Arkansas Fishing Report: Greers Ferry Lake

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Date	19-Nov-09
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Conditions : Greers Ferry: Tommy Cauley of Fish Finder Guide Service said the water level is rising. Hybrids and white bass continue to bite very well on vertically jigged spoons, in-line spinners and hair jigs on days with sun, wind and generation. Black bass are biting fairly well on small Rat-L-Traps, spinnerbaits and small cranks fished around the flooded brush. A few will still hit a frog in the brush as well. Outside of the brush line, some deeper fish can be caught on crankbaits, Carolina rigs and football head jigs. Some crappie are in the bushes and some are out a little deeper over brush piles and suspended in the pole timber. Bream are eating crickets and crawlers around shallow bushes. Some walleye are being caught in areas void of hybrids and white bass. Fish a spoon on the bottom. When you catch one, hold your position and get your spoon right back down. You may catch a limit in one spot.

Shiloh Marina (501-825-6237) said bass are schooling fairly well. Top-water lures worked well when they were surface feeding, but once they went deep, live bait was about all they would hit.

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About: - The 30,000-acre Greers Ferry Lake is known for its clear waters and cliffs that line much of its shoreline. One easily recognizable geologic feature on the lake is Sugar Loaf Mountain, where a national recreational trail by the same name climbs the 1,000-foot summit on an uninhabited island (making it accessible only by boat). During warmer months, the fog that hovers over the cold water in the Little Red can create a striking effect. And visitors traveling from the south or east will certainly notice a difference as they enter the regions hilly terrain. Fishing - Unknown, but impressive, is the fact that two world-record fish, the hybrid striped bass and the walleye, were caught on Greers Ferry Lake, which is the reservoir from which the Little Red River flows. (The hybrid striped bass, caught in 1997, weighed in at 27 pounds, 5 ounces, and the walleye, caught in 82, was 22 pounds, 11 ounces.) But walleye and hybrid striped bass arent the only catches on the fishing menu at Greers Ferry. Every game fish native to the State of Arkansas has been stocked in the clear waters of the lake by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and it is especially revered as an excellent largemouth bass fishery. Camping - On the lake, there are more than 10 campgrounds, dozens of boat ramps and nine marinas, eight of which offer rental boats.

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