Steve & Lisa Spencer give tips and conditions for local fishing holes in Saline County in this column. See more info about Steve and Lisa at the end.
Caden Self caught two 2lb bass at Sunset Lake, using crappie minnows. He wouldn’t touch them but he was sure proud and so was his dad! Says his mother Courtney.
Callie Rose Self, 3yrs old caught a 1 1/2 lb bass at Bishop Park Ponds with crappie minnows. She is Caden’s little sister.
Saline River – Some have been catching some nice crappie off of crappie minnows. Bass have been doing good on black saltys, Zoom zlinky’s in green pumpkin color also in the brush hogs, Trotlines baited up with black saltys and goldfish have been bringing in some good catch of catfish and bass too. Bream have been plentiful off of crickets.
Jillian grandaughter of Derek Leaver caught this nice bream on a worm while fishing at a private pond in Benton.
Sunset Lake – Fresh chicken livers have pretty well been the key for catching some good catfish there. Crappie have been biting early in the morning and later in the evenings fishing deep with both pink & regular crappie minnows. Some bass have been doing good off of minnows, zing tails, plastics and spinner baits. Bream have been doing great on crickets and red worms.
Cassie Lashae Farr sent in this picture caught at Lake Ouachita while using goldfish on noodles.
Lake Norrell – Crappie fair on pink & #6 crappie minnows. Bass have been doing well off of black salty’s, plastic worms and spinner baits. Bream, especially the big red ear have been great off of crickets. Catfish have been good off of night crawlers, bait shrimp and shad & skip jack.
Matt Bonner holds up an almost 50 lb flathead caught off a black salty on a trotline while fishing with his father Ross at the Arkansas River.
Bishop Park Ponds – These ponds too have been good on catfish using the fresh chicken livers. With mainly the back one doing better on them. The bream have been good though on both of them. Bass have been fair on plastics and also some being caught off small spinner baits. Some reports of small crappie being caught off of pink crappie minnows and Kalin’s bleeding Tennessee shad 2″ grubs.
Harper is holding one of the 4 fish she caught while fishing on the Saline River with pink minnows.
Lake Winona – Crappie fair off of #6 crappie minnows and blue and white crappie jigs. Catfish good off goldfish, bait shrimp and night crawlers. Bass have been going after the black saltys. Bream good on crickets and also red worms.
