Lake Ouachita:   As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation was 578.15 MSL (Flood pool - 578 MSL).

Larry Hurley from Poorman’s Guide Service said bass fishing is good with a jig and pig in dark colors, fished around wood near small points in creeks.

Trader Bill’s Outdoor Sports said the lake temperature is in the 50s. The lake level is above full pool. The water color is stained to clear. There is some good moss growing on the northeast side of the lake about 8 to 10 feet below the surface and scattered along the banks of Blakley's, Rabbit, and Cedar Fourche. Try a jig and a crank-bait over the moss. Also an Alabama rig can catch good fish off points and ledges. Crappie are in 10 to 15 feet of water over brush or moss.

Mountain Harbor Resort said the water is 48 to 52 degrees and stained. Largemouth bass are still very good on watermelon or black/blue jigs. Alabama rigs are producing a lot of quality fish 15 to 30 feet deep with shad-colored swimbaits attached. Walleye are fair and are being caught on bottom bouncer jigs, spoons and deep-diving crankbaits trolled 25 to 35 feet deep around brush. Crappie are fair near and over brush in 12 to 20 feet of water on minnows and crappie grubs. Catfish are fair and being caught on cut bait and live bait on jug lines and trotlines fished 20-30 feet deep.  

We managed to get out between doctor visits for a while and caught a couple of nice bass on black/blue jigs with a blue chunk trailer.  Fished points with brush piles on them.

DeGray Lake:  As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation was 407.58 feet MSL (Flood pool - 408 MSL).

Local angler George Graves said water temperature is in the high 40s. The water is clear to Caddo Drive, slightly stained up to point 15 and heavily stained on up to Cox Creek. Bass fishing is fair with the fish moving up a little shallower. Look for fish on main lake points and on the north side of the lake. Also any point with the warm wind blowing into it is best. Look for fish from 10 to 20 feet deep. Best lures have been deep-running crankbaits in shad patterns and paddletail flukes in white or albino. Also a Texas- or Carolina-rigged worm or jig with trailer is productive. Use green pumpkin or red shad on the worms and most any dark color for the jig and trailer. Best areas have been between Edgewood and Cox Creek. A heavy jigging spoon in chartreuse or white is still doing well on the ledges of Big Hill Creek at depths or 25 to 28 feet. Crappie fishing is starting to improve with the warm weather. The fish are still on the deep main lake attractors at 25 to 30 feet deep. Use a Tennessee shad Kalin's 2-inch grub on a 1/16-ounce chartreuse jig head very slowly just above the thickest part of the brush. The best attractors are between Arlie Moore and Point Cedar. The Shouse Ford area is hard to beat in the winter. Also try Big Hill Creek where there are some very good brush piles. Hybrid fishing is very good on the big flat just west of Goat Island. The fish are in small schools suspended about 15 feet down in 35 feet of water. Use the sonar to locate the schools and slow troll with the trolling motor multiple 3-inch twister tail grubs in white or chartreuse.

 Lake Greeson:   As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation was 546.26 MSL (Flood pool - 548 MSL).

Lakeside Grocery and Bait (870-398-5304) said the water is murky and high. Fishing is slow for all species.

For more information on crappie fishing at Lake Greeson, visit Jerry Blake’s website, www.actionfishingtrips.com/tripreports.htm.

Lake Greeson Tailwater (Little Missouri River)

Visit www.littlemissouriflyfishing.com for a daily update on fishing conditions.

 Lake Hamilton

Trader Bill’s Outdoor Sports said the lake temperature is in the 50s and cooling. The water color is stained to clear. The lake is 5 feet down from full pool for the winter drawdown. The Alabama rig has taken over most tournament weigh-ins. Put your boat over 60 feet of water and fish over 20 to 50 feet deep on deep points and ledge banks. A jig at the mouth of creeks is also working well. Crappie are in 8 to 12 feet of water and biting well on shad-colored jigs.

For a daily fishing report from Darryl Morris, visit Family Fishing Trips.

Lake Catherine

For weekly flow releases from Carpenter Dam, visit www.entergy.com/hydro.

Shane Goodner, owner of Catch’em All Guide Service, said water temperature below Carpenter Dam has fallen to 45 degrees with round-the-clock generation. Moss growth is still very low. Rainbow trout fishing is excellent below the dam. Bank fishermen are using wax worms or redworms with a marshmallow floater, PowerBait in yellow or orange or whole kernel corn fished under a bobber or just off the bottom. Spin fishermen casting 1/16 ounce jigs in smoke or white, Super Dupers, Little Cleos, Rooster Tails and Mepps spinners have taken good numbers of fish where the current is slower. Boaters trolling small crankbaits below the bridge always seem to catch the largest rainbow trout. Fly fishermen are able to wade to areas that hold numbers of trout and are having success casting micro-jigs in black or white, woolly buggers, San Juan worms and egg patterns. White bass are in and out of the tailrace with few caught this week. Walleye fishing really hits its stride in mid-February.