Fishing Dunkeffie Lake in Cleveland County, Arkansas

• Overview

  Dunkeffie Lake sits within Cleveland County in Arkansas. The country round it is open plain from end to end. It runs to roughly 53 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The edge runs 1.3 miles or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Nothing else we list in Cleveland County covers more water. Rison lies 6.2 miles from the water. The nearest city of size is Little Rock, 50 miles away. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Dunkeffie Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Public wildlife records from this area list bluegill, green sunfish, redfin pickerel and slough darter. Use it to know what is possible here, not what is certain. Dunkeffie Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 81°F and January reads 40°F. The season runs year-round, with the peak either side of summer. Shade and hour of day matter more than month. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. That is the shape of the year on Dunkeffie Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Lake Elrod, 6.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Dunkeffie Lake should be assumed from this page alone.