They will test your skill, your tackle and most of all, your patience because sometimes you’ll go hours without a bite ... Lake Trout A flasher is also a great resource after a fish spots your bait.

You don’t need an entire box dedicated to mouse flies, but keep a couple ready—you might just get yourself into a mouse bite ... If a big, protein-packed meal swims into a trout's feeding ...

Much of the south half of the lake is muddy. Clearer water is found north of the Arkansas 12 bridge. Brood minnows or shad are the best live baits. Crappie are schooled up around brush.