This is the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's fishing report for May 2, 2005. If there is a body of water you would like to see included in this report, please call or e-mail us with information on possible sources for that lake or river.

Fishing Tip: Terrestrial patterns such as ants, hoppers and crickets are deadly trout lures on hot, sunny days. Cast them into pools and slower water underneath overhands or near grassy banks. Let them splash when they hit, just like an insect that has fallen into the water.

CENTRAL ARKANSAS: Lake Conway: Bates Field and Stream said the lake is clear, and the bream are still on the beds. Anglers are having good success off the bank using wax worms, crickets, red wigglers and black-and-brown Tiny Mite jigs. Many crappie are being caught on chartreuse jigs tipped with minnows. Bass are biting well on buzzbaits early in the morning and Zoom soft-plastics fished around the stumps. If you're looking for some real excitement, try fishing a Zoom Horny Toad in the lily pads at sunrise. Catfish are being taken on trotlines baited with minnows and live bream.

Little Red River: Lindsey's Resort said water clarity is good and the river is low. One or two generators are running during the mid-day hours. Trout fishing is good with many being taken on wax worms with marshmallows and Power Bait. Corn and nightcrawlers are also producing a few good rainbows. Fly-fishing has been good in the Greers Ferry Tailwaters during hours of low generation.

Greers Ferry: Shiloh Marina said the water is steady at 461 feet and is very clear. Night-time crappie fishing is picking up around 12-feet deep on minnows fished underneath lights. Walleye are coming from 25-feet deep on nightcrawlers fished on slip-sinker rigs. Tommy Cauley of Fish Finder Guide Service said the water level at Greers Ferry is at 461.10. Some bass are schooling as are the whites and hybrids. Both are scattered around the lake. The bass that are not following the shad schools around can be caught on top-water lures like buzzbaits and frogs early. As the sun rises, the fish will be on deeper points, humps and ledges anywhere from 15 to 25 feet on Texas-rigged worms, Carolina rigs and drop-shot rigs. The crappie fishing is good in brush piles around 20- to 25-feet deep. The bream action is good 6- to 15-feet deep on crickets. The walleye action is fair to good back trolling bottom bouncers with nightcrawlers on flats in about 28-32 feet of water. Hybrid fishing is excellent at night and early morning with spotty schooling activity during the day.

Harris Brake Lake: Coffee Creek Landing said the water in Harris Brake is clear. Bream are biting well close to the bank on crickets and red wigglers. Bass are holding close to the bank, but a few are being caught in the weed beds on soft plastics. Catfishing is good on blood bait and Catfish Charlie.

Lake Overcup: Lakeview Landing said the lake is clearing up and bream are biting well on worms and crickets. Catfishing is fair on trotlines. Bass are hitting white spinner baits in the shallows. Crappie are biting well on pink jigs tipped with shiners drifted in the deep section of the lake.

Toad Suck Lock and Dam: Bates Field and Stream said few reports came in, but crappie are fair in the backwaters in 3 to 8 feet. Try live minnows on a slip-cork rig. Catfishing is good on shad.

Little Maumelle River: River Valley Bait said the river is at normal level and visibility is good. Bream are hitting wax worms and red wigglers in 1 to 2 feet of water at the edge of the bank. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs in brush piles out to 15-feet deep. Catfishermen are catching some good fish on anything fished on the bottom. Bass fishing is good with spinner baits fished from the shallows out to 3 feet of water. Hatchet Jacks Sport Shop said fishing was poor last week, but a few bass were caught in the early morning on buzzbaits and spinner baits and a few catfish were hooked on limb lines baited with rice slicks.

Lake Cargile: Beeson's Grocery said crappie, bass and catfish are all excellent.

Lake Maumelle: Jolly Roger's Marina said fishing is good, despite the weather. Early and late in the day, black bass are located among the weeds to 10 feet deep and are hitting top-water lures and crankbaits. Once the sun comes up, try a Carolina-rigged lizard or Brush Hog on the first drop to deeper water. Kentucky bass are being caught 8- to 14-feet deep on 3" pumpkin grubs and crankbaits. Drop-shotting is also taking quite a few. White bass are schooling from the marina east to Three-Fingers Cove. Spooks, Near Nuthings, Rooster tails, CC Spoons, and Rogues with orange belles are all producing. Catfish are hitting large minnows and prepared baits in 20 to 28 feet of water. Crappie are in 18 to 22 feet of water and are being caught on small 1/32-ounce jigs and crappie minnows. Reports on bream are very good and picking up. Bream will be bedding up with the full moon and are on humps about 9-feet deep.

