Bull Shoals Lake
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Rating - Good
Tuesday, Nov 12 2024
For the Army Corps of Engineers real-time outflow report from Bull Shoals Dam, visit the Corps Little Rock office website.Fishing guide Del Colvin at Bull Shoals Lake said the lake level is 650 feet msl. Water temp is 72, give or take. Bass fall junk fishing has started, he said. Youre going to have to work for them and keep moving, dont get hung up on one thing. Fishing has been fairly typical for October. Water seems to be turning over out to 60 feet or so. Fishing can be pretty good when they move up during the lowlight or the Army Corps of Engineers has generation or a front is moving in. Lots of bass are starting to move in with shad. We did get a few more move up shallow with the cooler temps. Shad are spread out from the back off the creeks out to the main lake. There are shad sitting high on the surface down to 50 feet; however, topwater has been hit or miss. Try a smaller popper-style or smaller walk-the-dog early. Try a Plopper-style bait covering water; black or white colors are working. A lot of the dirty backs have shad but are just starting to clump up. If we get the right power fishing conditions, those fish will eat a Chatter bait, white spinnerbait, etc. Go with shad colors.If its sunny and flat Im going to check main lake mouths of creeks and pockets, on long points, ledges, piles, drop-offs and bluff ends as well as treetops that are close to deep water and shad is nearby. There are large schools chasing larger shad balls but they are cruising fast. For this, a small Flutter Spoon, a Tater Shad or small, heavy swimbait will fool a few. You better be a good front-looker having to hit em on the move isnt easy. Overall, smaller baits have helped. Its fall, the fish can be stubborn. For me a drop-shot has been good when its tough conditions. So, if you find em and get one or two to bite, you might as well go to the next spot. You can still catch em off points and piles with a big worm or small Jewel jig in green pumpkin orange, or a shaky head.Welcome to fall fishing: Catch one on the surface down to 50 feet. Fish the conditions.Southernwalleye Guide Service says the walleye fishing has been a little tough this week with what seems to be the lake finishing its turnover period. Fish are scattered from 20 feet down to 60 feet. The best luck I have had this past week has still been a drop-shot rig and nightcrawler around points with brush or trees close by. Walleye seem to be moving in and out of different water depths depending on wind and cloud cover. If they are shallow, stay out off in deeper water and cast into them with a jig and crawler or drop-shot rig and work them back to the boat very slowly. If they are deep, go vertical with spoons, Ice Jig or drop-shot rig. Scan points, both sides and tips, by zigzagging in and out of 20-70 feet of water to find fish. You can also use a Carolina rig with -ounce egg sinker and No. 2 Aberdeen hook and nightcrawler worked slowly around groups of fish on the deeper sides of deep brush piles. This will catch some, especially when fishing is slow. Crappie 101 Guide Service says not much has changed except the bite seemed a little better since the cold front. They are still finding most crappie in creeks and a few on the main lake areas, but theres not tons. Use a quarter-ounce jig with Tater Baits Tater Shad Jr. or small fry bait and, of course, minnows. If you arent getting bit within 5 minutes, keep moving and find more; eventually you will find active ones.
Tuesday, Nov 12 2024
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Bull Shoals Lake
RECEIVE FISHING REPORT UPDATES!
Rating - Good
For the Army Corps of Engineers real-time outflow report from Bull Shoals Dam, visit the Corps Little Rock office website.Fishing guide Del Colvin at Bull Shoals Lake said the lake level is 650 feet msl. Water temp is 72, give or take. Bass fall junk fishing has started, he said. Youre going to have to work for them and keep moving, dont get hung up on one thing. Fishing has been fairly typical for October. Water seems to be turning over out to 60 feet or so. Fishing can be pretty good when they move up during the lowlight or the Army Corps of Engineers has generation or a front is moving in. Lots of bass are starting to move in with shad. We did get a few more move up shallow with the cooler temps. Shad are spread out from the back off the creeks out to the main lake. There are shad sitting high on the surface down to 50 feet; however, topwater has been hit or miss. Try a smaller popper-style or smaller walk-the-dog early. Try a Plopper-style bait covering water; black or white colors are working. A lot of the dirty backs have shad but are just starting to clump up. If we get the right power fishing conditions, those fish will eat a Chatter bait, white spinnerbait, etc. Go with shad colors.If its sunny and flat Im going to check main lake mouths of creeks and pockets, on long points, ledges, piles, drop-offs and bluff ends as well as treetops that are close to deep water and shad is nearby. There are large schools chasing larger shad balls but they are cruising fast. For this, a small Flutter Spoon, a Tater Shad or small, heavy swimbait will fool a few. You better be a good front-looker having to hit em on the move isnt easy. Overall, smaller baits have helped. Its fall, the fish can be stubborn. For me a drop-shot has been good when its tough conditions. So, if you find em and get one or two to bite, you might as well go to the next spot. You can still catch em off points and piles with a big worm or small Jewel jig in green pumpkin orange, or a shaky head.Welcome to fall fishing: Catch one on the surface down to 50 feet. Fish the conditions.Southernwalleye Guide Service says the walleye fishing has been a little tough this week with what seems to be the lake finishing its turnover period. Fish are scattered from 20 feet down to 60 feet. The best luck I have had this past week has still been a drop-shot rig and nightcrawler around points with brush or trees close by. Walleye seem to be moving in and out of different water depths depending on wind and cloud cover. If they are shallow, stay out off in deeper water and cast into them with a jig and crawler or drop-shot rig and work them back to the boat very slowly. If they are deep, go vertical with spoons, Ice Jig or drop-shot rig. Scan points, both sides and tips, by zigzagging in and out of 20-70 feet of water to find fish. You can also use a Carolina rig with -ounce egg sinker and No. 2 Aberdeen hook and nightcrawler worked slowly around groups of fish on the deeper sides of deep brush piles. This will catch some, especially when fishing is slow. Crappie 101 Guide Service says not much has changed except the bite seemed a little better since the cold front. They are still finding most crappie in creeks and a few on the main lake areas, but theres not tons. Use a quarter-ounce jig with Tater Baits Tater Shad Jr. or small fry bait and, of course, minnows. If you arent getting bit within 5 minutes, keep moving and find more; eventually you will find active ones.
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