arkansas river at pendelton

[spl156]

I have fished the arkansas river on many occasions but have yet to catch a bass over the 15 inch mark.I have fished just about every lure in the tacklebox. I see other people bringing out 6&7 pounders so I know they are there but no one seems to want to give out any info on where the caught them. If any one could give me some pointers of where to fish and what to use it would be a big help, and greatly appreciated

[hawgchaser]

I fish the river quite a bit but I fish the Little Rock pools simply for convenience.(I live 5 minutes from Murray Park).. My biggest river bass is 4.5 pounds and have never seen one boated over six. Most of the big fish are down in the area that you ar asking about. Unfortunately, I don't know that area.

I can tell you that fishing that river is unlike fishing any lakes I have been around. I catch most of my fish on the downriver side of jetties. Try to find the ones that have a little grass or rocks that extend out a little. I avoid the ones that are mostly sand. These are good when there is current. I throw Model A bombers in a variety of colors. My favorites being lemon lime, chartreuse brown tiger, and red crawdad. Put the boat parallel to the jettie and crank right on it....5 feet off and you won't catch anything! I also always fish the corner where the jettie meets the bank with a black and chartreuse gitzit. My better fish usually come out of this area.

Buzzbaits and spinnerbaits are also very productive.

When the river is slow, that is a good time to fish the back water. You can throw buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, and gitzits. Again, try to find grass or pitch a gitzit into stumps. I have caught some pretty good fish on senkos in the backwater as well.

You probably have tried all of this but that is all I know.

[spl156]

Thanks hawgchaser for the info. I also fish the river at little rock area. My pb there is 3.75 but I keep hoping for a bigger one. i usually fish the little rock pool for the Arkansas big bass. If you ever get a chance to fish at pendelton you should give it a try I have seen a 10 lb caught out of there. I also saw some 25lbs plus 5 fish limits come out of there but I cant find them.   Thanks again and good fishing