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Date	26-Jul-24
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Conditions : Arkansas River: (Little Rock Area Pools) Fish N Stuff (501-834-5733) reports that the bass fishing has been tougher because of summer heat. You can catch some, they say, but the fish are mostly little ones.
Anglers are having best success catching them on small crankbaits like Bandit 200 or Bandit 300 Series. Best colors are something in a shad pattern, and chartreuses have been doing well such as a chartreuse blue back or chartreuse black back. Anglers are mostly targeting ends of jetties or sand drops on the main river. For fishing a bottom bait in those same areas, throw a Texas-rigged worm or shaky head worm.
Early or late, a bone-colored Zara Spook is a good bait to try at the ends of jetties. If youre working around the grass, a small buzzbait has been doing really well.
They have heard nothing on crappie. Catfish are biting below the Murray Lock and Dam on nightcrawlers.
The water level is pretty level, the clarity is stained (definitely not muddy now).

Little Maumelle River - Ray Hudson at River Valley Marina (501-517-1250) said fishing has been pretty good this week. Water is clear and at a normal pool. The surface water temperature was about 78-79 degrees earlier this week, he says.
The black bass were on fire, he said, seeing it firsthand himself earlier this week. Dont know what the deal was, but they were biting. Bream, same thing. People are catching a lot of big bream. The people here at the marina are still catching catfish on hotdogs. Still not much on the crappie, its just here and there.
Topwater baits or soft plastic worms are suggest for bass. Bass are in 2-3 feet of water after the water cooled down from last weeks front. Crickets and redworms are both working for bream. With the full moon through the past weekend, the bream were biting in the middle of the day up shallow (2 feet of water or less).

Reported by: Arkansas F & G