Harris Lake near McAlmont: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Harris Lake sits in Pulaski County, out in Arkansas. The ground round it is open plain. At about 42 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Roughly 1.3 miles of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Size puts it in the front rank of our Pulaski County list. Head to McAlmont, 2.3 miles away, for anything you forgot. Sherwood is 4.6 miles away, with Jacksonville at 6 miles. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Harris Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Built water gives depth close in, which suits a bank angler. Look for where the old bank line still shows under the surface. Survey and observation records for Pulaski County include largemouth bass, longear sunfish and green sunfish. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Harris Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 39°F in January and 82°F in July. Summer heat is the limit here, not winter cold. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer squeezes it into the edges of the day. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. That is the shape of the year on Harris Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lake Cherrywood sits 4.1 miles off and takes the overflow. Rules at Harris Lake are worth checking on the day.