I landed fish on a Bayou Magic Tater Shad with a half-ounce white big eye jighead, as well as a three-quarter-ounce Binks Many Shad white spoon. As a result both Bull Shoals and Norfork Dams have been releasing a lot of water. Jigs and craws, spinnerbaits and small crankbaits are working in skinny water. Clarity of the oxbows is normal stain; visibility ranges 5-10 inches depending on location. Mar 8, 2010. They suggest fishing more in the backwaters where the water will be a little warmer. However, as alligators age, their teeth become stronger and more robust, which allows them to prey on much bigger animals. Beaver Lake rose 0.4 foot to rest at 1.4 feet above power pool or 8.2 feet below the top of flood pool. I could see the birds feeding from a distance, which made me smile really big. Ray suggests shad-colored jigs or jigs favoring white, silver/white and pink colors. But youve got to find out where they are, and dont expect them to be consistent. I love spending time in the outdoors and when not writing I can be found on the farm surrounded by horses, dogs, sheep, and pigs. McKinzie told the Northwest Arkansas Times (http://bit.ly/LPQ4o5) that by the time commission officials arrived the animal was gone. Florida largemouth bass will be stocked during the summer of 2025. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission, which supports our community. Suggest you do on line search to find specifics for each area. Greers Ferry Lake. He reports a few bream are starting to show up floating around. The shad bite video gaming isnt over yet. Fishing continues to be up and down just like the weather. Once the lakes reach the conservation pool levels of 659 feet msl for Bull Shoals and 553 feet msl for Norfork, I expect both dams will reduce how much water they release allowing the river to drop to more normal levels. Follow my fishing Facebook page (Busch Mountain Fishing Guide Service) for day-to-day updates on the walleye bite. There are no dams on these streams. Best bite for us before the chocolate milk situation had flipped back to jigs from minnows, but the crappie will randomly pick up a minnow with a few decent bites on good days. As of Thursday, the Army Corps of Engineers reports the lakes elevation at Narrows Dam was 546.89 feet msl (full pool: 548.00 feet msl). One of the biggest alligators found in the swamps of Arkansas is over 14 feet long and 800 pounds in weight. Try a small bead-head nymph (zebra midge, copper John or pheasant tail) suspended 18 inches below a brightly colored San Juan worm (hot fluorescent pink or cerise). Black bass can be caught with shallow-medium diving crankbaits, lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits and bladed jigs along rocks and docks. Catfish are still doing well on trotlines using shad or slicks. This should improve with warm days and dirty water. Brewer Lake Beaver Lake is a man-made reservoir in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas and is formed by a dam across the White River. The largest species is the saltwater crocodile which can be more than 20 feet long, meaning that the largest alligators arent much smaller than them. Flats next to deep creeks and secondary points with any remaining dead lily pad stems will coax a bite on a Chatterbait or square bill on warm and sunny days, mainly in the afternoon. Temperature and conditions over the next month will dictate your game plan and success. Greers Ferry Lake is 6.6 feet above normal conservation pool. Let's all be safe and enjoy this awesome fishery. * White bass continue to bite well. Mike says they expect to see greater numbers of large white bass schools running upriver near Patterson Shoals and Wilton Landing near Cossatot inflow ditch for their annual spawning runs over the next few weeks as the surface temps continue to climb into the low and mid-50 degree range. 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. Shelly Jeffrey at Lake Charles State Park (870-878-6595) said fishing continues to pick up at Lake Charles. There are several camping areas around Beaver lake, each beautiful. This includes all alligators, true crocodiles, caimans, gharials, and false gharials, along with many extinct members. The best activity was mid-day, and the crappie were holding 12-15 feet of depth in our planted brush piles. There has been nothing to report this week. (updated 2-16-2023) Mike Winkler of Little River Fly Fishing Trips (501-507-3688) said Greers Ferry Lake is 7.6 feet above power pool. Bass have been caught this week on Chatterbait (black/blue, a Z Man Jackhammer is a good one to throw now with more vibration to it than others), or flipping a black/blue jig as well as a square-bill crankbait. Alligator Gar Variant Names: Gator Gar Spotted Gar Variant Names: None Shortnose gar Variant Names: Billy Gar, Short-Billed Gar, Stub-Nose . Can you kill them? The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's mission is to conserve and enhance Arkansas's fish and This huge alligator was a mature