Calico Rock, Arkansas -- Bruce Zeller (left) from Texas displays his 22-inch, 4-pounds-plus rainbow trout caught on the White River near Calico Rock out of Jenkins Fishing Service. He's shown with his grandkids and guide Jacob Wallace.

Dave McCulley at Jenkins Fishing Service told us this week that the Calico Rock boat ramp received one stocking over more than 1,000 rainbow trout from the Jim Hinkle Spring River State Fish Hatchery, and there were other stockings by the AGFC's Trout Management Program at Chessmond Ferry and downriver at Mount Olive. 

Stockings two weeks ago at Mount Olive and at the Sylamore Creek/White River confluence put some seriously hungry stocker rainbows in the White River in the viciniy of both Jack's White River Fishing Resort and Anglers White River Resort, both at Allison. Lots of anglers in boats from both resorts, as well as kayaks and bigger fishing boats, were observed going up and down that area of the river on a beautiful, cloudless Saturday last week, especially when the temperature that began at 37 degrees at 7 a.m. reached the 70s by that afternoon. 

An AGFC staffer and friend were fishing with a guide from Jack's Resort and all caught double-digit rainbows on Saturday, both those aforementioned hungry stockers as well as a few more mature rainbows (photo below).

The approach to fishing this part of the White is to use a light, 6-foot rod-and-reel with inline spinners, eggs such as X-factor in pink or orange or a locally made crystal blue egg (note the photo), and a piece of thawed shrimp. The staffer reported drifting from around Boswell Shoals back to near the Highway 14 bridge.