Arkansas River: Charley's Hidden Harbor near Oppelo said flow from Lock 9 is 21,000 cubic feet per second with headwater at 284.52 and tailwater at 266.07. Catfishermen are doing good drifting whole shad in 10 to 15 feet of water around the jetties. Bass fishing is picking up on buzzbaits and Jitterbugs early and Spooks and Tiny Torpedoes as the morning progresses. Once the sun is up, chartreuse spinner baits are catching a few keepers until about 10 a.m. White bass are schooling right before daylight and around dusk. Johnson spoons and Storm Wide-Eye Shad are catching a few of the whites. Bream are holding in the grass line and are being taken on crickets. Crappie are fair on minnows in 8 feet of water. Hawg Traps in shad colors are catching a few stripers around the jetty tips.

Arkansas River (Little Rock area): Hatchet Jack's Sport Shop said the rain caused many fishermen to stay inside last weekend, but a few stripers have been taken on live shad and Twistertails. Catfishing has been steady on baitfish, skipjacks and slicks.

Bradford Lake: Shirley's Bait said the lake is low and the clarity is fair. Some nice redear sunfish are being caught on the beds on red worms and crickets fished near the bottom in 2 to 3 feet of water. Crappie fishing is good 3- to 4-feet deep on minnows near the bank.

Pickthorne Lake: Outdoor Super Store said the water is muddy and low. Bream fishing is slow in 1 to 2 feet of water on crickets fished near the brush piles. Crappie are slow, but a few large fish have turned up near the brush piles on minnows. Bass fishing is fair on purple and junebug-colored plastic worms. Catfish are good on chicken livers towards the middle of the lake.

NORTH ARKANSAS:

White River: Gaston's White River Resort said the river is low and the water is clear. Trout fishing has been good with many fish being caught on wax worms and yellow Power Bait. Gold Cleo spoons and Buoyant Spoons are catching a few fish, as are sow bug- and tan scud-patterned flies. Wilderness Trail said generation has been low, so the Berkley Power Egg bite has been good. With current, Mepp's spinners, Buoyant Spoons and Roostertails are the baits of choice. The fly fishermen did well on olive Woolly Buggers, Tungsten Beadhead Midges, Sow Bugs and Soft Hackles. The brown trout are being caught on Flatfish, Suspending Rogues and nightcrawlers.

North Fork River: McLellan's Fly Shop said Generation has increased this week, with one to two units running during most of the daylight hours. However, after all of this high water the trout are in very good shape-fat and full of fight. On recent guide trips, we have been catching several fat brook trout just below Norfork Dam. During low water, concentrate your nymph fishing on the faster runs and riffles; tie on a size 16 scud or sow bug and hold on. During high-water, streamer fishing has also been excellent from a boat (especially on overcast days). Best flies have been: McLellan's Hunchback Scud Tan, Olive and Gray (14-16), Flashback Scud Tan, Olive and Gray (12-16), McLellan's Woven Sow Bug (14-16), Graphic Caddis Tan and Olive (14-18), Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymph (16-20), Beadhead Hare's Ear Nymph (14-18), Mercury Brassie (18-20), Rojo Midge (22), Mercury Blood Midge (20-22), Red Jujubee Midge (20-22), Johnny Flash (20-24), Mercury Black Beauty (20-22), Gray Mercury Midge (20-22), Black Wooly Sculpin (4), Articulated Zoo Cougar (4), Swimming Jimmy (4).

