Prespawn fishing
Don Schnable
March 15, 2013
Bull Shoals - Freshwater Fishing Report
Subject: SCHNABLE.....Greers Ferry Lake and Tributaries
Little Red River
Lindsey's Resort (501-302-3139) said the water is clear and one generator is running. Trout are biting excellently. Drift fishing is best with Power Bait. Crankbaits, jigs and other artificials are working cast across the current.
Greers Ferry
As of Wednesday, the Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake's elevation at 462.44 feet msl (normal conservation pool – 461 msl).
Tommy Cauley of Fish Finder Guide Service said the water level at Greers Ferry lake is falling and the surface temperature ranges from 45 to 52 degrees. Crappie fishing is getting better by the day with a lot of good fish being caught. Try fishing in 15-20 feet of water around pole timber or over brush piles with jigs and jigs with minnow combos there are also some fish already shallow.
White bass and hybrid bass fishing is good in certain areas of the lake, along creek mouths, the mouths of rivers and river bends. Fish with spoons , in-line spinners and grubs; if it is sunny try 25-27 feet of water and on cloudy days they will be a little deeper (28-30 feet). Catfishing is on and off, good one day and no so good the next, but the blues will be making a move shallow soon. Walleye fishing has been off and on as well; try crankbaits, drop shot rigs and grubs up the river arms for best results. Bass are on the move, but it's still a "here one day, gone the next proposition." Try football head jigs, drop shots and Alabama rigs deep, and spinnerbaits, flipping jigs and small crankbaits shallow.
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