Fishing Report

BLACK BAYOU –Bream are bedded and biting crickets and worms around the trees. Crappie are around the trees and are fair on shiners and jigs. Bass are fair on spinners and crank baits. Contact Honey Hole Tackle Shop 323-8707 for latest information.

BUSSEY BRAKE – Bass are hanging around cover with soft plastics and jigs picking up some big ones. Crappie have moved to deeper cover and fair on shiners and jigs. Bream are on the beds and hitting worms and crickets. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole at 323-8707.

OUACHITA RIVER – The water is still high but slowly falling. Bream are beginning to bed in the backwaters. Bass are fair fishing shad imitation lures in the cuts. Crappie are fair in the river lakes on shiners and jigs. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707.

LAKE D’ARBONNE – Bass are best early mornings on topwater lures. Later in the day they can be caught on the flats on soft plastics, spinners and crank baits. Crappie are beginning to bunch up in deeper water and jigs and shiners are picking up some nice slabs. Bream are on the beds and taking crickets or worms. Catfishing is good fishing cold worms off the banks. For latest information, call Anderson Sport Center at 368-9669 or Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707.

LAKE CLAIBORNE – The bass have been best early in the day fishing topwaters in the shallows. Crank baits are best for those moving out to deeper water. Night fishing is starting to pick up on dark colored worms and spinners. Crappie are starting to move out to 12 foot water and are hitting mostly shiners. Bream are on the beds and worms and crickets are working on them. Catfishing has been good tighlining night crawlers. For latest information, call Kel’s Cove at 927-2264 or Terzia Tackle at 278-4498.

CANEY LAKE – Big chinquapins are on the beds and some real good fish are being caught on small crawfish, worms and crickets. Big oversized plastic worms are picking up some good sized bass in deeper water around the secondary points. Crappie are best fishing jigs or shiners around submerged tops in 14-16 foot water. For information contact Caney Lake Landing at 259-6649, Hooks Marina at 249-2347, Terzia Tackle at 278-4498 or the Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707.

LAKE POVERTY POINT – Catfishing is good and the bream are on the beds. No report on crappie or bass. For latest reports, call Poverty Point Marina at 318/878-0101.

LAKE YUCATAN – The water is still over the road. No fishing reports this week. For information, call Surplus City Landing at 318/467-2259.