ASHDOWN, Ark. - Largemouth bass have mostly been biting in 3-6 feet of water at Millwood Lake.
The largemouths' peak bite times have been during the heat of the day during bright skies or full-sun days. The best time is from noon-3 p.m.
Chatterbaits, jigs, heavy-thumping 1-knocker Rat-L-Traps and cranks have been fair lures to use for the largemouth bass. They have been randomly biting at MR-6, Little John cranks and Echo 1.7 lures, which have been fair.
Decent-sized largemouths have best been found where creek channels run into deeper creek bends or vertical structures and drops into oxbows.
Caution is recommended while boating along the Little River due to scattered debris fields in heavy-flow conditions and elevated discharge rates.
Millwood State Park Marina is closed through the end of February for its typical winter shutdown, while the Millwood State Park Office is open.
The best color design to use for medium diving crank lures have been sunburst shad, red shad, Millwood magic and Red chrome/craw. It is best to exercise patience this time of year.
Other lures such as swim jigs with bang die gapper, Cordell spoons and Kastmaster spoons have pulled in bass from 10-15 feet of water on deep creeks outside of bends with stumps and on ledges.
Crappie have been slow due to muddy water conditions, which resulted from recent rain and runoff. The crappie fishing has been inconsistent on jigs and minnows.
The catfish have improved in Little River, mostly on trotlines. Channel cats and blues have been active in oxbows on limb lines utilizing punch bait, chicken livers and chicken hearts.
Jim Harris contributed to this report.