UTERJanuary
Tailwater trout and Ouachita stripers
White River generation schedules rule; live shad for stripers.
The White River to the Ouachitas
Arkansas freshwater fishing
What's biting in Arkansas freshwater in October: striped bass, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass at their peak, with sauger, bluegill and redear sunfish around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 21 fish here month by month, from White River to Arkansas River.
Fall feed
Ozark highland reservoirs and their world-famous cold tailwaters — the White, the Norfork, the Little Red — the free-flowing Buffalo, the Ouachita lakes, and the Arkansas River backwaters.
White RiverBull Shoals LakeLake OuachitaGreers FerryBeaver LakeBuffalo RiverArkansas River
Updated
Now · October
Fall feed
Crappie and bass on brush.
Rainbow troutBrown troutLargemouth bassSmallmouth bassBlack crappie (speck)Striped bass
This month here
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Striped bass
Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass
Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Black crappie (speck)
Channel catfish
Blue catfish
White bass
Hybrid striped bass (sunshine)
Rainbow trout
Brown trout
Alligator gar
Sauger
Bluegill
Redear sunfish (shellcracker)
Walleye
Flathead catfish
Freshwater drum (sheepshead)
Common carp
Longnose gar
Bowfin (mudfish)
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Walleye and white bass stage
Greers Ferry walleye at the river mouths.
March
Crappie and bass pre-spawn; white bass run
Lake Conway crappie; Bull Shoals bass on the points.
April
Spawn time; Buffalo River smallmouth
Float the Buffalo; bass beds in the creek arms.
May
Bream and topwater
Topwater on Ouachita.
June
Float the rivers
Smallmouth on the Buffalo and Crooked Creek.
July
Summer: tailwaters and night bass
Wade the White on low water.
August
Hot — fish deep or the cold tailwaters
BluegillChannel catfishFlathead catfishWhite bassHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Freshwater drum (sheepshead)
Trout below Bull Shoals.
September
Fall transition
Smallmouth bassBlack crappie (speck)Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)Flathead catfishWhite bassHybrid striped bass (sunshine)
Schooling bass on Ouachita.
October · now
Fall feed
Crappie and bass on brush.
November
Brown trout spawn on the White
Leave the redds alone; streamers for pre-spawn browns.
December
Trophy browns and winter stripers
Big streamers on the White; stripers on Beaver.
Fish guides for Arkansas freshwater
When, where and what to use, fish by fishBlack crappie (speck)Blue catfishBrown troutLargemouth bassRainbow troutSaugerSmallmouth bassStriped bass
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