ASHDOWN, Ark. - The best depth to fish for Largemouth bass is 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.
Best practice is to have a tackle box full of diverse lures. Chatterbaits, jigs, heavy-thumping 1-knocker Rat-L-Traps and cranks have been choice lures to cast 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.
The best color design to use for medium diving crank lures have been sunburst shad, red shad, Millwood Magic and Red chrome/craw. Patience goes a long way during this part of the 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 slow 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.
Out on Lake Wright Patman, crankbaits, spinners and drop shots have been slow for largemouth bass in areas around rocky points, creek channels and timber.
Slabs have been slow for nabbing white bass. Minnows and jigs are fair for crappie near brushy areas and structure. Punch bait and live bait have been slow for catfish.