Mid Lake is HOT
Don Schnable
June 21, 2012
Bull Shoals - Freshwater Fishing Report
OAKLAND MARINA
BASS -
- - They are being caught from the surface to 35 feet deep. The thermocline is in the 25 to 32foot range. I know this is early but the water temp has been warmer then normal. The patterns below are in no order. Cloudy-windy days the fish seem to be shallower. Bright sunny non windy days the fish seem to be deeper. If you are having trouble catching fish try getting your bait a little deeper.
- spilt shot a night crawler in 25 to 35 feet of water.
- top water is working the first hour of sunlight and last hour of sunlight.
- split shot a 4-7 inch trick worm or other plastics in 15 to 20 feet of water.
- square billed or flat billed crank baits. Bluegill colored - this is working early and late in the day.
- Carolina rigging is producing fish. The lizard, French fry worm, 4 inch worm are just a few baits being used.
- jigging a spoon in 25 to 35 feet of water.
- Jig with a soft plastic attached is catching fish in 15 - 20 feet of water.
- Soft plastic baits in 15 to 25 feet of water. Try a variety or different baits and mix it up. Tube jigs, gitzits, 4 inch finesse worms, 5-7 inch plastic worms, French fry worms, lizards, brush hogs ect. Green pumpkin, cotton candy, brownish seem to be the best colors.
- Spinner baits are producing lots of fish on windy banks and cloudy days.
Night fishing for bass has been very good. They seem to be coming up a little shallower after the sun goes down. The reports I have been getting are you can catch them in 0 to 20 feet of water on just about any night pattern there is or you like to throw. Spinner baits, jig-n-trailer, grubs, tube jigs, hula grubs, plastic worms, ect.
Walleye -
The walleye fishing patterns are like late June or early July patterns. We are still seeing a lot of walleye being caught but they are deeper then normal for this time of year. The best pattern I have seen is the bottom bouncing pattern. For those of you that don't know what a bottom bouncer is- I will try to paint you a visual picture. A bottom bouncer is a "L" shaped piece of wire with a lead weight on the long end. You tie it on your line at corner of the "L". Then you tie a 2-5 foot piece of line on the end of the short wire and put a night crawler on the end of the line. A lot of guys will use a lindy rig for the 2-5 foot piece of line. A lindy rig is nothing but a piece of line with spinners, beads, flashy things on it to attract the fish. You can make your own up also. Anyway, the bottom bouncer ticks the bottom while trolling and the noise will attract the fish. We had a couple of great walleye stringers come in today. Spilt shoting a night crawler is also producing some good walleye.
- bottom bouncing in 25 to 35 feet of water.
- Split shot a night crawler and drift fish with it in 25 to 35 feet of water
- Jigging a spoon in 25 to 35 feet of water.
- night fishing- slow retrieval on a green grub and spinner is catching fish.
- night fishing - trolling in 8 to 12 feet of water.
Target Species:
Bass--Walleye
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