Fishing Reports

Pickwick Lake Elevation 413
Water Temp. 52

BASS
We are catching a lot of bass in the lake. As far as numbers, every trip has been a success. As far as big fish, we have caught a few. We have caught most of our fish shallow on hard baits and grubs. ...

WEISS LAKE IS AT 2 feet 4 inches BELOW FULL POOL AND STAINED AND 56-58 DEGREE'S

Fishing was great this past week with a lot of Crappie caught and a lot of good Bass caught.

Bass fishing is Good and a lot of Bass are starting to be caught ...

Here we go,"DANG"!! This was just one of the few reactions we had when we got into the fish that we got today. My client got his personal best along with some more nice quality fish. The shallow bite was very slow early so we decided to move back out to the deeper ...

I had an afternoon trip today that resulted in covering a lot of areas to check out lake conditions and the growth of new grass in some of the shallower creeks. The water temps on the main lake averaged around 54-56 degrees, but in the backs of the creeks we found water that ...

Well as most all fisherman of Cumberland know by now the majority of the lake is in pretty rough shape with the recent snows and rain a couple a weeks ago. Don't let it deter you from fishing as if you spend a Lil time out here you can find easily fishable water. Most fish ...

Fishing statement: To try to insure that fishing stays in the hearts that love it and to help the ones that are going too!

Lets talk about this past week’s fog! On Tuesday March 10, 2015 Daryl Chandler while heading home from Gray’s Reef ran in to what he called ...

The Overall Picture:

As of Monday, 16 Mar, the lake level remains 27 inches above normal conservation pool and rising. There is increase of current of Little River with the gates releasing around 24,000 CFS Monday. Extreme caution urged for boaters during navigation ...

Tarpon action has kicked into high gear. The fish are in the 30 - 90 pound class and are feeding readily. Last night, the DiMaggio Family experienced the thrills of catching tarpon. A good shrimp run had the tarpon popping baits off the surface and jumping on our offerings ...

Dr. Tom Cruz was first up this week. I met him at the launch to fish the waters of Ding Darling. It was already blowing. The weather report forgot to mention that was going to happen.

I had the boats ready to launch when Tom got there, and we were soon on our ...

Today I had a couple of guys just wanting to fun fish, and fun we did have. I don't remember the last time that I laughed pretty much all day at two fishermen, so it made a tough day on the lake a little more relaxing. The fishing was a little slower than yesterday so we slowed ...

Lake Norman has been a melting pot for non-native species of fish since its beginnings in the early 1960’s. By 1970, striped bass, Arkansas blue catfish and white bass had been introduced. The white and striped bass were stocked to enable Norman to compete with South Carolina’s ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Monday, 3/9, seas were predicted to be two feet or less, but they were two-to-four feet just 19 miles offshore, where I fished with Steve Davis, his son, Matt Davis, and friend, Eric Goodmanson. Matt caught the only keeper ...

I finally got the opportunity to get out and enjoy a little Crappie fishing yesterday, which brought a little relaxation from the rigors of Bass fishing in the cold...rain...wind...snow...etc. But today was a sad day on the "Big-G", at least it was for the young lady ...

I’ll give you the forecast for the next few weeks before I get into the report. Right now the inshore fishing is really inconsistent. One day we whack ‘em and the next we struggle. Over the coming weeks I expect the inshore fishing to get more and more reliable and widespread. ...

Calvin Johnston of Olathe, Kansas, set the mark pretty high for his first Arkansas trout-fishing trip. Johnston landed a brown trout weighing 38 lbs. 7 oz. on the White River near Cotter, Arkansas. This is the third largest brown trout caught in Arkansas, and the largest ever ...