Fishing Report For DeGray Lake, AR
By Rick Seaman
March 31, 2025
Fishing Reports
Popular Fish Species DeGray Lake, AR
Largemouth Bass
Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good To Excellent
If you like catching big bass, you will love what's being reported at DeGray Lake. An 11-pound, and a 12-pound bass have been weighed in recently, and quality bass are being caught quite regularly. A wide variety of lures are catching nice largemouth bass here, but many tournament anglers are counting on swimbaits, spoons, Rattle Traps and other deep diving crankbaits. The spawn is in the early stages and bass are starting to move shallow.
Black Crappie - White Crappie
Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good
Crappie fishing has been decent, and has started picking up here over the last month. Many local anglers focus on the area around DeGray Lake State Park Resort. Crappie can be found around brush piles 10' to 15' down in 20' to 25' of water, and they are making their way shallower now. Spring is the premiere time to be on the water as crappie move into shallow coves to spawn. Brush piles, wood and vegetation are a good place to cast small crappie jigs or live minnows. Long crappie rods with 4 lb to 8 lb line is working well. Locals report success using fish finders and electronics to locate schools of crappie.
Hybrid Striped Bass
Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good
Hybrid stripers in DeGray Lake tend to favor open water, especially over even deeper water. They migrate from the Caddo River inflow end of the lake in Spring, to the area around the dam for Summer, Fall and Winter. Swimbaits, jerkbaits, crankbaits, spoons, bladebaits, live bait and cut bait are all catching good wipers, and will continue to do so all throughout the year. Locals reporting the best catches are locating schools of shad, then finding the stripers nearby. Their primary diet is the schools of shad that swim open water throughout the lake, and they follow these schools to stay close to food supply. Use electronics and fish finders to locate both bait and wipers.
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Fish species to fish for...
Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, redear sunfish and hybrid striped bass at DeGray Lake in Arkansas.
DeGray Lake, a 13,800-acre lake with over 200 miles of shoreline. Fishing options include crappie, largemouth bass, catfish, crappie, sunfish and hybrid stripers. Areas for fishing from the bank can be found at numerous locations around the lake.
Primary fish species to catch
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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".
Contact Information
DeGray Lake
DeGray Lake State Park Resort Marina
367 State Park End Rd
Bismarck, AR 71929
501 865-5840
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DeGray Lake, AR Report
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