Hurricane Lake Fishing Guide, Saline County, Arkansas

• Overview

  Look for Hurricane Lake in the Saline County part of Arkansas. The bank is 394 feet above sea level. It measures some 330 acres, and wind has room to build across it. The full circuit measures close to 2.8 miles on foot. Start from Salem, 1.5 miles down the road. Further out sit Bryant (3 miles) and Benton (4.9 miles). This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Hurricane Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Species logged across Saline County include creole darter, redspot darter and green sunfish. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Hurricane Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 81°F in July and bottom out at 40°F in January. There is no frozen season to plan round. Heat pushes fish deep from June onwards, so start early. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. Hurricane Lake fishes to that pattern most years. Late summer often means an early start or nothing at all.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the panfish, a small hook, a float and a piece of worm outfish everything fancy. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Caldwell Lake is 1.1 miles off. Where Hurricane Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.