Bull Shoals Lake: Wilderness Trail said last week started out with summer temperatures, spring came back by mid-week. Lake temperature jumped to 78 degrees then cooled to 75 degrees by the end of the week. Lake clarity is around 14 feet with some stained water in the Theodosia Arm and in the Horseshoe Bend area. Lake level has stayed steady throughout the week 653.59. White bass had a bad spawn this year, but are still very aggressive in the backs of the creeks and main lake pockets with the shad. Early in the morning and on cloudy days look for whites pushing shad to the top. Bull Shoals Boat Dock guides are catching nice stringers of crappie on points and inside brush piles on crappie minnows in 8 to 12 feet of water. Swimming Minnows are also working well in blue thunder and smoke colors. Largemouth bass are active in the mornings feeding on shad in the back of main lake pockets and the back of the creeks. Buzzbaits, Zara Spooks, Flukes and jerkbaits are all producing some nice largemouths. Docks, blow downs and secondary points or watersheds are holding the bass during the day. Spider jigs, Carolina rigs with centipedes or Brush Hogs and tube baits are triggering the largemouth during the daylight hours. Smallmouth are still holding off the deep side of pea gravel points throughout the lake. They are moving up onto the points to feed in the mornings and late afternoon. Tube baits and mojo rigs with centipedes or Fish Doctors and finesse worms are catching some nice smallies. Kentucky bass have gone deep with the bright sun. There is some frenzy feeding on top just before sundown, but you have to be in the right place at the right time to cash in. Best bet is to fish Carolina rigs in 30 to 35 feet of water with centipedes around chunk rock points and channel swings. Walleye are still very shallow, holding around do-nothing points and on transition banks. Early morning walleye are reacting to Glass Shad and Shad Raps cast to the banks. By mid-morning they are moving out to 18 to 20 feet of water. The hot technique and bait have been leeches on split-shot rigs tossed into 12 feet of water and pulled back to the boat. Crawler harnesses will also work behind a bottom bouncer. Best combination is a Blue Smile blade with blue-and-orange beads and an orange-and-chartreuse float. Sugar Loaf Harbor said bream fishing is good on worms and small minnows fished in shallow brush lines. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs along the brush piles. White bass are good around Tucker Hollow. Catfish are good on worms and chicken liver.

Lake Norfork: Cranfield Junction Quik Stop said the lake is clear and water level is normal. Crappie are biting well on live minnows in 14 to 16 feet of water. Stripers are fair on live shad and C-10 Redfins early in the morning. Bluegill are being pulled from 12 to 15 feet on crickets and red worms. Walleye fishermen are catching a few trolling crankbaits or crawler harnesses in 15 feet of water. Bass are shallow with some good action in the early morning on top-water lures and plastic worms and jigs later in the day.

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

Beaver Lake: Southtown Sporting Goods said the water is clear and the lake is at normal pool. Bream are spawning in the shallows, so now's the time to get out and take a kid fishing for some fast action on crickets. Some good stringers of crappie are being brought in trolling Hot 'n' Tot crankbaits and fishing minnows next to the brush piles in 5 to 8 feet of water. Bass have been good on top-water lures before the sun comes up and Carolina-rigs with centipedes later in the day. Catfish are about to spawn, and fishing has been good on cut shad and prepared baits. Beaver Dam Store said catfishing has been very good on chicken liver. Smallmouth are excellent on chartreuse-and-white or white-and-yellow jigs. Striper fishing has been fair around Point 5 and Honey Creek on live shad, C-10 Redfins and Rat-L-Traps at the dam. Redear and other sunfish are good on crickets in 6 to 10 feet of water.

Lake Fayetteville: Lake Fayetteville Boat Dock said bream are on the beds and are biting crickets and worms about as fast as you can put them in the water when you find their spawning areas. Crappie fishing is fair on jigs and minnows fished in the shallows. Bass are staying in the shallows and are being caught on spinner baits, top-water lures and soft-plastics. Catfish are good on worms and chicken liver.

Lake Sequoyah: Lake Sequoyah Boat Dock said the lake clarity is good and the lake is at normal level. Bream are fair in brush piles and around stumps in 2 to 4 feet of water on crickets and red wigglers. Crappie are fair on crappie jigs and minnows fished in 2 to 6 feet of water. Bass fishing is picking up on buzzbaits and top-water lures fished from the bank out to 6-feet deep. Spinner baits also are picking up a few. Catfish are starting to pick up and are being caught on chicken liver, cut shad and nightcrawlers.

Beaver Tailwaters: Beaver Dam Store said trout fishing has been excellent with good catches of large rainbows. Bait anglers are using Power Bait Eggs combined with wax worms and marshmallows. Wax worms and live minnows are bringing in many brown trout. Spin-fishers are catching rainbows on silver Super Dupers, gold Husky Jerks and rainbow trout Rapala Floating Minnows. Micro jigs are hot in ginger, brown or olive. Fly-fishing reports are excellent on Quasimoto Pheasant Tails, Jujubee Midges, red Copper Johns, Red Ass, Beadhead Woolly Buggers, Griffith's Gnat, and San Juan Worms. Walleye are still hanging around the tailwaters and are being taken on nightcrawlers, minnows or Shad Raps. Stripers in the 20-pound class are being spotted around the boat ramp and in the lower end of the catch-and-release zone.

NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

White River: Local fisherman Jeff Moore said the White River is low and difficult to navigate. Fishing in the Guion area is fair for trout and bass. Rainbows can be caught on a variety of baits. Anchoring and fishing with Power Eggs, corn or worms below shoals will produce fish. Also try small spoons and inline spinners in the same areas. Smallmouth fishing is fair on dark-colored Gitzits and finesse worms. Small firetiger- and crawdad-colored crankbaits have worked too. Largemouth are slow with most fish coming from laydowns and grass beds. A few walleye between locks one and two are being caught on small jigs and trolling medium-sized crankbaits. Catfishing below Lock 1 is fair using chicken livers and Uncle Doc's Dip Bait. Bream are being caught from the creeks on worms and crickets.

Lake Charles: Powhatan Landing said the water is dingy and the level is normal. Bream are good on red worms and crickets just off the banks. Crappie are good on a jig-and-minnow combination. White buzzbaits are catching their fair share of the bass.

Black River: Powhatan Landing said the river is getting low but the clarity is improving. Smallmouth are being taken on buzzbaits in the mornings. Catfish are good on stink bait and nightcrawlers.

Spring River: Many Islands Camp said fishing for trout has been good, and many rainbows are being brought to the boat using bright green Power Bait or nightcrawlers.

SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

Lake Chicot: Koenig's Bass Tracker Marine said the water is clear and the level is normal. Bream are good 4- to 5-feet deep on wax worms in the brush piles. A few crappie are being caught around the boat docks and brush piles on minnows and jigs. Catfish are biting dog food and nightcrawlers.

Grand Lake: Koenig's Bass Tracker Marine said the water is murky and fishing has been slow. Some small crappie are being caught slow-trolling a jig-and-minnow combination.

Mississippi River: Koenig's Bass Tracker Marine said the river is clear. Catfishing is good on shad and nightcrawlers.

Old Town Lake: Old Town Fish Camp said the water is clear. Bream are good in 16 inches of water on wax worms and crickets. A few crappie are being caught 3-feet deep floating the lake. Bass are being caught in 16 inches of water on spinner baits and top-water lures around cypress trees. Catfishing is good on minnows and crawfish.

SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

Millwood Lake: Millwood Lake Guide Service said water temps are between 70 and 81 degrees with the fluctuating weather. The lake is 2.25 inches above normal and rising. River visibility is about 12 inches. Largemouth bass remain good on buzzbaits and Spitin' Images in gizzard shad. Spinner baits in firecracker color, Rat-L-Traps in spring bream and red chrome colors and Bass Assassins in baby bass or salt n' pepper are all catching solid 2- to 5-pound largemouth. Jigs in Texas craw or black/blue with Berkley Power Craw trailers in pumpkin or black are taking nice bass around cypress knees in 6 feet of water. Black bass are also good on Carolina-rigged Zoom lizards in pumpkinseed/chart tail, or watermelon red, and Bass Assassin Shads along Little River. Spotted Bass are stacked up in the mouths of Snake Creek, Pugh Slough and Jack's Isle creeks, and are hitting small ¼-ounce Rat-L-Traps in white, or white-and-chartreuse Rocket Shads. Crappie are in deeper water. Crappie fishermen report fair catches in brush piles in 13 to 17 feet of water. A few catches came from shallow water around cypress trees between 4-5 feet deep on jigs, but fish in those locations were smaller. Bream remain in spawn mode, in the same shallow water areas around cypress as the Crappie were several weeks ago. Spotted gar and very large carp remain in shallow water in back of Horseshoe Lake, McGuire, Mud Lake and other oxbows of Little River. This is an excellent time for bowfishermen to take some nice size fish. Channel catfish are fair to good on trotlines in Little River using cut shad in 14- to 17-foot depth areas. Yo-yos are taking good blue catfish at night underneath cypress trees in sloughs adjacent to Little River, Horseshoe Lake and in Mud Lake oxbow areas. For those fishing the river and below the spillway, current is slightly increased in Little River. Release at the dam is 778 cubic feet per second with one gate open 0.5 feet. Water clarity in the river is about 10 inches. Clarity on the main lake is about 5 to 10 inches. The creeks and sloughs of Little River are beginning to clear.

