure due to its location. My two best bass have come from Little Blakley creek near the main lake at Ouachita. That's north east of Brady. My favorite thing to do on Ouachita is throw medium to deep diving cranks in natural colors during the pre-spawn. Ouachita can be a difficult lake because of the water clarity. The good thing about Ouachita, however, is that there is a lot of grass. Get yourself a set up that will allow for long casts with flouro line and you'll be ahead of the game. Work that crankbait to where its contacting the top of the hydrilla and you'll get bit. If you get too much grass, change to a shallower diving crank. Good luck!
Nick B reply :
I have done decent at Maumelle, nothing giant but good sized. There isn't much for natural cover but there are some artificial cover placed all over the lake. As for clarity, it is kinda clear but nothing compared to Greers Ferry.
I need to venture down to Ouachita.
trailer reply :
Hey guys, I'm going to Ouachita tomorrow afternoon. I'll let you know how it goes. I talked to a co-worker who runs Mr. Bass of AR and he is fishing the Trader Bill's tournament this weekend. He says on Ouachita the fish he caught were up towards the creeks in as shallow as 2 foot of water. This is my first year to fish Ouachita so I'm not much help. I hope I can learn this lake and share some good info.
Pleiades reply :
I'm curious as to how you did. Did the wind keep you off the lake?
tojoski reply :
I live in McRae, and I have repeatedly tried at Greers Ferry and can't find the bass.. I think it's just catfish in there,lol
trailer reply :
On 2/20/2013 at 10:13 PM, Pleiades said:I'm curious as to how you did. Did the wind keep you off the lake?
Holy cow. I did not do good. I was fighting the wind more than I was fishing. Needless to say my trip didn't produce any valuable fishing information. I decided to pack it in and go arrange my tackle onboard. At least that was productive. I'm waiting for some good weather. Ouachita feels like an ocean in that main channel when that wind is whipping through.
Pleiades reply :
I fished a very small body of water that day. We resorted to basically dragging an achor. Ouachita can be down right dangerous on a day like that. Don't be too discouraged. That lake has quality fish in it. Wait until you accidentally hook into a striper!
trailer reply :
On 2/27/2013 at 4:26 AM, Pleiades said:I fished a very small body of water that day. We resorted to basically dragging an achor. Ouachita can be down right dangerous on a day like that. Don't be too discouraged. That lake has quality fish in it. Wait until you accidentally hook into a striper!
Thanks. There can be some pretty big swells out there. I know better weather is ahead. This week is terrible though, 15-20mph winds. Me and my buddy caught a few hybrids with schooling blacks on DeGray last summer. My personal best striper was 33lbs on Lake Greeson in March of 1999. What a mammoth! It altered my view on swimming in lakes...
trailer reply :
I'll give you AR guys a follow up on some of my recent trips to Ouachita.
The last two weeks I've thrown Rat'L'Traps in a white color or chrome and I caught a good sized striper, maybe between 12-15 lbs and some black bass and Kentucky bass. Everything I caught was near the Cedar Fouche area in coves or off islands.
My uncle says on DeGray that he caught 7 or 8 on pumpkinseed Flukes.
No go for me this Friday on Ouachita. 18mph winds in the forecast.
Good luck to everyone!
tpt8552 reply :
This is my first post on hear but thought I would throw my report in for Dardanelle. I have been fishing every chance I get this month and the fishing has been great. We have been catching all our fish on the lilly pad flats. I have been swimming a zoom craw or a horny toad on a jighead threw the stalks.We have average probably 15 to 20 fish apiece untill my last set of days off where it slowed a bit. I fished Monday and this pattern held up but a little slower I caught about 10 fish all about 2 to 3 pounds. I went out Tuesday and the pattern kind of fell apart. The gar moved in and I could not keep them off my bait so I move to some spots off the main river and picked up a few fish. I did get a late start both days so I only fished from about noon to 4 and by myself this time.
trailer reply :
Who has been fishing the cleansing waters of Lake Ouachita lately?
"BRB" reply :
On 2/25/2013 at 5:25 AM, tojoski said:I live in McRae, and I have repeatedly tried at Greers Ferry and can't find the bass.. I think it's just catfish in there,lol
Bass fishing can be tough on Greers Ferry! It hot right now! I just fished a tournament there this past weekend and out of 89 boats there was 71 limits weighed in. It only took 12lbs to win it so it was small but a lot of fish was caught! Mainly flippen brush, but we caught ours in about 6 ft of water with tubes. We was fishing for smallmouth, i bet we caught 40 between the two of us. i was by far the funnest tournament day i ever had wieghed in 8 lbs good enough for 14th place and brought home a check!