male which was estimated to be around 35 years old. In addition, add lots of flash to white, olive or olive-and-brown streamers, sparkling collars on your jigs, or toss out a shiny silver spoon. He told me the fly he used. Bass are starting to bite on artificials off of the points. Water temperature ranges 45-50 degrees. By midday Thursday the flow was 16,745 cfs and has ranged 12,700 to almost 17,000 over the past 24 hours; tailwater elevation was 457.49 feet. Not uncommon to see 40 or so a night. The biggest alligator ever found in Arkansas was half-inch shy of 14 feet long and weighed around 800 pounds. I had at least five in a one acre slough. Lake Catherine Tailwater (Below Carpenter Dam) For weekly flow releases from Carpenter Dam, visit www.entergy.com/hydro Check with the Army Corps of Engineers website for real-time release data, ). Trout key in on the shad kill this time of year as freezing temperatures stun threadfin shad in Lake Hamilton and these baitfish are drawn through the turbines and scattered throughout the tailrace area. Further up Little River near White Cliffs and Wilton Landing has heavier stain conditions. The preferred bait is a yellow-headed hair jig, and some minnows are being used, though not as many as jigs. 40,499 acres. Many manufacturers are now making rubber soled wading boots that are easier to clean and are not as likely to harbor didymo. Alligators can swim up to 20 miles per hour and on land, they can run up to 11 miles per hour. fishing has been pretty slow for the past several days, and they had no reports of note. Small orange or peach eggs have been very effective. (Top navigation pool is 338.2 and bottom pool is 336.0.) As a result both Bull Shoals and Norfork Dams have been releasing a lot of water. Move around, check out shallow water and the deep water too. Further upstream, the flow at the Maynard Lock and Dam was 52,474 cfs. The lake is rising with the current rains and sits at 553.5 feet msl. (updated 2-23-2023) Kent Williams of Oxbow Guide Service (870-278-7978) said the water temperature is rising and the water is clear. Hopefully you choose one that the trout wants. We are all in this together and freely share information. Check it out. Total hourly outflow at the dam is still high; at midday it was 18,275 cfs, and in the past two days the flo2 has been as high as 19,600 cfs. There could have been a new hatch, or a serious rain or temperature change that triggered another food source since your last trip. The stage at Morrilton was down almost 6 feet from this time a week ago, to 12.28 feet (flood stage is 30 feet). Anglers should try using Carolina-rigged lizards, crankbaits, spinnerbaits and drop-shots. The water temperature is ranging about 46-49 degrees. The lake had made its way up to 50 degrees though on Friday morning it was recorded as 39 degrees. Some reports say they are deep at 18-22 feet. Try Rock Crawler reds on the steeper, clearer water; Wiggle Warts on mid; and a Chick Magnet on the flat side in the stain. These new ponds are then new habitats for other animals and help to increase plant growth and diversity. As of Thursday, the Army Corps of Engineers reports the lakes elevation at Blakely Dam was 577.46 feet msl (full pool: 578.00 feet msl). With the increasing boat traffic, we need to be mindful when operating our boats near others who are not underway and anchored. Bull Shoals Lake On that note, the walleye are moving up and the bite can be good if you locate the moving fish. But the amount of rain weve had, the crappie will be out of the flow of the lake, now, in the murky waters, and wont be deep. Black bass are biting, but theyre slow. (AP) - Authorities have solved the mystery of what kind of animal was seen strolling along a road near Gravette. Buffalo National River/Crooked Creek Redear Sunfish 05-27-2016, 07:02 AM nmnita : Location: Bella Vista, Ark. Little productive fishing has been done in the tailrace under these adverse conditions. The moist habitats are perfect for many animals, including alligators. This is 34.5 feet below the top of flood pool. The best area to target is the transition areas where it goes from deeper water to the backs of creeks with the warmer water coming in. When they quit, they quit. We are now just three-quarters of a foot above the top of the power pool and 1 feet above where we were on Feb. 7 before the 3-inch-plus rain. (870-867-2191/800-832-2276 out-of-state) said. We have been doing well catching spotted bass and largemouths throwing these baits for walleye, so that shows me bass are on the feed. Lake Overcup U.S. Geological Survey's Lake Conway water level site. This week we've seen a significant shad kill on the lake. Upstream, Table Rock Lake rose 0.1 foot to rest at 1 foot below power pool and 15 feet below the top of flood pool. Some fish are already staging early prespawn areas in the creeks. The fish I was marking at 60 feet or deeper did not want to bite. Thank you for reading! Where can I see alligators in Arkansas?The