Fishing Report

BLACK BAYOU –Bream are bedded and biting crickets and worms around the trees. Lots of moss and pads. Crappie best fishing shiners or jigs in holes in moss. Bass best on topwater lures early mornings. Contact Honey Hole Tackle Shop 323-8707 for latest information.

BUSSEY BRAKE – Summer pattern is starting and bass are scattered but some big ones can still be caught on fake frogs early and soft plastics later. Crappie fishing has been good fishing around deep brush. 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 falling. Crappie are best fishing shiners or jigs in the sloughs. Bream are beginning to bed in the backwaters. Bass fishing has been fair to good fishing the mouth of sloughs. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707.

LAKE D’ARBONNE – Bass have been best early morning on topwaters with soft plastics, swim baits and crank baits working best later. Crappie are good on the flats and are hitting shiners and jigs in 14-16 foot water. 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 – There have been some reports of stripers starting to school and hitting shad imitation lures. Bass fishing is best fishing around the boat docks and piers with spinners, crank baits and soft plastics. Crappie have moved deep and are best around submerged brush on shiners and jigs. Bream should still be around shallow bedding areas and hitting worms and crickets. For latest information, call Kel’s Cove at 927-2264 or Terzia Tackle at 278-4498.

CANEY LAKE – Bream fishing for chinquapins and bluegills has been good around shallow bedding areas. Big oversized plastic worms and crank baits are picking up some good sized bass in deeper water around the secondary points especially at night. Crappie are best fishing jigs or shiners around submerged tops. 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 – Fishing overall has been quite slow this week. For latest reports, call Poverty Point Marina at 318/878-0101.

LAKE YUCATAN – The water is falling, the road is open. No fishing reports so far but should start to improve. For info call Surplus City Landing at 318/467-2259.