Today's Best Fishing Times for
Van Buren, United States 🇺🇸

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Planning your next fishing trip in Van Buren, United States ? Today is a average day for fishing. Our comprehensive fishing almanac combines our popular solunar tables, moon times, sunrise and sunset times, and a 7-day fishing calendar so you always know the best fishing times in your area. We analyse major and minor solunar bite times, rate each day on a five-star scale, and pair it with localized weather forecasts so you can quickly tell whether today is a good day to fish without juggling multiple tabs. Be sure to bookmark this page so you never miss a bite. view bite times...

  • Check our unique Solunar Clock for precise solunar tables and the best moon phases.
  • Use the forecast calendar section to sync bite times with major weather changes.
  • Analyze the forecasted weather conditions, such as wind, barometric pressure and rain to plan your fishing session.
  • Jump to the 7-Day Fishing Calendar for an extended fishing forecast, then explore nearby fishing spots on the interactive map.

Van Buren, Arkansas offers diverse fishing on the Arkansas River and nearby Ozark streams, making it a prime destination for bass, catfish, crappie, and multi-species anglers. With river backwaters, main-channel structure, and small lakes and creeks close by, Van Buren provides year-round fishing opportunities for boat, kayak, and bank anglers alike. read more...

Sun and Moon Times

The sun will be at it's highest point at . Today we have 14:29 hours of daylight. For shallow water fishing the twilight periods are often the most productive fishing times, especially on days when a major or minor time will coincide with twilight. In low light conditions predators have better cover for their ambush and often hunt in shallow water.
  • Nautical Twilight begins:
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    Nautical Twilight ends:
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  • Visibility:
    84%
  • Waning Gibbous - 84% illuminated Waning Gibbous
Next New Moon in ~11 days on 14th June
  • Distance to earth:
    399,539 km
    Proximity:
    14.5 %
We can compare the current moon distance to it's minimum and maximum distance from earth and express that as proximity. A high proximity means the moon is closer to earth. At 50% it would be at it's mean distance. A high proximity causes big tides, currents and has a direct effect on increased bite times. A proximity greater than 90% indicates a super moon.
Moon Phases for Van Buren
Full Moon
Sun, 31 May
New Moon
Sun, 14 Jun
Full Moon
Mon, 29 Jun

Solunar Bite Times

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Best fishing times:
  • major Time:
    03:28 am - 05:28 am
  • minor Time:
    08:28 am - 10:28 am
  • major Time:
    03:48 pm - 05:48 pm
  • minor Time:
    11:08 pm - 01:08 am
All times are displayed in the America/Chicago timezone and are automatically adjusted to daylight savings. The current timezone offset is -5 hours. Green and yellow areas indicate the best fishing times (major and minor). The center shows the current moon phase which is a Waning Gibbous at 84% lumination. According to the Solunar Theory, today is a average day for fishing, but you need to cross check this with the current weather forecast for a final decision. The next best fishing time ( ) starts in -2 hour and -35 minute. The gray time indicator displays the current local time.
America/Chicago • Thu, 4 Jun 01:52 • 35.437, -94.348
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Current Fishing Weather

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7 Day Fishing Weather

The weather plays an important role in fishing. Wind strenght and direction often determine where you can fish and where fish might be holding. Although high pressure is usually good for fishing, steep pressure changes often trigger feeding frenzies and are great times for fishing. Of course temperature has also a strong effect on fishing and comfort on the water. So make sure to cross check the weather forecast with the solunar fishing times to determine the best times to go fishing. The graph below shows you the 3 hourly weather progression over the next 7 days. Scroll the graph left or right to see more.
Selected Weather Station: Van Buren, US
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7 Day Fishing Forecast Calendar
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*bold times indicate best fishing times around sunrise or sunset

Fishing Overview Van Buren

Fishing in Van Buren, Arkansas centers on the Arkansas River and its pool created by Lock & Dam 13, plus a network of creeks, oxbows, and nearby small impoundments. Anglers here target bass, catfish, crappie, and panfish almost 12 months a year, adjusting to river flows and water clarity. Understanding current, structure, and seasonal movements is the key to consistent success around Van Buren.

Spring is prime time. Rising water and warming temperatures push largemouth, spotted, and smallmouth bass shallow into backwaters, side channels, and flooded brush. Spinnerbaits, vibrating jigs, and square-bill crankbaits in shad or chartreuse patterns produce in stained river water, while soft-plastic creature baits and stick worms pitched to visible cover excel in clearer sloughs. Crappie stage on brush piles, laydowns, and riprap along the river edge; small tube jigs or minnows set just above the brush are extremely effective when fished vertically from a boat or from accessible banks.

As the Arkansas River warms into early summer, bass slide to current breaks—wing dikes, rock points, bridge pilings, and the heads and tails of islands. Focus on eddies and seams where current softens. Deep-diving crankbaits, Carolina rigs, and football jigs dragged across rock are reliable river patterns, especially early and late in the day. Channel and blue catfish bite well on cut shad, skipjack, or prepared baits fished on sliding sinker rigs in outside bends, scour holes below wing dikes, and at the head of holes where current rolls over a drop.

