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Interesting Fishing Facts

    Fishermen associate Greers Ferry Lake with walleye fishing. A national walleye tournament is held on Greers Ferry Lake every year. The world record walleye weighing more than 22 pounds was caught here. The largemouth and smallmouth bass, the spotted or Kentucky bass, the striped bass/white bass hybrids, the lake trout, crappie and bream are all species found in the lake.

    The new world's record hybrid bass weighing 27 pounds, 5 ounces was caught on Greers Ferry Lake by a local guide in April 1997. He fought the fish for 25 minutes. Jerry Shaum of Shirley knew he had a huge fish on the line. He held on until the battle was won. He was trolling in 45 feet of water.

    The Little Red River feeds Greers Ferry Lake. A world-class fishery for brown trout and rainbow trout, the Little Red River produced another world record fish: a 40-pound, 4-ounce brown trout, in 1992, beating the earlier record catches of 28 to 29 pounds.


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FISHING REPORT
Greers Ferry: As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 461.29 feet MSL.

Tommy Cauley of Fish Finder Guide Service The water level at greers ferry is at 462.30 the temp is 67-72 degrees. The catfish are biting pretty well with fish up to 40 lbs coming on trot lines baited with minnow and bream in 18-24 feet deep close to creek channels. The crappie all have still not spawned yet and are in the process finishing up at present and should bite pretty well for at least another week before they move back out deep again, jigs tipped with minnows are working the best in spring craw. The bream are up shallow and some are trying to bed and can be caught with crickets and night crawlers anywhere from 6 inches to 8 feet and also around docks. The whites and hybrids are chasing some big gizzard shad that are up spawning and some of the whites are up in main lake creeks finishingtheir spawn , hybrids are starting to come in from under the bridges at night now as well as a few walleye. The walleye are trying to get grouped up and some can be caught on rocky flats dragging crawlers on light line try anywhere from 15-40 feet deep The bass species are still pre, post and some are spawning now and can be caught shallow and the smallmouth are around 15 feet and biting c-rigged lizards and cinko's made by right bite , the blacks and Kentucky bass are biting the right bite shacky hookers and cinko's as well as texas rigged lizards in and in front of the bushes , somebuzzbait and spinnrebait fish are coming in also.

FISHING GUIDES

Burkes Guide Service
Heber Springs, Arkansas
501-362-5502

Cutthroat Fly Fishers
Dennis Barton's Guide Service
201 E. Main, Heber Springs, AR 72543
501-362-2192

Fish Finder Service
Thomas Cauley - Field Representative
6707 Hwy 92 East
Bee Branch, AR 72013
Tel: 501-654-2008
Mobile: 501-940-1318
Beeper: 501-730-6480

Guidin' Right
RX for Fly Fishing
Sam Hazel, Guide & Instructor, Heber Springs, AR
888-233-7931or 501-362-1665

The Ozark Angler
659 Wilburn Road, Heber Springs, AR. 72543
501-362-FLYS

River Ranch Guide Service
630 River Ranch Rd., Heber Springs 72543
800-366-9003