Summer patterns are here
Don Schnable
June 25, 2013
Bull Shoals - Freshwater Fishing Report
BASS - updated 6-01-13
The plastic patterns seem to be working the best. The mustard colored and watermelon colored tube jig (gitzit) is really hot.
- Top water is starting to see some fish. The spooks and flukes are starting to work.
- Carolina rigging a lizard, brush hog, french fry, or finesse worm in 5 to 15 feet of water. With the water being clear the natural colors should work better.
- The hula grub, gitzit, tube jig, salt craw, all types of plastic baits can catch fish. These can be worked in 5 to 20 feet of water depending on where the fish are that day.
- Crawfish colored crankbaits are catching fish on windy banks. Cloudy days also seem to help the shallow patterns
- Spinner baits on cloudy windy banks. Mostly natural colors in clear water and bright colors in dingy water
- live minnows on a simple split shot rig in 5 to 20 feet of water.
- slow retrieve of any type of artificial minnow bait.
- split shot a night crawler in 5 to 20 feet of water.
WHITE BASS - updated 05-19-13
Very few reports of white bass during the day night. The patterns below usually work this time of year. The night bite under lights is starting to work.
- Trolling minnow looking baits early in the morning and late in the day on the gravel banks back in the creeks.
- jigging a spoon will also catch white bass in 20 to 30 foot deep water back in the main lake pockets and coves.
- night fishing under lights is starting to produce some fish.
Walleye - updated 06-01-13
- Bottom bouncing with night crawlers in 18 to 22 feet is producing some walleye.
- split shoting night crawlers in 12 to 22 feet is producing walleye
- drop shoting night crawlers is producing in 18 to 22 feet of water.
- Stick baits such as the X-rap, rogue, rebel in shallow water at night or close to dark. Minnows colors seem to be the best.
Crappie -
- Small minnows around brush piles
- small 1/16 ,1/32, 1/64 oz jigs around the brush piles.
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