Arkansas Post National Memorial and Millwood State Park. Mama gators protect the nest. On Thursday, the Corps of Engineers said water flow at the Emmett Sanders Lock and Dam at Pine Bluff was 40,646 cfs, about half the flow of this time last week. Merthiolate and June Bug colors were working in the stained water in back of McGuire. With the recent detection of the plant at nearby Mercer Bayou and the spread of the plant within Erling, AGRED worked with the AGFC to determine a plan that would help combat the aquatic nuisance species. It's still far from spring-like temps. It is important to note that dramatic drops in temperature greatly affect the trout bite in a negative way. We have had higher flows that have fished well. Older alligators prey on turtles, fish, birds, and mammals all the way up to the size of deer. for more information and tips on fishing Bull Shoals Lake. The alligator numbers everywhere I frequent are exploding. Weekends can get quite crowded. Streamer season is upon us. The overflow of that food source into the river sets off the famous voracious feeding pattern and the easy trout catch, which anglers love. Alligators are highly territorial and typically live in freshwater environments such as swamps, marshes, ponds, lakes, and rivers. We are still catching crappie and other bass deep 25-55 feet deep, but all the fish are going farther toward the river portions of the primary and secondary channels. Triangle Sports (870-793-7122) in Batesville had no reports. As of 1 p.m. there had been 31 straight hours of release in the neighborhood of 3,800 cfs. NOTICE: The American Gamebird Research Education and Development Foundation, under recommendation from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, is conducting a 5-foot drawdown of Lake Erling in Lafayette County to combat the spread of giant salvinia, a highly invasive aquatic plant species not native to the United States. Caught in Merrisach Lake in September 2020 by alligator hunter Travis Bearden, the massive alligator beat the previous record set in 2015 by almost 2 inches. I bought six flies, tied one on and never changed a thing, I caught 60 good trout. (updated 2-16-2023) Mike Winkler of Little River Fly Fishing Trips (501-507-3688) said Greers Ferry Lake is 7.6 feet above power pool. Lake Maumelle Boxhound Marina (870-670-4496) is closed for the winter and will reopen this month. (updated 2-23-2023) Seth Boone, the superintendent at Lake Poinsett State Park, reported Lake Poinsett had crappie biting well on minnows and jigs. While the Game and Fish Commission reports 84 gators were harvested last month, the reptiles are not just found in hunting . All rights reserved. This week we've seen a significant shad kill on the lake. Nimrod was 18 feet above normal pool level, but even with the latest rain it is dropping. Think white for baits and flies this week: shad patterns, white egg patterns, white-bellied stick baits the water level will support deep-diving jerkbaits white jigs and minnows. The stage is on a fast rise at 8.77 feet as of Thursday afternoon (flood stage is 32 feet). Nestled in the Ozark Mountains of northwest Arkansas, Beaver Lake is a nature lover's delight during all seasons. Pond is now holding about half as much water as it should be. The Norfork tailwater had no wadable water. are still on in the usual places like Gold Creek, but are hit and miss. Donald Ramirez at Lucky Landing (479-641-7615) had no new reports. The run has just started, they note. However, despite its immense weight, it wasnt a record-breaker as it only measured 13 feet 3 inches long. Lasting heat of summer and stable conditions paid off for Arkansas hunters lucky enough to draw a tag in the 2019 alligator season. Rainbow Trout The fish will hide behind the obstacle to rest and watch for something to eat to float by. The Arkansas River offers good fishing for largemouth bass and white bass, but there's very good bass fishing at Lee Creek Lake and Sugarloaf Lake. The stage is on a fast rise at 8.77 feet as of Thursday afternoon (flood stage is 32 feet). Bass are not yet loading into typical early spwaning areas despite the abnormally warm temperatures. No one was out late this week with the bad weather. The clarity is muddy to almost yellow looking, they report, and the level of the lake appears to be 2-3 feet deeper for some that at this usual time of the year. That makes no sense to me at all. I knew what was going on. In the clearer water farther down the lake, anglers been catching bass on Alabama rigs (which a few weeks back landed a 10-plus-pound largemouth in a tournament) and on green pumpkin or brown-colored jigs. Watermelon red, red/blue/grape colors in artificials are good choices for bass here. Norfork Lake One of the guides going out from Andrews fished three days this week and on his teams the anglers were doing real well on the crappie. Greers Ferry Lake is 7.6 feet above power pool. Excellent angling opportunities are on the horizon as soon as stable conditions