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Nimrod Lake Fishing Report

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

The Fourche Valley's crappie house: Nimrod's flooded timber stains rich and stacks slabs the old Arkansas way.

4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Water temp
~74 F est.
Air / High
79 / 79 F
Wind
ENE 5 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.

Nimrod Lake offers the kind of conditions this water was made for. Today brings clear skies, wind ENE around 5 mph, falling pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 79. Water sits around 74 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 9:49 AM-11:49 AM and 10:17 PM-12:17 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 83 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.

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovOct, ~74 F now

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp79 F
High / Low79 / 48 F
WindENE 5-7 mph
Pressure1020.3 hPa, falling
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset07:25 / 18:27
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 Nimrod Lake this week

Today is the pick of the week on Nimrod Lake, at 4 out of 5.

Best day this week: today, Oct 23 β€” good at 4/5, 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
9:49 AM-11:49 AM and 10:17 PM-12:17 AM
Minor period
4:11 AM-5:11 AM
Sun
07:25 to 18:27
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 Nimrod Lake: 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 Nimrod Lake 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
SlowPeak

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.

No angler reports yet this weekBe the first: your report helps every angler who checks Nimrod Lake today, and we feature the best catch of the week.

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 80 F, wind to 6 mph.

Wed, Oct 21

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 78 F, wind to 7 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 75 F, wind to 6 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. Crappie 30/day standard: check AGFC. Timber navigation care.

Access

Quarry Cove, Sunlight Bay, County Line Corps ramps.

About this water

3,550 acres on the Fourche LaFave, Yell/Perry counties, AR. The valley's slab house.

Fishing Nimrod Lake: the full guide

The 1942 original

Nimrod pools the Fourche LaFave in the Ouachitas' shadow: Arkansas' oldest Corps lake: 3,600 stained acres of standing timber and buckbrush running the classic program: crappie as the culture, bass in the wood, and bream-and-cat summers that fill valley freezers.

Slab tradition

The timber fields organize the year: spring dips the buckbrush (jigs at 2-6 feet: the valley's rite), summer stacks the deeper trees at 10-15 feet (spider rigs between the trunks), winter concentrates the channels. Stained-water colors rule: chartreuse and orange forever.

Wood bass and the margins

Largemouth ambush the same timber (jigs pitched tight, spinnerbaits after rains stain fresh), and the lake's cats-and-bream base runs deep-country dependable: with duck-season blinds sharing the flats come November: the valley's calendar layers politely.

Fourche practicalities

Corps parks ramp the shoreline (Quarry Cove, Sunlight Bay): flood-control drawdowns swing the pool (rising water floods fresh brush: the bite's dinner bell): and Ola's crossroads hold the closest fuel. The valley keeps its pace: the lake rewards matching it.

Common questions

When do Nimrod crappie bite?

Spring's buckbrush dip and winter's channel stack bracket a steady timber year. Rising water any season rings the dinner bell.

Is Nimrod good for bass?

The wood holds quality largemouth the crappie fleet skips: jigs tight to timber, stained-water confidence. An underrated Ouachita-shadow fishery.

Do ducks and anglers conflict at Nimrod?

The flats share politely: waterfowl blinds work mornings November-January while crappie boats keep to the channels. The Corps posts zones: the valley's two cultures learned coexistence generations ago.

Is fishing good at Nimrod Lake 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

Lake Ouachita24 miLake Dardanelle31 miLake Hamilton34 miLake Conway45 miDeGray Lake47 miMulberry River55 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 34.9330, -93.1830 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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