Northeast Arkansas fishing report

Northeast Arkansas fishing report

Lake Poinsett State Park said it’s still minnows and crickets in the bait shop. In just a couple of hours one day last week, two fishermen got 32 bream using crickets. The park did sell nightcrawlers and goldfish on Tuesday, so they are still bringing in the catfish.

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Crown Lake (updated 6-8-2016)

Boxhound Marina (870670-4496) said water level was high and the clarity was murky. No temperature was recorded. Catfishing rated good to excellent with chicken liver, shad and shrimp as the best bait. Bass fishing was good in the early morning around the docks and in the brush using topwater lures. Crappie fishing fell off, rating poor, while bream fishing was also poor. ***

Spring River (updated 6-8-2016)

Mark Crawford with Spring River Flies and Guides said water levels this week have been running around 500 cfs (350 cfs average) and water clarity has been poor. Plenty of rain the month of May. This week has no rain in the forecast and the river appears to be clearing quickly. Wading has been difficult. Guppies, Old Yellers and fire orange tail woollies have been hot but got to get them down deep with a sink tip. Even in the off-color water the trout will hit but it is very hard to get it down. The river will be back to normal with some clear weather. Saturdays have been busy with canoes. Thru the week and on Sunday is expected to be nice. For current updates check Marks blog on his website (click link above).

(updated 6-1-2016) John Berry in Cotter said the river is fishing well. This is a great place to wade fish when they are running water on the White and Norfork rivers. Canoe season is over and fishing is better. Be sure to wear cleated boots and carry a wading staff. There is a lot of bedrock that can get very slick. The hot flies have been olive Woolly Buggers with a bit of flash (size 10), cerise and hot pink San Juan worms (size 10) and Y2Ks (size 10).

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White River near Newark (updated 6-1-2016)

Triangle Sports (870-7937122) said very muddy conditions limited anglers and there was no report this week.

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Big catch

Jaxson De Los Santos shows off his fish that he caught last week.

Lake Poinsett (updated 6-1-2016)