Pleiades reply :
I'm glad someone out there is catching black bass on Greer's. I go to that lake for one thing: Hybrids.
bighook reply :
I fish the local lakes around hot springs area Lake Degray about 3 times a week Lake Hamilton, Lake Ouachita,and Lake Gresson....worm color,watermelon red in zoom products is hard to beat,I will try and post some trip reports when I get back to fishing been down in back ...couple of ruptured disks...will be fishing next week I hope...
rb56 reply :
On 7/9/2013 at 10:08 PM, bighook said:I fish the local lakes around hot springs area Lake Degray about 3 times a week Lake Hamilton, Lake Ouachita,and Lake Gresson....worm color,watermelon red in zoom products is hard to beat,I will try and post some trip reports when I get back to fishing been down in back ...couple of ruptured disks...will be fishing next week I hope...
fry when you are better, i'd like to hear what works at degray. i usually fish from the spillway ramp in the cove there and around towards the lake but distance is limited in a canoe with a trolling motor. i also fish the lower lake off channel road at the ramp below the bridge there. i try to fish there 2-3 times each month. thank, get well soon.
bighook reply :
when the high temps get back down in the low 90 range we can give it a try last week caught 9 bass on tue 6 on a clear chug bug chasing shad and 3 after dark on a speed worm...fished on a slip sinker about 16 ft deep ...went friday and did not put a bass in the boat....what a difference...
bighook reply :
going fishing on degray this evening will start a 6pm and fish till 10 pm will give report if i can make it and weather permits,,going to fish humps and ledges downlake..worms 15 to 25 ft if every thing works out
bighook reply :
I went fishing on lake Degray yesterday a little over 3 hrs fishing, caught 4 fish 2 on my trusty clear chug bug and two on worms the 2 chug bug fish where in the breaks between point 14 abd 15 caugh1 on a green candy worm down by iron mtn about 31/2 pounds and a another one about 5 lbs north of point cedar....on a blue black worm not many bites ..alot of boat rideing...to many people down lake..not as many boaters north of yancey creek..
"BRB" reply :
On 5/21/2013 at 4:28 AM, Pleiades said:I'm glad someone out there is catching black bass on Greer's. I go to that lake for one thing: Hybrids.
Hybrid fishing is great at Greers! I cannot wait until the fall when they start busting on top. But there is a lot of bass in the lake also, you justt got to put the time in to find them. Once you find them they normally move.
"BRB" reply :
Anybody on here fishes Lake Hamilton? I am heading down there next month for a BFL tournment as a co-angler. Just seeing if anyone has any pointers. Thanks.
bighook reply :
yes I do go to texas or missouri and fish any where but Hamilton ,if i had to fish there it would by with a shakey head 5 " zoom finness worm on river channel banks or 1/2 jig in brush piles around docks
bighook reply :
the hot springs locals fish a 1/4 oz black buzz bait in white oak basin or hot springs creek around docks stump beds till 10 am maybe that will help
"BRB" reply :
Ok thanks. I have heard bad things about Hamilton. Never been there so i guess i well see in a little over a month.
"BRB" reply :
I am getting four days off in a “ROW” this weekend, Saturday through Tuesday. I am planning to do a lot of fishing. I bought two new reals that I had not had a chance to use and a black light for night fishing I also have not got a chance to use. The weather has been awesome here in Arkansas this last couple of weeks and the forecast is showing it to stay pretty close to the same, so I was thinking about taking a tent and my boat to a lake and get some fishing in. I was just wondering what the hottest lake right now in Arkansas is. I am thinking about going to Bull; don’t get to fish that much. Just seeing if anyone here had an opinion on where to go? I am not against going out of state ether.
Quillback reply :
I've heard that the night fishing in the White River channel on Table Rock has been good, mainly jigs. The daytime bite has been slow, but there's a good early AM bite and I've heard reports of fish being caught deep. I think Bull would be a good choice also. If you're camping you could stay somewhere in between the lakes or one of the COE campgrounds on the lakes and have access to both lakes. If you have an AR license you can get the White River chain license for $10 and you can fish Bull and TR in MO if you are so inclined.
"BRB" reply :
Thanks I might have to find one of those camp sites between them two. I always wanted to fish table
"BRB" reply :
I tried your tips on Hamilton but they were a no go. There was a decent top water bit almost all day and that is how I caught my fish on day one. I used my favorite top water lure a spoke. On the second day we were around schooling bass but could not get one to hook up. I caught one on a deep diving crankbait. It was actually a strike king sexy shad 6xd which I won the previous day in a raffle after day 1 weigh in. I thought it had to mean something. I don’t through a lot of crankbait. I fish around the rest of the day and got nothing. Finally on the last cast of the day I hung a 3+ lber on it. Weights were low but I was able to get a 5th place finish so I was proud of myself. It was a tough tournament, but I came away with a check and the best finish of the year so far.
On 8/14/2013 at 9:41 AM, bighook said:the hot springs locals fish a 1/4 oz black buzz bait in white oak basin or hot springs creek around docks stump beds till 10 am maybe that will help
On 8/13/2013 at 1:30 AM, bighook said:yes I do go to texas or missouri and fish any where but Hamilton ,if i had to fish there it would by with a shakey head 5 " zoom finness worm on river channel banks or 1/2 jig in brush piles around docks
bighed reply :
Not for AR but going to fish Dardanelle in late oct. any info would be appreciated!
bighed reply :
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theflyingbassfisherman reply :
I'm from Cabot and fish a lot of Bald Knob Lake in Bald Knob and every once in awhile I fish Conway and Barnett. I don't get to fish the bigger lakes (Greer's Ferry) as much as I would like to because I'm fishing out of a 14' jon boat with a 9.9. Till I get my RT188 ranger tax time. But I digress.