Lake Columbia: Steve's Marine said the lake is at a normal level and the water clarity is good. Bream are biting well on crickets and worms in 1 to 4 feet of water. Catfish are being taken in 5 feet of water on nightcrawlers and chicken livers. Bass are being caught 5- to 6-feet deep on crankbaits during the day and buzzbaits in the evening.

Lake Erling: Steve's Marine said the water is low. Bream are biting on worms and crickets fished near the channel around Picket's. Crappie are being pulled from the deep pools in the cut-off lakes on shiners.

White Oak Lake: Charlie's One Stop said bream fishing is red-hot. Crickets and red wigglers are bringing in the bream by the bucketful when you locate their beds in the shallows.

Lake Greeson: Lakeside Grocery, Motel and Bait Shop said the lake is clear and the water level is low. Bream are still on the beds and the fishing is excellent on crickets fished near brush piles in 3 to 5 feet of water. Crappie fishing is poor, but some are being caught on minnows and jigs fished next to standing timber 15- to 20-feet deep. Bass are being taken early in the morning on top-water lures like Horny Toads and deeper during the day on green pumpkin or watermelon soft-plastics. Catfishing is poor. The catfish are on their beds and not actively feeding.

DeGray Lake: DeGray One Stop said hybrids and whites are schooling early in the morning and late afternoon in the center of the lake between Caddo bend and Arley Moore and in the Alpine Ridge area. Catfish are moving into spawning patterns and are fair on live bait fished 6- to 18-feet deep. Crappie are holding on grassy points and the edges of creek channels in 16 to 24 feet of water and are being caught on minnows. Bream fishing is good with fishermen finding most active beds in 8 to 12 feet of water. Black bass and Kentucky bass are biting spinner baits and buzzbaits fished over the grass 8 to 18 feet deep. The water temperature is in the 70s.

Little Missouri River: Local fly-fishing guide Jeff Guerin said when the water starts to rise, the fish really got excited and are on the move. Quite a few have made their way out of the Wall Hole and into the Flat. They are feeding in the much cooler, rising water. That doesn't necessarily mean you'll have any more action as they have been just as picky as ever, just more of them and a lot more moving around. It is definitely good to see that water coming down the streambed.

WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS

Lake Dardanelle: Early Bird Outfitters said the lake is clear and at normal pool. Bream are excellent on the sandy bottoms 1- to 2-feet deep on red worms and crickets. Crappie are fair on minnows fished around brush piles in 6 to 8 feet of water. Bass hanging on the first drop to deep water and relating to offshore brush and structure. Many are being caught on crankbaits and red shad soft-plastics 7-feet deep. Catfish are excellent on worms and stink bait. A few are being caught by bream fishermen using crickets.

Ozark Pool: Lakeside Food Mart said the water is murky, but the bream fishing is top-notch. Worms and crickets are catching many limits as the bream are bedded up. Crappie fishing is fair with a few being taken from 4 feet of water on jigs and minnows. Bass fishing is good on watermelon-colored soft-plastics. Catfish are on a feeding binge below the dam and are going for large minnows, cut shad and nightcrawlers.

Lake Ouachita: Mountain Harbor Resort said largemouth bass are still good and are being caught on finesse worms, Texas-rigged U-tails and Zoom Speed Worms. The best colors are watermelon seed, watermelon candy and green pumpkin. Top-water action is still good with Boy Howdies and Zara Spooks. Try main lake points and large bay pockets near creek channels dropping from 8 to 20 feet of water. Walleye are fair with some fish being caught on main lake points dropping to 20 feet. Jerkbaits or silver Rat-L-Traps are the most effective. Stripers are very good on live bait, hair jigs or top-water C-10 Redfins. Try areas around points 17, 19 and Bird Island. Bream are still on the beds and are excellent on crickets or worms in 4 to 8 feet of water. Crappie are good and still being caught over brush piles and moss flats using feather jigs, 2-inch grubs and minnows. Try main lake points and large moss flats 4 - 12 feet deep. Catfish are excellent and still being caught on live bait or cut bait in water 10- to 20-feet deep. Trader Bill's Sport Shop said Bream are spawning and the action is hot in the gut of the pockets on crickets and worms. Crappie are good in 6 feet of water on Kalin's grubs fished in the moss. Bass have been active on the top early in the morning. Zara Spooks and other top-water lures have been productive. Catfish are spawning and a few are being caught on large bass minnows.

