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Posted 02/24/05
State record Blue Cat caught at
Lake Texoma Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout said the river is clarity is good with 2 generators running during the day. The river is still high. Fishing is good using Shad Raps, Countdown Rapalas and marabou jigs. Local fisherman Jeff Moore said the White River at Batesville is 10.07 feet. Trout fishing in the Guion area continues to be good on Countdowns. Drift-fishing using spinners tipped with worms and Power Eggs is catching limits of trout too. Bass fishing is fair with most of the largemouth coming from around the creek mouths. The best baits have been Hula Grubs, tube baits, and jig and frog combinations. Baits in brown, black and green are the best colors. Smallmouth are still on the boulders in the main river and mixed with the largemouth at the mouths of the creeks. A few crappie are being caught in the creeks. Jig-and-minnow combinations have worked well around brush piles. Yo-yos are producing in the same areas. Walleye fishing has been fair between Lock 1 and 2. Trolling small crankbaits has worked, as well as fishing the deep holes with minnows. A few walleye are being caught below Lock 1 on minnows. Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 462.5 Temperature: Outflow: 1150. Level: 1.14 feet low Walleye fair in 20 to 25 feet of water using night crawlers and jigs Largemouth Bass fair in 15 to 25 feet of water using plastic baits around the rocky points and brush piles Bream fair in 15 to 20 feet of water using wax worms, crickets and red worms around the rocky points. Crappie fair using minnows in 30 feet of water Channel Catfish No Report Bluegill No Report Beaver Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1121.4 Temperature: Outflow: 1618 cfs. Level: 1.01 feet low Report by: Flippers Guide Service Catfish are slow some are being caught oh live in the hickory creek area Crappie are bighting minnows and jigs tipped with minnows 20 to 30 feet deep Stripers ARE VERY GOOD RIGHT NOW in prairie creek 10 to 40 feet deep on live shiners and spoons there are a good number up in war eagle creek from 5 to 15 feet deep on live shiners also try free lines and balloons and in prairie creek on balloons and down lines Largemouth Bass are bighting good with spinner baits and jigs from point 8 to war eagle White Bass No Report
No Report Temperature: No Report updated 2/24/05 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 657.0 Temperature: 50's - 60's Outflow: 12069 cfs Level: 3.34 feet low Fishing Report by: Wilderness Trail "Braggin Board"
WALLEYE SEMINAR
February 21, 2005 Crappie moved to the top of the brush piles on crappie cribs suspending from 12 feet to 20 feet down. They are really spooky and you need to stay out away from the structure. Best artificial baits were crappie tubes and crappie grubs in pearl or chartreuse colors. Largemouth bass continued their migration into the northern creeks and pockets this week. The few that we can get to bite are in the back of the creeks and they have been in deep water for so long they have no color. Crankbaits and spinner baits were the triggering baits around the banks and Spider Jigs or tubes worked best on the drop offs. Smallmouth bass are positioned on main lake points and secondary points in the creek arms. That is where they moved to last week and they haven’t moved. The jig bite was shut down this week, but we were able to trigger some nice smallies on grubs and Zoom Fish Doctors. Crawdads are still hibernating so it will be a week or two before the jig bite picks up. Kentucky bass are traveling with the shad just like they have all winter. If you find shad out on the bluff walls there is going to be Kentuckys with them. If you find shad in the back of a northern creek there is going to be Kentuckys with them also. Vertically fishing spoons is still working well on Kentuckys that are deep under shad. Wiggle Warts, Bandits and Bill Norman’s Middle N crankbaits are triggering Kentuckys that are with the shad in shallower water. Jerk baits are slow at this time but you should throw one once in a while “just because”. Lake Rating: The walleye bite is picking up, bass are showing up in the shallows and crappie are feeding around some brush piles – rating this week is fair to good. If you are contemplating fishing the PWT this year, get your entry in. There were only a few spots left for amateurs. This is going to fill up fast, now that we are getting closer. The PWT tournament will be May 11 through the 13th. The PWT will once again operate from Bull Shoals Boat Dock and the weigh ins will be held every day at the dock. The weigh ins are very exciting and should not be missed. Entry blanks are available at Wilderness Trail and Bull Shoals Lake Boat Dock. Walleye are the big movers of the week. They are now off points and flats from the main lake to halfway into the creek arms. They are in 34 to 42 feet of water, now that is shallow for this early in the season. Trolling this week was the key for success. Reef Runners, Glass Shad and Wally Minnows were the best baits. They are a ways away from spawning but are coming up to feed. The FLW Outdoors Walleye Tour will be coming to Bull Shoals April 6th through the 9th. This will be their first walleye event on Bull Shoals and are expecting a full field of 150 boats. Co-anglers will be paired with the pros for this tournament. You can pick up more information and entry forms at R&H Marine in Bull Shoals and at Wilderness Trail. Fishing for trout on the White River has been good this past week. There is still shad coming through the dam, so white “anything” will work. When there is not much generation, Berkley Power Eggs in yellow and white have done well. With generation white chrome domes, the Buoyant spoon, Little Cleo’s, and Countdowns are the bait of choice. The fly fisherman has done well on olive Woolly Bugger, white chrome domes, white minnow baits and San Juan worms. The Brown trout are being caught on Blue Fox, Shad Raps and Rogues. 