This facility is accredited by the state and offers financial aid and placement assistance. Lake Catherine stripers and hybrids continue schooling and breaking from Thunderbird Beach upstream to the dam, according to Dozhier s Bait Shop and Rainbow Landing. Topwater lures, including Spooks and Torpedoes, and flukes and silver spoons are working well. These fish are chasing shad to the surface and feeding heavily. Black bass are working the edges of the shad schools and going for topwater lures and small shad-like crankbaits.
Some action also is reported on Carolina-rigged lizards and short worms.
Walleye are being found in water 20 to 30 feet deep and hitting slowly pumped jigs and spoons. Bream are hitting crickets and redworms off the beds in water 10 to 15 feet deep. Catfish are taking large shiners, small bream and nightcrawlers around the state park. Ouachita Mountain Hikers Repair Lake Catherine Trail Wall A trail through Lake Catherine State Park will be a bit more safe, thanks to the effort of the Ouachita Mountain Hikers. The club made much-needed repairs to a retaining wall that was suffering primarily from erosion.