Fishing Lake Kuykendall in Pulaski County, Arkansas

• Overview

  Pulaski County in Arkansas is where Lake Kuykendall sits. Everything around it is open plain. At about 55 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Size puts it in the front rank of our Pulaski County list. For a base, Wrightsville sits 1.9 miles out. The big place round here is Little Rock, 12 miles distant. You are close to a county edge here; who manages the access can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Lake Kuykendall

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Pulaski County cover largemouth bass, longear sunfish and green sunfish. The county list is broader than any single water. Take Lake Kuykendall a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 82°F at the top of summer and 40°F at the bottom of winter. There is no frozen season to plan round. Heat pushes fish deep from June onwards, so start early. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. Plan around that when you fish Lake Kuykendall.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. 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. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Gropper Lake, 6.5 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Lake Kuykendall is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.