Clear Lake near Texarkana: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Out in Miller County, Arkansas, sits Clear Lake. The setting is dry hill on every side. At about 28 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The closest town, Texarkana, is 7.6 miles distant. Shreveport sits 68 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line runs close by, so rules can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Clear Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Species logged nearby in open biodiversity records include gizzard shad, redear sunfish, yellow bass, bantam sunfish and bluegill. Use it to know what is possible here, not what is certain. Take Clear Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 82°F on average, January about 42°F. The year never really closes; it just gets uncomfortable in summer. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. That shapes the year on Clear Lake. Fish feed harder before a change in weather than after it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. The nearest mapped parking is half a mile away, so the last stretch is on foot. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Cox Lake is 1.6 miles distant. Signs at Clear Lake carry more weight than any list.