Lake Ouachita
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Rating - Very_Good
Wednesday, Apr 08 2026
Lake Ouachita.(updated 4-2-2026) Black bass are excellent. Use a Carolina rig on main lake points near creek mouths, or a floating worm/Zoom Dinger up shallow. Walleye are fair, but few reports at this time; green soft plastics or Rapala Shad Raps fished in the 10- to 14-foot range.Stripers are excellent and are being caught on C-10 Redfins and live bait near major creek basins in the western part of the lake. Crappie is very good. Try a small minnow-colored jig over brush in the 10- to 20-foot range.For catfish, trotlines and jugs are producing some quality catches in the 15- to 30-foot range.Water temperature is ranging 58-62 degrees. Water clarity is clearing. The lake level Thursday was 572.90 feet mslBlack bass on Lake Ouachita can be caught on Neko rig as well as wacky worms. They also can be caught on Carolina rigs and jigs in 8-20 feet of water. Some have come off of jerk baits as well as lipless crankbaits. Some bass are on beds. Should get better toward the full moon. Crappie are in full spawning mode. Lower lake level is forcing us to fish shallower over the staging brush piles. We are catching most of our crappie 5 feet deep on habitat in 11-15 feet of water. Some days are better than others, so dont become discouraged and watch for the three major keys to springtime crappie: water temp, length of daylight and stable weather
Wednesday, Apr 08 2026
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Lake Ouachita
RECEIVE FISHING REPORT UPDATES!
Rating - Very_Good
Lake Ouachita.(updated 4-2-2026) Black bass are excellent. Use a Carolina rig on main lake points near creek mouths, or a floating worm/Zoom Dinger up shallow. Walleye are fair, but few reports at this time; green soft plastics or Rapala Shad Raps fished in the 10- to 14-foot range.Stripers are excellent and are being caught on C-10 Redfins and live bait near major creek basins in the western part of the lake. Crappie is very good. Try a small minnow-colored jig over brush in the 10- to 20-foot range.For catfish, trotlines and jugs are producing some quality catches in the 15- to 30-foot range.Water temperature is ranging 58-62 degrees. Water clarity is clearing. The lake level Thursday was 572.90 feet mslBlack bass on Lake Ouachita can be caught on Neko rig as well as wacky worms. They also can be caught on Carolina rigs and jigs in 8-20 feet of water. Some have come off of jerk baits as well as lipless crankbaits. Some bass are on beds. Should get better toward the full moon. Crappie are in full spawning mode. Lower lake level is forcing us to fish shallower over the staging brush piles. We are catching most of our crappie 5 feet deep on habitat in 11-15 feet of water. Some days are better than others, so dont become discouraged and watch for the three major keys to springtime crappie: water temp, length of daylight and stable weather
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