Blue Mountain Lake fishing: Striped Bass, Walleye
Target species: Striped Bass, Walleye
The reservoir
Blue Mountain Lake covers 2,861 acres in Arkansas, across 2 counties: Logan and Yell. It is a reservoir: 92.8% of it is 18 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is ≈40.2 feet (12.3 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: ≈40.2 ft (12.3 m). 92.8% of the water is 18 feet or shallower. We hold 104 depth contours for this water, drawn from 531,723 soundings.
- 0–4 ft: 0.8% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 10.4% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 19% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 10.4% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 12.1% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 14.2% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 12.2% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 13.7% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 3.8% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 2.3% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 1% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 0.2% of the water
2 target fish, led by Striped Bass
- Striped Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Also recorded here: Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Fathead Minnow.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 71°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.2. These readings span 2018–2026.
Where this data comes from
- USGS — USGS reservoir bathymetric surveys (ScienceBase): class A, a survey of the bottom, 2017.
- USACE CWMS — USACE CWMS elevation-area curves: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
- Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
Part of these depths rest on an averaged water level, so they are approximate (≈).
