Striped bass are biting on the south half of the lake, reports Jon Conklin, fishing guide. Try for stripers in the White or War Eagle river arms. Live bait is best. Shad or brood minnows are the top ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Live sonar helps crappie anglers catch fish, but the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says it does not increase crappie harvest. Andy Yung, district fisheries biologist for the Game and Fish ...