SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS - Weekly Fishing Report

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Randy Zellers (501)223-6406, e-mail: rdzellers@agfc.state.ar.us

This is the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's fishing report

June 24, 2009

Lake Chicot: Lakeshore Motel and Marina (870-265-9901) said the water is at normal stage and is continuing to fall about 1 to 2 inches a day. The bream are starting to bed up, and many have been caught in the last week. Some crappie are still being caught on jigs in deeper water, but it’s slowed. Catfishing is good on crickets around cypress trees in the day and minnows, shad and stinkbait at night. Bass fishing is fair.

Lake Monticello: Fishing guide Greg Gulledge (870-723-3928) of MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "click.aristotle.net" claiming to be MonticelloBigBass.com said Lake Monticello is settling into summertime patterns. Surface temps are in the 80s. Bass are schooling early if you are lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. Topwaters and Rat-L-Traps have been the ticket for schoolers. The soft plastic bite is getting better in the 7- to 12-foot depth range. Watermelon/red and tequila sunrise worms and brush hogs have been taking their shares. Bream fishing is consistent with good numbers of fish caught. Big bream have been very spotty, with one here and one there. Crickets and worms have been the most productive baits.