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Lake Greeson Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Oct 23, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

The Little Missouri's clear pool: Ouachita-mountain water of walleye springs, striped nights and a trout tailwater below the dam.

4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Water temp
~74 F est.
Air / High
82 / 83 F
Wind
SE 6 mph

Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
23
October 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

4/5Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.

Lake Greeson sits in the sweet spot of the season: active fish and workable weather. Today brings clear skies, wind SE around 6 mph, falling pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 83. Water sits around 74 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 9:51 AM-11:51 AM and 10:19 PM-12:19 AM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

Largemouth bassExcellent

The main feeding season after the spawn: work moving baits along weed edges, points and wood, and follow up with a soft plastic where a fish swirls.

Catfish (blue, channel)Excellent

Spawning season from late May into summer: Iowa DNR suggests drifting bait under a float along riprap and snags where males guard nests in cavities.

CrappieGood

Early in this band crappie are spawning in protected coves; afterward they move to docks, brush piles and standing timber near deeper water.

White bassGood

Summer and early fall schooling season over open water; follow the shad, and try live bait on the bottom at night.

Tomorrow: Similar at 85 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Oct 24, 6:30 AMHow this report is made β†’

Before you go

Arkansas requires a fishing licence from age 16, from $10.50 for residents. What a Arkansas licence costs and where to buy it β†’

Chasing largemouth bass here? Check the size and bag limits with AGFC before you keep anything. The season dates for Arkansas, read off the agency, are on the Arkansas seasons page.

Water and weather

Live readings.

No live gauge on this water

Conditions here are modeled from weather, season and the nearest stations. Water readings appear when a USGS gauge is available.

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Right now

Latest readings

Air temp82 F
High / Low83 / 47 F
WindSE 6-7 mph
Pressure1019.8 hPa, falling
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset07:26 / 18:30
MoonWaxing Gibbous, 91%
Water temp (seasonal)~74 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

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Which day to fish Lake Greeson this week

The best day on Lake Greeson this week looks like Monday Oct 26, at 5 out of 5, against 4 today.

Best day this week: Monday, Oct 26 β€” excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.

Today, Oct 23 β€” Good

Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.

Solunar majors
9:51 AM-11:51 AM and 10:19 PM-12:19 AM
Minor period
4:13 AM-5:13 AM
Sun
07:26 to 18:30
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit
Sky and wind
Clear, 7 mph
Rain chance
0%

Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out: how the score is built.

Species guide

The species that matter on Lake Greeson: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Largemouth bass illustration

Largemouth bass

Best: the spring pre-spawn and the fall feed

A warm-water sunfish of lakes, reservoirs, ponds and slow river backwaters that holds tight to cover: weeds, logs, rock ledges and docks. In Texas, TPWD surveys rank it "by far" the freshwater fish anglers most want to catch. The main feeding season after the spawn: work moving baits along weed edges, points and wood, and follow up with a soft plastic where a fish swirls.

Crappie illustration

Crappie

Best: the spring spawn; summer around docks, brush and the thermocline

Two slab-sided panfish, the white crappie and the black crappie, that gather around submerged timber, brush piles, docks and bridge pilings in lakes, reservoirs and slow river backwaters. Texas Parks and Wildlife counts crappie as the state's most popular panfish. Early in this band crappie are spawning in protected coves; afterward they move to docks, brush piles and standing timber near deeper water.

Catfish (blue, channel) illustration

Catfish (blue, channel)

Year-round, best at dusk and after dark

Three big catfish share most of the country's rivers and reservoirs: the channel catfish, the most widespread; the blue catfish, the largest; and the flathead, which hunts live fish. All feed mostly on or near the bottom. Spawning season from late May into summer: Iowa DNR suggests drifting bait under a float along riprap and snags where males guard nests in cavities.

White bass illustration

White bass

Best: the spring run up the tributaries, then summer surface schools

A silvery temperate bass of rivers and large reservoirs, also called sand bass, that schools in open water after shad and runs up tributaries to spawn in early spring. Summer and early fall schooling season over open water; follow the shad, and try live bait on the bottom at night.

When to come: the Lake Greeson calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Largemouth bass
Crappie
Catfish (blue, channel)
White bass
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Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 74 F (estimated, not a reading).

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovOct, ~74 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

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Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Oct 22

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Largemouth bass led the card at good. High of 84 F, wind to 7 mph.

Wed, Oct 21

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Largemouth bass led the card at good. High of 82 F, wind to 5 mph.

Tue, Oct 20

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Largemouth bass led the card at excellent. High of 79 F, wind to 7 mph.

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Before you go

License

Arkansas requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Arkansas license (+trout permit below dam). Walleye 18-inch minimum: check AGFC.

Access

Self Creek, Kirby Landing, Daisy SP ramps; tailwater access below Narrows Dam.

About this water

7,260 acres on the Little Missouri, Pike County, AR. The Ouachitas' walleye-and-trout pairing.

Fishing Lake Greeson: the full guide

The Ouachita gem

Greeson pools the Little Missouri in the Ouachitas' pine folds: 7,000 clear acres less famous than Ouachita or Hamilton and better for it: walleye running the river arms each spring, black bass on the rocky points, and the Narrows Dam tailwater adding year-round trout below.

The walleye run

February-March sends walleye up the Little Missouri's arms (the state's classic southern run): jigs in the current seams at night, the river mouths stacking fish by the wave. Summer scatters them to the deep points (spoons and live bait at 25-40 feet): the lake's clear-water walleye program is Arkansas' quiet best.

Bass, stripers and the night shift

Spotted and largemouth work the bluffs and buckbrush (finesse in the clarity), stripers and hybrids patrol open water (downlines at the thermocline, summer nights under lights), and the crappie brush piles produce year-round. The Corps' clear drawdowns expose the structure map each winter: scout then.

Narrows practicalities

Corps parks ring the lake (Self Creek, Kirby Landing): Daisy SP anchors the north shore: and the tailwater's stocked rainbows (Narrows to Murfreesboro) fish twelve months: a two-fishery day in the diamonds' county (Crater of Diamonds sits minutes south: the tourist bonus).

Common questions

When is the Greeson walleye run?

February-March up the Little Missouri arms: night jigs in the seams. It is the South's classic river run: dress for the cold that makes it.

Is there trout fishing at Greeson?

Below Narrows Dam year-round: stocked rainbows in the Little Missouri tailwater. Lake by day, tailwater by evening: the county's complete card.

Is fishing good at Lake Greeson right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.

Nearby waters

DeGray Lake30 miMillwood Lake36 miLake Ouachita38 miLake Hamilton40 miBroken Bow Lake55 miNimrod Lake62 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 34.1500, -93.7170 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
How this page was made. The daily report is computed by our scoring engine from live readings; nobody types it. The written guide was drafted with AI assistance. Unlike our newer pages, it does not yet list the official pages its facts were checked against: that audit is under way, and anything it cannot verify will be taken out. Pablo Ruiz Quintero sets every guideline, the data-verification system and the minimum standards a page must meet to be published, reviews page structure and approves what goes live; the responsibility is his, and the AI carries out the work. We work this way because it is how one person can keep every page current with named sources. Errors are published in the verification log; the full policy is in the editorial policy.

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