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Posted 06/29/2004
Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout The lake level is high since the Core is running water all day. Fishing is good using pink or chartreuse Power Bait. Report by Ripple Outfitters Fishing is excellent and the best baits are wax worms, yellow power eggs, red worms, and pink salmon eggs. Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 462.5 Temperature: Outflow: 4080 cfs. Level: 1.38 feet high Walleye good in 20 to 25 feet of water on the points Kentucky Bass fair they are starting to school early in the morning and late in the evening on the outside of the brush Smallmouth Bass No Report Whites Bass No Report Largemouth Bass No Report Crappie No Report Channel Catfish good on jug lines using large shiners Spotted Bass No Report Bream No Report Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1121.4 Temperature: Outflow: 1056 cfs. Level: 6.57 feet high Crappie fair using hot-n-tot's or night fishing under lights along the bluffs Stripers are deep using umbrella rigs and deep cranks and live shad Largemouth Bass fair using topwater baits in 20 to 25 feet of water White Bass good using minnows or shad Catfish good using live bait around the rock on a trotline Report by Ripple Outfitters No Report Temperature: Report by Ripple Outfitters The river is clear. The fishing is excellent using all baits in any color updated 06/29/04 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 657.0 Temperature: 70's Outflow: 12780 cfs Level: 9.57 feet high Fishing Report by: Bull Shoals Lake Boat Dock "Braggin Board" WALLEYE- The walleye bite is on. The night crawler with a split shot or crawler harness in 15 to 25 feet of water is one of the best patterns. They are using shallow running stick baits- mostly rogues- in various depths depending on what type of structure you are fishing. The best colors are chartreuse, yellow, bluegill, perch or purple. They are also catching lots of walleye trolling deep diving crank baits and deep diving stick baits during the day. The walleye are shallow during the early morning and afternoon. They are deeper in the day so deeper diving baits are necessary. WHITE BASS- not much reported except under lights at night with minnows in 20 to 35 feet of water. CRAPPIE- same thing as the white bass. CATFISH- The catfish are doing well on jug lines, trot lines and limb lines. We have seen several good catches and stringers. Most of the fish are in shallow water and being caught on the same bait- perch, dead shad, liver, stink bait, etc.. White River- Fishing has been good. All of our guides are reporting good catches and activity. Same baits as always- worms, salmon eggs, power bait, night crawlers, corn, for live bait. Rapalas, spoons, spinners for artificial. TILL NEXT TIME- MAY YOUR FISHING LINE BE TIGHT AND YOUR FISHING ROD BE
BENT! Report by Wilderness Trail June 28, 2004 Walleye get first billing this week as the P.W.T. anglers showed us just how good of a walleye fishery Bull Shoals is. The pros found walleye throughout the entire lake. Some were suspended in the creek arms but the big pattern was points with a flat on one side or the other. Mike Gofron of Antioch, IL won the tournament with 49.73 pounds, which he caught fishing a bottom bouncer and crawler rig along the bottom in 23 to 27 feet of water within two miles of the Bull Shoals Marina. Blade color and pulling speed with the trolling motor were critical for success. Tim Flynn of Big Sky, Montana fishing with George Morrison of Mankato, Minnesota brought in the heaviest bag and the biggest walleye to the scale, targeting suspending walleye, pulling Reef Runners and Rapala Suspending Glass Shad Raps over 50 to 80 feet of water in a creek arm. 23.10 pounds with a 9.91 pound walleye were their winning weights. Flynn used a technique with lead core line, which the pros use to put a lure within 6 inches of a walleye’s nose, his trolling speech was 1.5 to 1.7 mph, which is very important when it comes to suspended walleye. Congratulations to all of the competitors and we hope the P.W.T. will be back to Bull Shoals again soon. Largemouth bass are not as active as we would like to see for this time of year. The morning bite seems to be the best with a little top water before sun up and then jig and pigs or Carolina rigged finesse worms, centipedes and brush hogs after the sun is up and shining on the water. The largemouth are up on the banks in the mornings, sliding to the points and ledges during the day. Smallmouth bass remain on the secondary and main lake points, which the walleye pros found out this last week. Their zone is 23 to 30 feet of water feeding on crawdads and sun perch. Hula grubs, Spider Jigs, tube baits and finesse worms on a Mojo Rig are the key baits. Zoom has introduced a new color in the centipede, watermelon purple, I tried it this week and the smallies love it. Kentucky bass are still under the shad pushing them to the top or to the back of a cove or cut. Pop R’s and Spit’N Image baits are the best during frenzy feeding. The Kentuckys that break from the schools can be caught around the points and over the flats on Spider Jigs, tubes and nightcrawlers on a "suicide rig" (as the walleye pros call it), 8 feet of lead core line, a small swivel and a worm sinker. Trout fishing on the White River has been tough for the Power Bait bite because of the generation, however, Power Eggs in yellow, pink and purple is best if you can find the area without too much current. Buoyant Spoons, Rooster Tails, Krocodiles and Little Cleo’s have been working when the generation is on. The fly fishermen have also had a hard time because of the generation but are doing well on olive Woolly Buggers, peach egg patterns and San Juan worms. Browns are being caught on Suspending Rogues, Countdowns, Jointed Countdowns and nightcrawlers. Remember to keep only what you can eat and release the rest for another day. Rick Culver of Wilderness Trail does the research for this report and the writing of this report. For more information call Rick or Sue Culver at Wilderness Trail at 870-445-2703, e-mail us at wtrail@bullshoals.net Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 259.20 Temperature: 75 - 85 Outflow: 16674 cfs. Level: 0.72 feet high Report by: Millwood
Lake Guide Service Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 552.0 Temperature: Release Rate: 3640 cfs. Level: 7.12 feet high Report by: Ripple Outfitters No Report Back to TopReport by Ripple Outfitters No Report Back to Top
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