Fishing report

Lake Catherine: Shane Goodner, Catch’em All Guide Service, said

white bass are being caught on live minnows tight-lined over deep water below the bridge. Jerkbaits in a black/silver pattern have worked well over rock structure and sandbars. These fish are spawning and should be present from the bridge to the dam until Late July. Stripers in the 20-pound class have been observed feeding below the bridge in late evening while floodgates are open. Smaller Alabama rigs and jigs are more effective now that fish are feeding on small shad. Strong lines and rods are highly recommended.

Rainbow trout are winding down, a seasonal occurrence, with 4- and 5-pounds rainbows caught and released in the last several days by area guides. Live-bait presentations are best presented under a bobber or just off bottom with a marshmallow floater. Redworms, nightcrawlers, waxworms or mealworms are an excellent choice along with live minnows and crickets. With fish extremely wary and the bite lasting for only a few hours, June trout fishing requires stealth and patience.

Lake conditions: 64 degrees, clear, with Entergy opening floodgates for three-hour periods each day to help maintain lake levels.

Lake Ouachita: Todd Gadberry, Trader Bill’s Outdoor Sports, said

black bass are good and being caught with frog-style baits, Texas-rigged plastics and black spinnerbaits worked late evening and night. Main-lake and secondary points have been most productive.

Walleye are still good on small crankbaits and spoons on mainlake humps and points near brush.

Stripers are very good on Alabama rigs and live bait in central and eastern parts of the lake. Bream are still excellent 10-15 feet on crickets and worms. Crappie are good on minnows or crappie jigs around 2025 feet deep near brush. Catfish are very good on live bait and cut bait

10-20 feet deep. Lake conditions: 78-82 degrees,

clear, 576.51 feet msl (flood pool 578 feet msl).

DeGray Lake: Local angler George Graves said bass fishing remains good with nice-sized fish now showing. Best pattern has been fishing crankbaits, both lipped and lipless, across main-lake points with rock or wood cover. A few fish are coming on spinnerbaits worked around standing timber in big pocket. Although fish can be taken anywhere in the lake, midlake and the upper end appear most productive.

Crappie fishing is holding up nicely at midlake between Edgewood and Yancey Creek. Look for brush in 1820 feet of water and work a 16thounce jig with a 2-inch Kalin’s grub across and just above the cover. Tennessee shad coloring is best in clear water. Cover the entire attractor because fish will be in only one spot, most likely in early morning.

Bream fishing is good in both coves and offshore humps 5-10 feet deep.

Bluegill will hold shallow around spawning beds, so use a float and set the bait for just off bottom. For

redear or shellcrackers, 15-20 feet deep, tight-lining vertically works best. Use redworms or crickets in Edgewood, Arlie Moore and Caddo Drive. Hybrid fishing is fair in the lower end of the lake between the dam and Point 4. Fish are mostly scattered with little schooling activity. Use sonar to locate fish and drop a heavy jigging spoon just above the fish, 30-50 feet down. Be there early, even before sunrise.

Lake conditions: high 70s, clear throughout, 407.39 feet msl

Lake Greeson: Philip Kastner, Trader Bill’s Outdoor Sports, said on local radio that the bream bite was better than usual, perhaps because of the heavy May rain putting some of those fish off their spawn. Lake Greeson, he said, is more “vertically challenged” than most area waterways because of the rainfall, resulting in a larger bream spawn last week than anywhere around.