FISH

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Fish ’N Stuff (501-834-5733) in Sherwood says Little Red River is at normal level and a little stained. The trout bite is “pretty good” on Rooster Tails and maribou jigs around the bank.

Greg Seaton of littleredflyfishingtrips. com (501-690-9166) said the river is clear today (Oct. 28) “but we’ll have to wait and see how much rain we get today (Wednesday) and tomorrow. Generation has been on a twice-a-day schedule of one unit early in the morning and again late afternoon. Again, it’s best to check the schedule daily.”

Greg says there was a midge hatch Monday in the low water and the fish were rising. The midges were small (probably size 28-30) and hard to match. “This makes fishing tough but we were able to fish the deeper water with small midge pupa with some success. Also, small emergers worked fished just under the surface.”

The extreme low water caused by a couple of days of no generation makes the fishing difficult. The fish are very selective and spooky, so the presentation and fly selection become very important. Fishing falling, moving water after generation usually produces a better bite.

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— Tommy Cauley of Fishfinder Guide Service (501-940-1318) said the water level at Greers Ferry is staying about the same, 458.68 feet msl. It is 3.36 feet below normal pool for this time of year of 462.04 feet msl. “We are experiencing a turnover in different parts of lake now and until it is over and gets settled back down, usually two weeks, catching is going to be down.

But after that it should resume, being better than so far this fall. If you run into water with an awful smell and tannic color, you are in the middle of it and you need to move uplake or downlake to try and get away from it.

Black bass are eating topwater baits on out to 40 feet, dragging something and all in between. Some are staying in place but a lot are roaming around staying with the moving schools of shad. Spoons, inline spinners, swimbaits, hair jigs, A-rigs and drop-shots working. Crappie can still be caught with crankbaits, jigs, minnows, Road Runners and beetle spins at various depths. The walleye bite is off with turnover, for sure; a lot are roaming underneath schools of shad, too. Try spoons and drop-shot baits. Some bream are still up shallow, but most are moving deeper; try crawlers from real shallow out to 25 feet. No reports on catfish. Hybrid bass and white bass are still trying to eat off and on but hate murky or off-colored water. The bite will be great, though, when all of this is over for the rest of winter. Try spoons, inline spinners, swimbaits or live bait.

Fish ’N Stuff (501-834-5733) in Sherwood reports that the lake is low and with clear clarity. Bass are good on Rock Crawler Crankbait and Wiggle Wart Crankbait in 6-8 feet of water, as well as biting on drop-shots and Carolina rigs. Crappie are fair for anglers throwing blue/white and shad-colored crappie jigs. Walleye are good on the main lake and secondary points by drop-shotting and using nightcrawlers. • Harris Brake Lake — Harris Brake Lake Resort (501-889-2745) says the lake is clear but the water level is low.

Bream reports have been poor of late.

Crappie are good. Crappie are being caught on trotlines in the early morning. Minnows and jigs are working for anglers. Black bass reports have been poor for two weeks. Catfishing is good. Use worms, chicken liver or goldfish.

• Lake Overcup — Randy DeHart at Lakeview Landing (501-354-5309) said the lake’s clarity turned a little murky in the past few days. Water level is normal. Stripers are good on spinnerbaits, he said. Bream are good on redworms or crickets. Crappie reports the past week have been excellent. Try a minnow or a jig in white/chartreuse. No reports on black bass. Catfishing is good using shad or basic catfish bait.

• Lake Maumelle — Westrock Landing (501-658-5598) on Highway 10 near Roland said water temperature remains in the mid-60s. The largemouth bass bite is good.