Re: Greers Ferry Lake, Ark
Fishing is always good at Greer's Ferry. Watcha goin after? Walleye? Here is last years report for May:<br /><br />Shiloh Marina said bream are being caught around the timber using pieces of worm or crickets. Crappie are five to 10 feet deep around the flooded timber hitting minnows. Smallmouth, largemouth and Kentucky bass are beginning their last spawn of the season and moving up on the beds. Catfish are hitting nightcrawlers on the bottom in the creek channels. Walleye are being caught trolling minnows and jigs about 15 feet deep. Hybrids are in shallow water around submerged brush hitting swim baits.<br /><br />Here is the current report:<br /><br />Greers Ferry: Local fishing guide Tommy Cauley said the major feeder creeks that empty into the lake came up quite a bit because of the rain. The middle fork rose 6 feet and the south fork rose 4½ feet. The lake temperature has ranged from the high 40s to the low 60s. The black bass have been somewhat scattered, but a few are being taken in the run-ins on small crankbaits. Some fish can be taken on main lake points or secondary points with a crankbait. Throw both sizes of Wiggle Warts. The largemouths and Kentucky bass will bite a jig in the creek bends of the major feeder creeks. Smallmouth bass can be caught with a Carolina rig fished anywhere from 6-inches to 40-feet deep depending on the time of day and the weather. The walleye river spawn is ending and they have been hard, especially with the off-colored water coming into the lake. After the lake clears up, the post-spawn walleye bite will be fair. The fish that spawn on the main lake will get active and try to spawn in the next two or three weeks if the lake conditions are steady. The crappie bite is off but will improve in the bushes by the weekend. Try using jigs and minnows around the brush. A lot of the bream have moved into shallow water and will bite when the water clears some. To catch bream, use nightcrawlers, wax worms, small grasshoppers and crickets. Catfishing is good now and should last all year. They will bite just about anything. Trotlines fished on points and baited with dog food should work well on the blue cats, and jugs set with 14- to 17-foot leaders and baited with live bream should work well for flatheads anywhere in deep channels, the narrows or creek mouths. Bait Master said the lake is muddy and high. Bream fishing is fair from 12- to 15-feet deep using red worms or crickets near the bank. Crappie fishing is good from 10- to 15-feet deep using small minnows or small white jigs near brush piles. Bass fishing is good from 4- to 15-feet deep using spinner baits, crankbaits or top-water lures. Whites and hybrids are biting on small minnows and small jigs in the river arms. Walleye fishing is good from 1- to 3-feet deep on live bait at night off the shoals in the river arms<br /><br />Hope this helps.