return to Carpenter Dam, depending on consistent weather fronts. It is illegal to feed alligators in Arkansas. Instead, the heaviest alligator caught in Arkansas makes Beardens alligator seem like a mere baby in comparison. Cooks Lake The warm rain helped. Gather as much information as you can before making your fly selection for the best results. (updated 2-9-2023) Hatchet Jacks Sports Shop in Crystal Hill off I-40 (501-758-4958) said crappie are still on in the usual places like Gold Creek, but are hit and miss. Remember to be courteous to other boaters on the water. Try brush 20-35 feet deep. Catfish There has definitely been some shad kill. With color to the water, anglers have been flipping a brown or a black/blue jig in and around cover and fishing it slow to pull in. It is important to note that dramatic drops in temperature greatly affect the trout bite in a negative way. Lake Catherine Tailwater (Below Carpenter Dam), For weekly flow releases from Carpenter Dam, visit. Clarity along Little River is stained, and is much worse further up Little River with river clarity ranging 3-5 inches visibility depending on location. The best activity was mid-day, and the crappie were holding 12-15 feet of depth in our planted brush piles. Be great if all this rain was snow. The lake is slightly stained in most areas, but will become more stained in the next day or so. Liver of all kinds, dough bait, minnows and nightcrawlers are the go-to baits. Cole Harken is a wildlife expert living in Conway. An Alabama rig, crawfish-colored square-bill crankbait or a PB&J jig were working best. Call the center at 870-241-3373 for more information. (updated 2-23-2023) Steven Scuba Steve Street at Blackburns Resort said the lake level was 554.51 feet msl and the storm was just starting to enter the area about 11:30 a.m. when he arrived at the resort Wednesday. Let's all be safe and enjoy this awesome fishery. The stage at Morrilton was down almost 6 feet from this time a week ago, to 12.28 feet (flood stage is 30 feet). Clarity is heavily stained to muddy in places this week along Little River, while the main lake is heavily stained. Check our blog (linked above) to make sure it's not up and muddy. Information about the species of fish local to Beaver Lake . The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. There is a lot of bedrock that can get very slick. The White has had no wadable water and heavy flows. Unfortunately, we lost a large part of the alligator population due to unregulated market hunting and their wetlands being drained. The weekly generation report is posted every Wednesday evening on the Entergy website under Hydro-Operations. People are fishing 5-foot deep for crappie. Big snow/freeze knocked them back here. The massive influx of healthy rainbow trout to the lake rejuvenates the tailrace to an earlier scenario of quality fishing. We can verify, according to the Arkansas Game and Fish, the pictures floating around on social media are probably just a log. One fish is a fluke. There have been numerous shad coming through Bull Shoals Dam. Alligators are actually incredibly important to the ecosystem. Bull Shoals Lake; Marion County. White bass are about 5-7 feet out from the shoreline and also going after the redworms. When I do wade trips, I talk to everyone I see in the parking lot or pass on the stream as I walk in. 77,786 posts . Catfish are still looking for the bream. Smaller males migrate first into the tailrace to prepare the spawning beds. He says there was some speculation that the creature was a caiman, which are related to alligators and are legal to own in Arkansas. Lots of jigging soft plastics and lead spoons. Use hand-tied jigs in white/silverand gray/silverwhite or use minnows for best results. CAW has been planning a 10-foot drawdown to eliminate the hydrilla in the lake. The elevation is 249.26 feet msl. With the water temperature coming up, one would think the fish would respond in a positive way that would allow us fishermen to catch some. Hopefully you choose one that the trout wants. The surface water temperature was 49 degrees and the water was stained in the creeks but a little clearer on the main lake. A gators sex is determined by the temperature in the nest. He suggests anglers and boaters check before heading to the Little Red River by calling the Corps of Engineers Little Rock District water data system (501-362-5150) for Greers Ferry Dam water release information or check the Corps of Engineers website (swl-wc.usace.army.mil) for real-time water release and the Southwestern Power Administration website (swpa.gov) to see forecasted generation schedule. Winter drawdown is scheduled to end next week (March 1-8) Flood gates remained open to aid in lowering Lake Ouachita out of flood pool. The overflow of that food source into the river sets off the famous voracious feeding pattern and the easy trout catch, which anglers love. Clarity of the oxbows is normal stain; visibility ranges 5-10 inches depending on