Hey pastor welcome to Arkansas. I have only fished Lake Erling one time three or four years ago and we caught some nice sized fish. I have heard recently that the lake had become infected with Sylvania grass and in a effort to control that stuff they had lowered the water level quite a bit. However I think they are still catching fish there. I don't know how reliable it is but there is a weekly fishing report on the Arkansas game and fish website for Erling, Check it out. Again, welcome to Arkansas and glad you are able to start fishing again.