Go Fishing Forum

Lake SWEPCO: JT’s Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass are still biting well on minnows fished under a float or tightlined in the mouths of coves and along the dam in 10 to 15 feet of water. Anglers have also had some luck drop-shotting a watermelon finesse worm along the dam.

JT’s Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass fishing has been slow lately. The best places to fish have been up either river arm where the water clears and in the Prairie Creek arm. The best baits have been crayfish-colored crankbaits worked along chunk rock banks and spinnerbaits worked alon...

Lake SWEPCO: JT’s Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass fishing has been best early and late on live minnows fished under a float near the banks around cover. White flukes have worked well when fished near the surface.

Beaver Lake: As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 1,121.87 feet MSL. JT’s Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass have been biting spinnerbaits along laydowns and timber and crayfish-colored crankbaits along chunk rock banks on sunny days. Crappie fi...

Lake SWEPCO: JT’s Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass have been biting well early and late on live minnows fished under a float near the bank. Look for shade and you should find fish. Flukes and watermelon-colored bass jigs have also been productive. Water temp was 69-88.

Beaver Lake: As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 1,120.58 feet MSL. JT’s Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass fishing is still hit-and-miss. Clown or bone-colored suspending Rattling Rouges fished around points with trees in 10 to 20 feet of wate...

Beaver Lake: As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 1,117.67 feet MSL. JT’s Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass have been hit-and-miss lately. Best places to look have been along steep chunk rock banks in the mid-lake to upper portion of the lake a...

Lake SWEPCO: JT’s Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass have been biting well late in the day on live minnows fished shallow under a cork near the bank. Bass jigs and Bass Assassins have worked well fished around timber.

Lake SWEPCO: JT’s Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass are biting well on SWEPCO. Best baits have been live minnows under a float, pearl flukes and watermelon-colored bass jigs. The cove near the discharge has been productive as well as all the coves on the east side. Water temps were 68-80.

JT’s Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass are slow but hitting clown, silver/black and bone suspending jerk baits along points with timber and crayfish-patterned jigs along steep chunk rock banks. The War Eagle Arm has been good as well as the Prairie Creek area. Crappie fishing has also b...

Beaver Lake: As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 1,114.19 feet MSL. JT’s Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass can be caught by using suspending jerk baits in bone or clown colors fished off points in the Clifty area. The river arms have produced ...

Lake SWEPCO:JT’s Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass are biting well all over the lake on live minnows. A crawdad-pattern jig has also been working. On calm mornings try fishing top-water with a pearl-colored soft jerk bait.

Thanks BLC. I have a question...what's with the Corps of Engineers report regarding the elevation of the lake? Does that change a lot over the course of a season? How does it affect the fishing there? I do the fishing report for the Arkansas Game and Fish, that is where why it is in that format. Th...

LakeSWEPCO: JT’s Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass on SWEPCO are a bit fussy on some days. Try crawdad-colored jigs or live minnows around pole timber. Shallow-running crankbaits have taken a few bass near the discharge. Bluegill in SWEPCO have been hitting crickets along timber and the...

Beaver Lake : As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 1,113.54 feet MSL. JT’s Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass fishing has been best in the Big and Little Clifty area. Crawdad-colored Wiggle Warts and watermelon jigs fished along chunk rock banks...