location. Chinese alligators reach only between 5 and 7 feet long and weigh only 80 to 100 pounds. Alligators prefer warm climates and rarely venture far north of the Virginia-North Carolina border. Mike provided the latest fishing specifics: This bit should continue to ramp up each week as the prespawn bite is starting up. The walleye are the first to pick up.". . Stripers are still good. They cannot handle the hard freezes in the northern portion of the state. The lake level at Bull Shoals fell 0.4 foot to rest at 1.5 feet above power pool of 659 feet msl. The largest fish ever caught in Arkansas was an alligator gar in the Red River that weighed 241 pounds, over 100 pounds more than the next largest Arkansas catch, a 118-pound paddlefish caught by James Johnson at Beaver Lake earlier this year. Bee Lake had a few keepers to play with recently as long as the wind would let you stay out on the main lake. The crappie are in a prespawn bite and found around brush and other cover. Bait presentation should be very slow. Many manufacturers are now making rubber soled wading boots that are easier to clean and are not as likely to harbor didymo. White bass are a fun fish for new anglers and old alike. (updated 2-9-2023) Hatchet Jacks Sports Shop in Crystal Hill off I-40 (501-758-4958) says the water has been very low from their 10-foot drawdown, but a lot of crappie and other fish are going to get active after a big rise in the water. Try crawlers in 5-15 feet. 45 of our 75 counties have documented gators. The answer is: yes. There has been nothing to report this week. Ramps are still accessible. Crooked Creek and the Buffalo River are fishing poorly. Amongst these lowlands is the Mississippi Alluvial Region which includes many swamps and wetlands. Carry a large net, as most fish are lost at the net. October 25, 2019 Comments Off on Hunters bag 84 Arkansas alligators Hunting . Towering limestone bluffs, natural caves and a variety of trees and flowering shrubs afford shutter bugs and nature lovers hours of enjoyment throughout the year. Are there alligator gar in Beaver Lake? Anglers have had success catching bass on a crawfish-colored Spro Rock Crawler and even throwing a spinnerbait in the stained water of the backs of creeks, too. So reckon it works. Water temperatures have been 43-44 degrees. For bass, what I gathered from the bass fishermen I spoke with, they are struggling as well with fish not responding to the warmer water. There is a 10 acre slough behind my place where beaver dam broke down about five years ago and beavers never repaired it. Anglers are also throwing a green pumpkin or brown jig around the wood. As members of Alligatoroidae, alligators are also members of the order Crocodilia. All fish that are caught are catch-and-release at this time and the AGFC Fisheries staff rebuilds the predator population and the forage base. (updated 2-24-2023) Andrews Bait Shop and More (479-272-4025) said Friday morning that the crappie are beginning to bite, and bite well. Water temperature ranges 45-50 degrees. Anglersare caching lots of nice[-sized crappie. The water can rise very quickly. Also use minnows. As of Thursday, the Army Corps of Engineers reported the lakes elevation at 660.17 feet msl (normal conservation pool: 659.00 feet msl; top flood elevation is 695.00 feet msl). Little Red River Winter drawdown is scheduled to end next week (March 1-8) Flood gates remained open to aid in lowering Lake Ouachita out of flood pool. With the rising water level, the largemouth bass bite will become really good. As of Thursday, the Corps of Engineers said water flow at the Ormond Lock and Dam was 15,682 cfs. Dont mean to side track this thread, as I know nothing about beavers. Look for something in the water that gives the fish a break from current. Clarity along Little River is stained, and is much worse further up Little River with river clarity ranging 3-5 inches visibility depending on location. Wind, wind, wind and clouds will help. Always follow all park and lake regulations when visiting the Carpenter Dam use area and be aware of lake conditions before planning a day on the water. Although the size of crocodiles varies depending on species, alligators compare well against them. CONWAY, Ark - An alligator was seen roaming through the waters of Lake Conway last week, and now the photos captured by a local wildlife expert are gaining traction on social media. Visibility is 6-12 inches. Use something bright: chartreuse, Mo-Glo. Redworms and crickets, of course, but also try bucktail jigs, maribou jigs and hair-tied jigs. With the recent detection of the plant at nearby Mercer Bayou and the spread of the plant within Erling, AGRED worked with the AGFC to determine a plan that would help combat the aquatic nuisance species. Discover Why Alligators Wont Cross Georgias Fall Line, Huge Florida Gator Eats a Smaller Florida Gator in Most Florida Video Ever, The Biggest Alligator Ever Found In Arkansas. 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