All species are active
Don Schnable
September 29, 2012
White River - Freshwater Fishing Report
White River
the river is clear. No more than two generators have been running. Trout can be caught with pink worms, Little Cleos, Rooster Tails, buoyant spoons (in a variety of colors) and white jigs (in the evening). Fly anglers have found success with zebra midges, copper Johns, scuds and sowbugs.
Buffalo River
the river was very low. Ponca was at 1.5 feet, Pruitt was very low at 3.3 feet, Tyler Bend was low at 3.3 feet and Buffalo Point was low at 2.6 feet. you can reach long pools that hold fish. Clousers, Shenk's Streamer, KC's Ozark Slider and Crazy Dads are all working well. Also, try large hopper and dragon fly patterns on top. Whit's Hopper and Whitlock's Gorilla Dragonfly are cool patterns to try, as well as Sneaky Pete's, Gurglers in white or chartreuse, and Boogle Bullets. The top-water bite with flies is really going gangbusters. Spotted bass are holding near woody debris. Smallmouth bass are in the deeper channels. Sunfish have been caught with about anything that hits the water. Small poppers, woolly buggers, spiders, beetles and hoppers are raking in the sunfish. Sometimes it is hard not to catch them. Spin fishing has picked up fish with white or gray Flukes, 4-inch Zoom lizards in watermelon red and tube baits in green pumpkinseed. Crank baits, buzzbaits and spinners have worked well also.
Crooked Creek
the gauge at Kelley's Slab was reading 9.5 feet Wednesday. Fishing has been very good; Top-water fishing is slowing. Concentrate on deeper runs and the upper end of pools with chunk rock and/or wood cover and fish thoroughly with repeated, accurate casts with varied retrieve rates. Hot flies this week have been Ozark Shiner Clousers, olive Crazy Dads and, for sunfish, white Miss Prissy.
Target Species:
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