I haven't seen anyone post anything on Bald Knob Lake- I don't think anyone knows it exists really except the locals from town and maybe Searcy.... its a great little lake...not sure on the actual acreage but it is literally a scaled down big lake. Its got one really deep side, several coves and a big creek that are really good in the fall, one dock that ALWAYS has fish on it, and a hump in the middle in deeper water that usually has fish on it in the summer. I've been fishing it since February and haven't really had any really bad days.
So far as the fish most are pretty small, 1 to 2 pounds, but it has several 3-4 pounders and I shocked the heck out of myself and my fishing partner today when I pulled out a 5.8 on a squarebill. Plus if anyone is looking for a lake fairly established into a fall pattern its the place to go 
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"BRB" reply :
On 10/7/2013 at 1:54 PM, theflyingbassfisherman said:I'm from Cabot and fish a lot of Bald Knob Lake in Bald Knob and every once in awhile I fish Conway and Barnett. I don't get to fish the bigger lakes (Greer's Ferry) as much as I would like to because I'm fishing out of a 14' jon boat with a 9.9. Till I get my RT188 ranger tax time. But I digress.
I haven't seen anyone post anything on Bald Knob Lake- I don't think anyone knows it exists really except the locals from town and maybe Searcy.... its a great little lake...not sure on the actual acreage but it is literally a scaled down big lake. Its got one really deep side, several coves and a big creek that are really good in the fall, one dock that ALWAYS has fish on it, and a hump in the middle in deeper water that usually has fish on it in the summer. I've been fishing it since February and haven't really had any really bad days.
So far as the fish most are pretty small, 1 to 2 pounds, but it has several 3-4 pounders and I shocked the heck out of myself and my fishing partner today when I pulled out a 5.8 on a squarebill. Plus if anyone is looking for a lake fairly established into a fall pattern its the place to go
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I never herd on bald knob lake. I leave up in batesville not to far away I would be interested to learn more about it. Does it have any boat restrictions I have a 18' with a 150 HP I fish Greers quit a bit and getting sick up it.
theflyingbassfisherman reply :
On 10/20/2013 at 9:51 AM, "BRB" said:I never herd on bald knob lake. I leave up in batesville not to far away I would be interested to learn more about it. Does it have any boat restrictions I have a 18' with a 150 HP I fish Greers quit a bit and getting sick up it.
There's a ten horse limit on it but i've never seen the game warden enforce it. The only time I've ever said anything was when someone showed up with a ski boat on a day in the summer when I was gonna fish a hump dead in the center of the lake. Average motor size is about a forty but I've seen guys out there with big tritons and skeeters (the 200 to 250 powered ones) and theres a guy that fishes it nearly every weekend in an aluminum triton with a 115. Im there pretty much both days out of every weekend.
The lakes easy to get to. You take the Bald Knob lake exit off 67 and turn away from town on it. Go through the four way and make the next left and it leads you straight to it. I'm there every weekend both days pretty much, so if your ever out there and see a little grey jon boat with a 9.9 and "lil laker" written on the side of it, holler at me and I'd be more than happy to show you all the hot spots I know.
T_Nix35 reply :
On 5/15/2013 at 7:17 AM, "BRB" said:Bass fishing can be tough on Greers Ferry! It hot right now! I just fished a tournament there this past weekend and out of 89 boats there was 71 limits weighed in. It only took 12lbs to win it so it was small but a lot of fish was caught! Mainly flippen brush, but we caught ours in about 6 ft of water with tubes. We was fishing for smallmouth, i bet we caught 40 between the two of us. i was by far the funnest tournament day i ever had wieghed in 8 lbs good enough for 14th place and brought home a check!
Noticed on this post you fish Greers quite a bit, I'm fishing a BFL in May as a co-angler. I don't have a lot of smallmouth experience but I understand they can be a major factor on Greers. Do you have any specific colors or baits you prefer to use? Not only for smallies, but for largemouths too. I'm most likely going to be throwing a shaky head and possibly a drop-shot, but I also love throwing jigs, jerbaits, crank baits, and lipless cranks. Do you think these be could be a factor for Greers? I would appreciate the help man.
Thanks,
TCN
"BRB" reply :
pm sentOn 2/27/2014 at 5:17 AM, T_Nix35 said:Noticed on this post you fish Greers quite a bit, I'm fishing a BFL in May as a co-angler. I don't have a lot of smallmouth experience but I understand they can be a major factor on Greers. Do you have any specific colors or baits you prefer to use? Not only for smallies, but for largemouths too. I'm most likely going to be throwing a shaky head and possibly a drop-shot, but I also love throwing jigs, jerbaits, crank baits, and lipless cranks. Do you think these be could be a factor for Greers? I would appreciate the help man.
Thanks,
TCN
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