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Posted 10/07/04
Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout The river looks great. Some water is being run later in the afternoon. Trout good using jigs and Carolina rigs with a wax worm and marshmallow combination also try fishing over deep holes Report by Ripple Outfitters The river is clear and cold. Trout is good using wax worms, salmon eggs and night crawlers Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 462.5 Temperature: Outflow: 208 cfs. Level: 9.83 feet low Walleye No Report Largemouth Bass No Report Bream No Report Crappie No Report Channel Catfish No Report Bluegill No Report Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1121.4 Temperature: Outflow: 157 cfs. Level: 4.20 feet low Bream good using crickets Crappie very good using minnows Stripers are deep using umbrella rigs and deep cranks and live shad Largemouth Bass good using spinner baits and plastics White Bass No Report Catfish very good using goldfish Report by Ripple Outfitters No Report Temperature: Report by Ripple Outfitters No Report updated 10/07/04 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 657.0 Temperature: 74 Outflow: 1947 cfs Level: 5.21 feet low Fishing Report by: Wilderness Trail "Braggin Board" ANGLER'S EDGE TEAM BASS TOURNAMENT OCTOBER 9 AND 10, 2004 CALL FOR INFORMATION WALLEYE SEMINAR - October 23, 2004 Professional Walleye Trail Angler - Lance Valentine 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Lunch Included) COST $15.00 PER PERSON This is a special seminar hosted by Wilderness Trail Lance Valentine will be coming down from Michigan to give this seminar. Lance fished in the PWT tournament here last June. We are excited about providing this opportunity to our local anglers to learn more about fishing for walleye. Reservations will be confirmed upon receipt of the $15.00 per person. We will absolutely limiting this to 50 people. Again, the $15.00 cost includes lunch. Call us at 870-445-2703 for your reservation (confirmed with payment). ONLY 8 SPOTS ARE LEFT We have had another beautiful week here at Bull Shoals with fall like weather at night and spring like weather during the day. The temperatures have been ranging from the low 50’s at night to the low 80’s during the day. Lake temperature has dropped with the cool nights almost 3 degrees this week. We are now at 69 to 71 degrees throughout the lake and the pool level is at 652.04, 2+ feet below normal. The water in the lake is stained and there is some concern that the lake is turning over, but it isn’t. The surface temperature must equal the thermocline temperature and then the lake will "flip" or turn. Right now we have approximately 70 degree surface temperature and the thermocline temperature is 61 degrees, so there is a lot of cooling that has to take place before the turn over. Crappie are starting to stick their heads out of the brush piles and feeding during the day. Crappie minnows, Twister tails and Swimming Minnows are working well. However after you catch three to four crappie off one brush pile the bite will shut down, so you need to move to another brush pile and start over. Largemouth bass are staying on the banks in the mornings at the back of the creeks, cuts and pockets throughout the lake. Buzzbaits and small top water baits (Pop R’s, Torpedoes) will trigger some early morning feeders. After the sun is up the largemouth bass are moving to structure just off the banks (blow downs, boulders or brush piles). Jig and pigs, Texas rigged brush hogs, lizards and finesse worms are your best lures around the structure.Smallmouth bass are finally showing up on chunk rock and pea rock points. It is crawdad time and the smallies are feeding on crawdads heavily. Best baits are tubes, Spider jigs, football jigs, Mad Man craws fished on a jig head and Carolina rigged trick worms in watermelon/purple color. You need to check from 10 feet of water out to 30 feet of water every day to see where they are holding. Kentucky bass are following the shad into the creeks and pockets and moving to the chunk rock banks to feed on crawdads. They are staying close to deep water and the pockets that have 50 to 60 feet of water in the middle are holding the nicer Kentuckys. Live bait anglers area catching some nice Kentuckys on nightcrawlers and split shot dragged along the bottom. The best artificial baits are Spider Jigs, finesse worms and tube baits. Also, look for Kentuckys breaking on shad on top water. Throw Pop R’s, Zara Spook Jrs or Spit’N Image lures into the frenzy feeding. Walleye slowed some this week but that is normal when they are migrating into shallower water for the fall feed. Points and feeding flats are still the areas to search for the walleye and they can be anywhere from 20 feet of water out to 35 feet of water. As the lake cools down their range of feeding becomes greater. Spoons are still a good bet for the walleye that are in 28 to 35 feet of water. Trolling lures on lead core is working okay with Glass Shad Raps, Hot’N Tots and Reef Runners, but as the walleye move in the best technique is crawler harnesses with Bottom Bouncers or a crawler and split shot rig. The reason the crawler technique is working better than trolling is that you can range from 30 to 35 feet easier with your trolling motor than you can trolling with your big engine. Trout fishing on the White River has been good on Power Bait in yellow and orange and Belgian red worms. Buoyant Spoons, Little Cleos, Panther Martins and Rooster Tails have been working when the generation is on. The fly fishermen have done well on olive or brown Woolly Buggers, sow bugs, egg pattern in peach or chartreuse and San Juan worms. Browns are being caught on Smithwick Rogues, Countdowns, Flat Fish 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: 76 - 83 Outflow: 388 cfs. Level: 0.21 feet high Report by: Millwood Lake Guide Service }><(((º> Millwood Lake Fishing Report<º)))><{
Carolina Rigging Lake Fork French Fries in watermelon/red or 5" Bass Assassin Shads are catching keepers along cuts and stair-step drops in Little River, at the 8-10 foot drop zones. Don't Long nose Gar are relatively shallow in the backs of the creeks and feeding. There are some excellent bow-fishing opportunities on Millwood at present. Two bow fishermen in last few days took out some large specimens over 15 pounds each. While bass fishing, we have seen huge Gar, well in excess of 10 pounds each, in water less than 3 feet in depth, cruising the shallows and feeding on shad, or other baitfish. }><(((º> Lake Fishing Conditions Report<º)))><{ The upriver oxbows such as McGuire, Horseshoe, Mud Lake, Clear Lake etc, still have much better water visibility, estimated approximately 3-6 feet in places. Current in Little River is unchanged this week. Water temperatures have stabilized, and range approx 76ºF early to 84ºF later in the day, depending on area of the lake, wind and sunlight penetrations. Use EXTREME caution while navigating Little River in low light conditions,
and SLOW DOWN! Careful watch for floaters and debris in Little River's
current is a requirement. The river is improving daily, in clarity and current.
Random grass mats and floating objects remain in Little River. Keep in mind
there are a few sections of Little River, where the river buoys have moved out
of position or have disappeared, although the USACE is working to get all these
buoys replaced as soon as possible, and are working on the navigation daily. Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 552.0 Temperature: Release Rate: 569 cfs. Level: 2.18 feet low Report by: Ripple Outfitters No Report Back to TopReport by Ripple Outfitters No Report Back to Top
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