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Lake Millwood
Mike Siefert at Millwood Lake Guide Service said the lake level continues dropping slowly back to normal conservation pool and is expected to continue through the week. Surface temperatures rose slightly to 50-55 degrees. Lake level as of Monday 23 Jan, was 259.86 msl with a discharge rate of 1,560 cfs. Clarity and visibility is improving; currently ranging 8-12 inches in the river, depending on location. The best bass bite over the past week has been on soft plastics pitched to stumps, grass, lily pads, and wood laydowns behind points and cuts of the river. The bass are beginning to pull back out to major creek tributaries 
and junctions with Little River as well. Gene Larew Hog Craws in black or black/blue, and pumpkinseed or green pumpkin colors are working well. Yum Woolly Bugs and Zoom Brush Hogs in watermelon/red, black/blue and killer craw, were also catching some 14- to 17-inch bass on cypress trees and knees in 4-6 foot depths. Rat-L-Traps in Toledo Gold, White Zombie, or Red Shad are taking a few fish on a slow retrieve, deflected off stumps. Around 5 to 6 feet deep around drop offs to 12 feet. White bass have gone deep in the river channel, and all but disappeared with the recent influx of muddy water and increased current. Snake Creek tributary off Little River, still has a few Kentucky Bass bunched up out of the muddy current. No report on crappie. Catfish are excellent on trotlines, yo-yos and tight lines along current and break lines in the outer bends of Little River. Cut shad and chicken livers were producing the best for blues and channel cats.
Degray Lake
As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation was 406.62 feet MSL (Flood pool – 408 MSL).
Local angler George Graves said the water temperature is in the high 40s and the lake is clear throughout. Bass fishing is only fair with a few fish coming from the deep side of points, ledges and main lake humps, in water 20 to 40 feet deep. The best lures have been Texas- and Carolina-rigged worms and lizards and heavy jigs with plastic trailers. Look for bass on the main lake and major creeks from Caddo Drive to Cox Creek. Also try a heavy jigging spoon on the creek channel ledges in Big Hill Creek. One ounce spoons in chartreuse and white are working well fished near the bottom in 25 to 30 feet of water. Crappie fishing is slow. Bream fishing is slow. Hybrid fishing is good with lots of nice catches reported from Shouse Ford and Point Cedar. The best spot has been the big flat just west of Goat Island, also a few reported coming from Woodall Cove. The fish are suspended about 15 feet down in 30 feet of water. Use the sonar to locate the schools and throw or troll a 3-inch curly tail grub in either chartreuse or white. Lots of white bass showing on the sonar, but very few are biting.
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Lake Greeson
As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation was 546.01 MSL (Flood pool – 548 MSL).
Lakeside Grocery and Bait (870-398-5304) said the water is murky and high. The surface temperature is 48 degrees. Bream are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs in brush around 20 feet deep. Bass are suspended over 30 feet of water, and are fair on Alabama-rigged centipedes and jigs fished a few feet under the surface. Catfishing is slow. Walleye are slow.
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