Spring is springing
Don Schnable
March 5, 2013
Bull Shoals - Freshwater Fishing Report
-------Subject: Schnable...Bull Shoals Lake and tailwaters
There are lots of fish being caught on a variety of patterns and depths. These are the main patterns below.
BASS -
- Crank baits mostly on windy banks - crawfish colored or bluegill seem to be the best.
- Spinner baits on windy banks
- all plastics in 5 to 20 feet of water.
- Spooning in 50 to 60 feet of water under the shad balls
- split shot a night crawler anywhere from 10 to 50 feet
Walleye -
Starting to see some walleye coming in. Here is what I am being told.
- Spooning in 45 to 60 feet of water back in the creeks under shad balls
- Stick baits during the day in 5 to 15 feet of water
- trolling in 10 to 30 feet of water along the banks with shallow running crank baits
White Bass -
- Jigging a spoon in 45 to 60 feet of water
- trolling crankbaits in 10 to 30 feet of water on gravel banks
Crappie -
1. Small jigs and minnows around the brush piles in 15 to 30 feet of water.
White River:
NOTHING EVER CHANGES ON THE RIVER EXCEPT THE WATER LEVEL!!! THE FISHING IS ALWAYS GREAT!! This question gets asked a lot. "When is the best time to fish the river? " The answer is anytime. The water comes out of the bottom of the lake therefore it is always very cold. It doesn't have the temperature cycle of a normal body of water. It doesn't matter if its 100 degrees out or 10 degrees out. The water temperature stays the same within a few degrees, Therefore, the fishing is always the same and always good. Arkansas stocks the White River with rainbow trout year around so the fishing is good year around. The water level doesn't matter either, you just have to change how you fish. If the water is high then you usually drift and float fish, if its low then you anchor and still fish. Naturally, fly fishing is better when the river is low. SO, COME FISHING WHENEVER YOU CAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nothing new on the patterns. --- Worms, night crawlers, power baits, salmon eggs, Count down Rapalas, spoons, rooster tails, jigs and just about any other type of trout bait or pattern you have heard of.
Target Species:
general
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