Lake Catherine: Trader Bill's Sport Shop said there hasn't been much activity on Catherine in the last week. The lake is clear and at normal pool. Bream are bedded up in 5 feet of water in the pockets. Bass have finished their spawn and should be moving out to the rocky points in 7 to 10 feet of water. Try slow-rolling a spinner bait or twitching a floating worm or Senko along the secondary points.

Lake Hamilton: Trader Bill's Sport Shop said bream are excellent with many reports of good catches coming from 5 feet of water in the pockets. Crickets and red wigglers are the baits of choice. Crappie are good on minnows around the brush piles in 7 feet of water. Bass fishing is good in the morning on Zara Spook Puppies and other top-water lures.

Lake Hinkle: Bill's Bait Shop said the lake is clear and at normal levels. Bream fishing is excellent on crickets fished near the brush piles and rocky points 3- to 5-feet deep. Crappie are fair in 4 to 5 feet of water on jig-and-minnow combinations fished near stumps and rocky points. Bass fishing is excellent on spinner baits and crankbaits fished near rocky points. Catfishing is good using trotlines baited with goldfish, minnows or dog food.

Lake Atkins: Lucky Landing said the lake is murky and the level is normal. Crappie are fair in 8 feet of water on minnows fished next to stumps. Bass fishing is excellent on spinner baits and crankbaits. Sizmic Toads and Zoom Horny Toads are also producing in the thicker vegetation. Catfishing is good on live bait in about 5 feet of water. Bream are good around the cypress trees.

Lake Nimrod: Lake Nimrod Bait 'n' More II said crappie fishing is excellent from 5- to 18-feet deep using minnows and jigs in pink-and-white or red-and-chartreuse. Catfishing is great bait fishing with worms or using yo-yos baited with minnows or goldfish. Bream fishing is excellent using crickets and worms. Bass are biting well on minnows, buzzbaits and spinner baits.

Arkansas River: The Tackle Box said the river is at normal level and the clarity is fair. Redear sunfish and bluegill are spawning and are being caught from 2 to 4 feet of water on crickets and nightcrawlers. Bass reports are poor, but a few fish are being pulled from the weeds on swimming jigs. Catfishing is good below the dams on live shad.

SOUTH-CENTRAL ARKANSAS

Saline River: Sanders Pawn and Bait said the river is muddy and rising. Bream are fair on red worms and crickets. A few catfish are being caught on trotlines baited with rice slicks and goldfish.

Cox Creek Lake: Sanders Pawn and Bait said the water is stained and rising from the recent rain. Bream are fair and scattered to different depths. Some are being caught on red wigglers and crickets. Crappie are fair on a jig-and-minnow combination. Catfish are fair on trotlines baited with large minnows.

EAST ARKANSAS:

Maddox Bay: Maddox Bay Landing said the water level is low and the water is clear. Bream fishing is hot from 1 to 2 feet deep around brush piles and stumps on crickets and red wigglers. Crappie are biting well on minnows and jigs fished in the stumps in 2 to 4 feet of water. Catfish are fair fishing worms and stink bait in deep water holes. Bass fishing is picking up on crankbaits and spinner baits near logjams and blowdowns in 1 to 3 feet of water.

Midway Lake: Ed's Boat Camp said the bream are holding in brush piles out to 7-feet deep and are being caught on red wigglers and crickets. Crappie fishermen are doing well slow-trolling minnows in 7 feet of water. Some bass are being caught off the base of the cypress trees using plastic worms. Catfishing is fair on live minnows.

White River Refuge Lakes: Ed's Bait Shop said the lakes are low, but the fishing is good. Bream and crappie are holding off the banks of the lakes, while catfish are deeper.

Horseshoe Lake: Local fisherman Clyde Gregory said the lake is clear. Bream are biting crickets in the shallows. They are on the beds, so the action is pretty fast. Crappie fishing is good on black-and-chartreuse and red-and-chartreuse jigs fished in the lily pads and cypress trees. Catfish are good on stink bait or cut bait fished from limb lines.

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