By mid-summer, stable levels and heavy boat traffic push fish into deeper holding areas. Early morning and after-dark trips are high-percentage windows. Work topwaters along riprap and shallow points at first light for aggressive bass, then back off to deeper shell beds and channel ledges with crankbaits and big worms as the sun climbs. For flathead catfish, present live sunfish or small carp around thick cover—snags, rock piles, and undercut banks—anchoring upstream so your baits drift naturally into the structure.

Fall fishing around Van Buren can be excellent as baitfish migrate into creeks and backwater pockets. White bass, hybrid stripers, and smaller striped bass often push shad to the surface near channel drops and tributary mouths; watch for birds and surface busts, then cast chrome spoons, tail-spinners, or small swimbaits through the activity. Bass follow the same forage. Cover water with medium crankbaits and swimbaits until you locate schooling fish, then slow down with jigs or finesse plastics.

Winter doesn’t shut fishing down; it just concentrates fish. Look for deeper holes on sharp bends, the down-current side of rock structure, and inside turns adjacent to flats. Slowly worked jigs and blade baits will pick off sluggish bass, drum, and the occasional walleye or sauger. Catfish stack in the deepest river holes—use heavier weights to keep baits pinned to bottom in cold-current conditions and give each spot more time before moving.

Throughout the year, success around Van Buren hinges on reading the river: identify current breaks, depth changes, and hard cover, then match lure size and color to water clarity. Keep a mix of moving baits for covering water and slower presentations for picking apart key spots, and you can stay on fish in every season along this productive stretch of the Arkansas River.

Interactive Fishing Map for the greater Van Buren area

Beaches and Bays are ideal places for land-based fishing. If the beach is shallow and the water is clear then twilight times are usually the best times, especially when they coincide with a major or minor fishing time. Often the points on either side of a beach are the best spots. Or if the beach is large then look for irregularities in the breaking waves, indicating sandbanks and holes. We found 2 beaches and bays in this area.

Little Frog Bayou - 14.32375546424km , Frog Bayou - 16.74830762776km

Harbours and Marinas can often times be productive fishing spots for land based fishing as their sheltered environment attracts a wide variety of bait fish. Similar to river mouths, harbour entrances are also great places to fish as lots of fish will move in and out with the rising and falling tides. There are 1 main harbours in this area.

Goose Harbor Marina - 0.9892005519km

We found a total of 40 potential fishing spots nearby Van Buren. Below you can find them organized on a map. Points, Headlands, Reefs, Islands, Channels, etc can all be productive fishing spots. As these are user submitted spots, there might be some errors in the exact location. You also need to cross check local fishing regulations. Some of the spots might be in or around marine reserves or other locations that cannot be fished. If you click on a location marker it will bring up some details and a quick link to google search, satellite maps and fishing times. Tip: Click/Tap on a new area to load more fishing spots.

Goose Harbor Marina - 0.9892005519km , Lake Lou Emma Dam - 3.37406159485km , Lee Creek - 3.42067860907km , Foster Branch - 4.91885576419km , Ned Lake - 5.71072940258km , Crain Lake Dam - 6.07853799063km , Montgomery Lake Dam - 7.51355188834km , Wildcat Mountain Lake Dam - 7.58222661716km , Hollis Lake - 7.89087005428km , Line Branch - 8.76746087282km , Echols Lake Dam - 9.20112627527km , Poteau River - 9.51496450004km , Massard Creek - 10.09590880476km , Lock and Dam Number 13 - 10.60056567718km , Beverly Hills Lake Dam - 10.97934901079km , Curry Branch - 11.02369132796km , Prairie Branch - 11.72871185324km , West Cedar Creek - 12.72108944774km , East Cedar Creek - 12.75367873807km , McMahan Lake Dam - 12.78869629066km , Lake Alma Dam - 13.30699041292km , Vache Grasse Creek - 14.09844511504km , Webber Creek - 14.18880282831km , Tadpole Branch - 14.19468639214km , Little Webber Creek - 14.24825021507km , Little Frog Bayou - 14.32375546424km , Little Vache Grasse Creek - 14.39581604963km , Morris Lake Dam - 14.52011780538km , Grayson Creek - 14.59410475188km , Willies Lake Dam - 14.84014657538km , Mud Slough - 16.22181316589km , Mays Branch - 16.62227542593km , Frog Bayou - 16.74830762776km , Rabbit Branch - 16.90671276581km , Muldrow Dam - 18.81289657147km , Briar Creek - 19.52028858751km , Arbuckle Island - 19.62561930916km , Herd Branch - 19.86340821096km , Courthouse Slough - 20.09478408402km , Kimmons Lake Dam - 20.62099091741km

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