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Posted 11/30/2000 [ Beaver | Beaver Tailwaters | Bull Shoals (East) | Greers Ferry | Little Red River | Millwood | Norfork | Due to the Weather Conditions the fishing reports will be coming in slow. Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout Fly fishing is good on sow bugs and brown parachute Adams flies. Bait fishermen are using waxworms with marshmallows, power eggs and nightcrawlers. Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 461.0 Temperature: Outflow: 310 cfs. Level: 5.50 feet low Walleye fair on spoons worked close to the bottom Smallmouth Bass fair on various soft plastics lures Hybrid Bass are fair on topwater lures and jigging spoons. Largemouth Bass fair on topwater lures Crappie No Report Channel Catfish No Report Spotted Bass No Report Bream No Report Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1121.4 Temperature: Outflow: 213 cfs. Level: 9.50 feet low Report coming soon by Hamilton Guide Service Striped Bass fair up in the river arms on live shad, big jigs and spoons Largemouth Bass are fair on soft plastic lures Crappie are hitting on minnows and jigs in the brush Catfish are hitting on live bait and on trotlines White Bass are moving on the upper end and hitting on live shad and topwater lures Bream fair on crickets and worms
Trout good on micro jigs, Colorado spoons, Super Dupers and small rapalas. Fly fishermen are using light olive Woolly Boogers, and San Juan worms. Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 654.00 Temperature: 40's Outflow: 1660 cfs Level: 10.20 feet low Report by Wilderness Trail November 27, 2000Winter spent the week in the Ozarks. Two to three inches of rain fell with daytime temperatures in the 40's and night time lows in the upper 30's. Lake level came up to 644.79, nine and a half feet below normal pool. This is the highest the lake has been since the first of June. Water temperature remains about the same as last week, 56 to 58 degrees in the upper lake areas and shallow creeks and 58 to 59 degrees in the main lake. The bite this week went from slow to terrible. Most of the fish went deep and scattered. I guess they finally figured out that winter is here. Largemouth bass have left the brush piles and the back of the pockets that were holding shad. Where did they go? Well, we found a few on chunk rock channel swings during the windy days on Wiggle Warts and spinnerbaits, but it was a long day for a few fish, not much of a pattern. Spoons and 3/4 oz. jigs produced numbers of fish in 45 to 55 feet of water over the weekend, although most of them were under 15 inches. Smallmouth bass are back on pea rock banks close to deep water both on the main lake and in the creek arms, also the pockets along the bluff walls are holding fish. Most bites are coming on tube baits in appleseed and gourd green green colors and green pumpkin Spider Jigs tipped with Zoom chunks in green pumpkin. These smallmouth are not very aggressive so fish your baits slowly across the bottom. Kentucky bass shut down this week due to the weather system. Some fish are still striking silver and white spoons and appleseed tube baits. Work creek channel swing ends and the middle of chunk rock banks. Top water action has shut down for the time being, if the weather stabilizes the shad will move back into the cuts and the Kentuckys then will push them toward the top. Walleye also remained slow this week and very spotty. The creek arms are still holding fish and a few were caught this week on suspending Super Rogues and Rat'l Traps. Split shot nightcrawler rigs are catching small fish on the main lake flats in 25 to 30 feet of water, the best bite is in the afternoon. Walleye love cool water and should start to school up on the creek points before they make their move to the main lake. Those few who ignored the bad weather and went Crappie fishing did quite well on shallow brush piles in 18 to 25 feet of water. The best baits were minnows and jigs in white, yellow and pink colors. Trout on the White River were feeding like crazy this week. Berkley fluorescent yellow and chartreuse Power Eggs and Belgian red worms have been catching some great Rainbows. Other baits working well have been Little Cleo's and gold Blue Fox spinners. Fly fishermen are also doing very well on olive Woolly Buggers and gray sow bugs or scuds. Nice Browns have been reacting to Rapala's, Suspending Rogues, Rebels and pearl mini-flukes. Remember to keep only what you can eat and release the rest for another day. Rick Culver of Wilderness Trail does the research for this report and the writing of this report. For more information call Rick or Sue Culver at Wilderness Trail at 870-445-2703, e-mail us at [email protected] or check out our web site at www.wildernesstrail.com Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 259.2 Temperature: Outflow: 10217 cfs. Level: 0.30 feet high Largemouth Bass good on crankbaits and plastic worms Crappie good on minnows on the lower part of the lake Catfish good on minnows and worms especially on the trotlines Bream fair on crickets and worms
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 552.0 Temperature: 60 Release Rate: 320 cfs. Level: 6.40 feet low Report By Professional Guide Garry Sperry This Report Is For: Lake Level: 545 feet Bass are scattered everywhere. Use crank baits in shad or crawfish colors on 45 degree rocky banks. There is now some scattered topwater action in backs of creeks on spinner baits around brush. Use white, or white & chartreuse with #4 willow leaf blades. White bass are on creek flats. Scattered topwater all day. Best lures 1/4 oz. rooster tails or 1/8 oz. roadrunners. Best colors, white, silver or white with pink head on roadrunner.. White bass are on creek flats. Scattered topwater all day. Best lures 1/4 oz. rooster tails or 1/8 oz. roadrunners. Best colors, white, silver or white with pink head on roadrunner. Stripers are now mid lake and in the creek arms. Mornings and evenings you'll find scattered topwater activity off main lake points. Best lures are Rogues or Red Fins, shad color or blue & silver. During day fish live shad 30-35 ft. deep or troll Umbrellas 30-35 ft. deep. Hot spots are Hwy 62 bridge, Duck blind Point, Howard Cove to Blue Lady dock. Some topwater at night, use Rogues or Red Fins. Crappie are on deep brush piles. Tube jigs work best. On sunny days use pink & white, or yellow & white. On cloudy days use blue & white, or red & chartreuse. Minnows work well with slip bobber. VERY IMPORTANT--Stay off the brush with your boat or you'll spook the crappie! Walleye are on long flats along drop-offs. Slow troll Hot-n-Tots or Sparkle Tails 8 to 10 feet deep. Worm Harness OK but not the best. Best colors, Chartreuse, pink or yellow. Troll slow! Catfish are being caught on trot lines 6 to 30 ft. deep. Cut shad and small sunfish work best.
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