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 Updated: 02/22/05 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 259.20 Temperature: 45 - 53 Outflow: 0 cfs. Level: 0.29 feet high Report by: Millwood Lake Guide Service }><(((º> Millwood Lake Fishing Report 2/21/05 <º)))><{ Millwood Lake Guide Service reports water temps 45º-53º ; approx 5 inches above normal pool, falling, reduced stain and river current. Release rate at dam as of Monday: 13 gates open at 1 foot, and release = 5,081 CFS. Largemouth bass remain very good on red or orange Rat-L-Traps, Bill Norman crankbaits and Bagley crankbaits. Several different red or orange patterns of Rat-L-Traps are currently working, and working very well on Millwood. Red with gold back is a good choice, as is orange/brown craw, and on sunny days, red chrome or electric red. Fish the Rat-L-Traps slowly and deliberately on points in Little River around stumps in 7-12 feet depth drop-offs. Black/blue or Texas craw color jigs with black Uncle Josh 11A pork trailers 9 to 14 feet deep on stumps along Little River are still working. Black bass remain fair to good on Carolina rigs with Zoom lizards in green pumpkin or pumpkinseed with chart tail. 10" power worms in red shad, june bug or blue fleck are also taking keepers along the river. Brush Hogs and War Eagle white & chart spinner baits worked slowly approx 9-14 feet deep, are catching decent size bass on stumps along the edges of the river, and on points in 8-10 feet depths in the same areas where the red Rat-L-Traps are working. Along the river, back off the edges of the river bank to where you find stumps and timber in approx 8-15 feet depths or drag a Carolina rig across the points dumping into the river. Carolina rigs in these areas of the river seem to be working better in the last week. Best colors for tubes and brush hogs in the past few weeks seem to be black/red flake, pumpkinseed/chart tail, or sour grape or blackberry. Heavy, 5/8 oz to 3/4 oz War Eagle Spinnerbaits in spot remover or white/chart color patterns in the remaining vegetation & dead lily pads are taking fair keepers on shallow flats close to the river and deeper water on sunny days. Tip: use a large # 7 thumping Colorado blade in gold to attract their attention on sunny days or muddy water. The larger bass remain slightly deeper in the creeks, and closer to the deeper haunts of the river drops at the creek mouths or points, dumping into Little River. The majority of the bass patterns remain very constant this time of year, however, be advised the last couple weeks with daytime highs in the upper 70º range, have maintained the higher water temperature almost 10 full degrees compared to only 2 weeks ago, and the bass are relating to the warmer water by becoming much more aggressive, and moving up to more shallow areas, chasing baitfish. This time of year can be feast or famine for large bass. One day the ambient temperature will be 25º and freezing your line guides on your rod and the wind blowing 30mph and muddies up the entire lake. Few bites. Next day sun is out and high is near 65º, water clearing and shallow areas warming, cant get a hook in the water quick enough, and good, decent bass bites on every pitch with a tube or 10" power worm. Sharp hooks in soft plastic or crankbaits, are a must for those slow and deliberate (few) bites! Also, slowing the crankbait retrieve to a mere crawl seems to have the best results in this colder water climate. Sharpen those hooks, get out there & deliberately slow down the retrieve, purposely deflect cranks off stumps, and HANG ON! This time of year can also yield the trophy Largemouth of a lifetime, full of roe and just waiting on warmer temperatures to move shallow! Crappie bite continues to improve since water began clearing and lake falling over the last few weeks, back to normal pool and increase in surface temps. Nice slab catches have been taken on live shiners and jigs in last few days, in 12-15 feet depths along Little River and in Horseshoe Lake above Jack's Isle on Little River. Blue Cats remain good in Little River on trot lines, using shiners, prepared dough baits and cut shad, in current. Lines set approx 12-17 feet deep just up off the bottom, seem to be best locations in last few days.
The upriver oxbows such as McGuire, Horseshoe, Mud Lake, Cemetery Slough, etc, away from the current in Little River still have much better water visibility, estimated at approx 3+ feet in places. Water temperatures have increased in the last week due to unseasonably warmer ambient temperatures, and range approx 45ºF early to 53ºF later in the day, depending on area of the lake, wind and sunlight penetrations. Be advised the US Army Corps of Engineers recently replaced many of the missing river buoys in Little River, although there are still some stretches along the river that are still being worked on. We have seen several of the buoys washed up onto the south bank, between Pugh Slough and Jack's Isle, along south Hickory Creek, and several washed through the Hole-in-the-Wall (east of Snake Creek) cut and are up on the bank. Also noted several river marker buoys on the bank around Jack's Isle Marina in the last couple days. 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. 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: 3099 cfs. Level: 0.26 feet high No Report Back to TopNo Report
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