Greers Ferry Fishing Report 3/27/09

[Cody Smith]

Well hello folks, this past week has been filled with great fishing everyday! Greers is currently at 461.7 ft and rising slightly even with the corp. of engineers releasing water most everyday. Water SURFACE temperatures are ranging from 53 - 61 degrees depending on your location on the water and time of day. The rain is helping balance out the temperatures through the column and putting some much needed current into the far reacheas of our feeder arms. This is a good thing!

The Whites have made a huge surge during the last 2 days. They are actively spawning up all main feeder arms of the lake right now with Devil's Fork, Middle Fork and South Fork being Tops. Once the water clarity comes back around in a couple of days we will see huge catches on these fish as they complete there spawn and feed more aggressively. By far the best way to put a mess in the boat is using an 1/8 - 1/4 oz. lead head with a 3" Action Bait Grub, you simply cannot beat the action this single tail grub put's off. It will out fish the other soft plastics 3 - 1. Yellow, Chartreuse with Gold Flake, Pearl and Electric Blue Grape will cover most all water color spectrums. www.actionbait.com .

The spot's and smallies are really starting to cook, Secondary points all over the lake have fish that are willing to bite on them. Areas with small rock piles on or near ledges that fall from 8 - 12 feet to 18+ feet of water are stocked full of transition bass. There are also a select number of creeks that are harboring small 2 - 3 inch threadfin shad, these fish are schooling on them and can be caught on jerkbaits, grubs, and cranks. We have been pulling out a few 3lbs. + fishing under the schools with spoons, jigs and finesse worms concentrating in 32 - 45 feet of water.

Largemouth are still holding in the channel bends with small gravel, rock and standing timber in 8- 12 feet of water, not much has changed with them.

The Crappie are starting to push a little shallower. Depending on the time of day they have been in 18 - 22 feet of water right on top of brush piles and scattered in standing timber or pushing towards the flat side of these channels and moving in and out of the bushes preparing themselves for the spawn. If the water temps hold out they will spawn on this next full moon or very close to it so start looking even shallower. Stick with 1/8 oz. lead heads and 1.5" - 2" tube jigs.

Good luck out there and let me know if you would like to set a trip or need information regarding our area~

[grizwilson]

I can not get the generation line it stays busy. I was wondering how much water down there, was hoping to fish the Little Red near Clinton for white bass but was afraid of a flood???? Then maybe below the dam in the mid day.

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[Cody Smith]

http://www2.mvr.usace.army.mil/WaterControl/new/layout.cfm

Click on Little Rock District and all 4 Basins tab, scroll down the page and you will see the information you need, it actually has the inflow levels of South Fork and Middle Fork, Hope this helps!

Friday we boated well over 70 fish in 3 - 4 hours. White's, Hybrids, Smallies and Spots~

[grizwilson]

http://www2.mvr.usace.army.mil/WaterControl/new/layout.cfm

Click on Little Rock District and all 4 Basins tab, scroll down the page and you will see the information you need, it actually has the inflow levels of South Fork and Middle Fork, Hope this helps!

Friday we boated well over 70 fish in 3 - 4 hours. White's, Hybrids, Smallies and Spots~

Thanks Cody, perfect you the man

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