Managing Editor Arkansas Wildlife Magazine. U.S. Geological Survey's Lake Conway water level site. We have seen some small hatches in late afternoon. The hatchery rainbow trout raised at Hinkle fish hatchery are strong and beautiful. Up Little River from White Cliffs to Cossatot inflow from Wilton Landing remains muddy. The oxbows continue providing best water clarity, albeit somewhat heavy stain to muddy conditions in many locations. The Norfork tailwater had no wadable water. Last week during the previous severe thunderstorm we had here, a tornado touched down a couple of blocks from my friend Randys home in Little Rock. We invite you to come join us.. Early on we caught a few trout. Lake Erling Guide Service (870-904-8546) that the water is running over the spillway after all the rainfall of late. Most of the white bass and hybrid fishing will be up the rivers, and the usual spawning areas will likely be too deep and have too much current to fish them right now. As of midday Thursday, the Army Corps of Engineers reported the lakes elevation at 562.51 feet msl (normal conservation pool: Sept.-April, 553.75 feet msl; April-Sept. 556.25 feet msl; top flood elevation 580.0 feet msl). When you observe trout taking insects from the top of the water, switch to elk hair caddis size 16. Trolling has produced nice numbers downstream from Houseman Access. Be safe and courteous.. will likely be found around brush and vegetation near the old shoreline as they were moving up to spawn when the last rise of water came into the system. Color is not an issue. Contact the reporter for current news for the lake or stream you plan to fish. The stage had dropped a foot and a half in the past 24 hours to 6.52 feet as of Thursday noon (flood stage is 32 feet). Total hourly outflow at the dam is still very high; at midday it was 15,238 cfs, which is steady for the past few days. For the most updated Narrows Dam generation schedule from SWEPCO, click here. Boaters can still launch at Carter Point. Minnows and other live bait, and maybe a little artificial bait all will work. Bream Most areas are in the mid-50s, to 60s up the rivers. As of Thursday, the Army Corps of Engineers reports the lakes elevation was 437.47 feet msl (full pool: 437.00 feet msl). You could go with an umbrella rig for white bass, as that has been a popular way to catch them. In the back of McGuire oxbow, we were throwing a custom painted Little John Crankbaits in Rayburn Red and a Bill Lewis SB-57 or MR-6 Crankbait in Strawberry Craw, Blood Craw or Red Glitter Craw and picking up a few random bites., continue to bite well. Fishing has been slow, but not impossible. As soon as you back up youll be the water, he said. It was a beautiful day. Try worms, blood bait, stink bait and chicken liver on lines. It will be difficult to fish this hatch with the high water levels we now have. Dont know if theyre bedding up or theyve found them bunched up out deep, but theyre catching some nice bream. Drift-fishing from a john boat takes the frustration out of high-water fishing; this is not the kind of water to for using an anchor. Good luck! The Army Corps of Engineers reported Thursday that the White River stage at Batesville was rising at 12.24 feet (flood stage is 15.0 feet). (updated 4-13-2023) Shane Goodner, owner of Catchem All Guide Service, reports that water temperature below the dam is 53 degrees with clear conditions in the tailrace. (updated 3-30-2023) Harris Brake Lake Resort (501-889-2745) says crappie remains slow. A mixture of blacks and whites. should move up into the newly flooded areas with the warm weather, looking for places to set up spawning beds and feed on insects and other terrestrial critters caught in the rising water. Still seeing some suspended schools of crappie over creeks and some brush piles. (updated 3-30-2023) Fish n Stuff in Sherwood said the lake is high but there are a lot of fish moving up to spawn. (updated 4-13-2023) Triangle Sports (870-793-7122) in Batesville said that due to so much rain and the river being so high that anglers are staying away from the water, they had no reports. For . The elevation is 249.25 feet msl. Once found, the flats can be milked for a few more fish as they continue to move up by casting Texas-rigged lizards and weightless worms to shallow targets like stumps and flooded brush. Little Red River Part-Time Trout Guide. NOTICE: Central Arkansas Water will be closing public access to the water on the lake (no boating/sailing) from midnight Monday morning, April 17, until 6 p.m. Friday, April 21, for application of herbicide to treat hydrilla in the lake. Were still catching fish, the crappie are still jumping in the boat. Trout were introduced to the Little Red in 1966, some three years after the completion of the lake project. The Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday reported the Clarendon gauge is steady 28.47 feet (flood stage is 26.00 feet).
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