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All of this info has been very educational! I just wish I could figure out how to use it to catch more fish! 😁

I don't understand how the "normal" level would be 867 feet. If you look at the yearly lake levels for the past 5 years, it is almost never at that level. Was it established when the lake was first created? Or if you were to average the daily levels for the year it would come out to 867 feet?

Thanks! I figured it had as much to do with the other lakes, especially LOZ since a lot of people live right on the water, as it does with the amount of rain.

I'm sure most already know about this website: Stockton Lake Water Level (uslakes.info) So, is rise strictly due to weather or is the corp also holding some of the water back?

I'm gonna guess from your time references that you are ex-military. It took me awhile to go back to civilian time after I got out. 🙂 Thanks for the fishing report. We are coming down there in about a month and it sounds like the fishing conditions are good! I will post my daily outings when we are down there. Going mostly for walleye but we also like to fish for crappie especially when they are holding on brush piles.

Thanks! We've been to Norfork numerous times over the last 10 years. We've fished for black bass, walleye, stripers, and hybrids so we have established any number of places to fish for them. We've never actually targeted crappie but the few we have caught would be considered slabs by most. Since Norfork is a good sized lake, we're hoping to find crappie in areas near where we are staying. 🙂

Hi, Gonna be staying at Teal Point Resort starting around the middle of this month. Was wondering if anyone knows any areas nearby that might have a good crappie spawn going on at that time. Any info on crappie or walleye would be very much appreciated! Thanks much.

Hey, someone had to invent the Ned rig. Maybe they'll call it the Sam Rig.

Awesome! Gonna be there next week to try my luck for crappie and walleye.

I suspect there are 4 slips per circuit, maybe 6. So I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. Maybe it is, they just don't say anything about other people having issues.

This was what I thought was the most likely issue. I have asked several times if they are going to replace/upgrade the circuits. Always get a non-committal answer which means it is considered low priority. I guess when more than just a couple of us are complaining they will make the necessary changes. I know money is tight for them so they are only fixing things that have no work-around. Even when I am the only 440 charger on the circuit, there are always several other boats plugged in as well, so I guess it's pretty easy to hit the 80% mark.

Hey everyone, Was reading the thread about batteries and made me think about the charger I'm using. I have a 36 volt Ultrex so I wanted the best 4 bank charger I could get. It has been an awesome charger for me and seems to be keeping the batteries in great condition. The problem I have been having is when I stay at Stockton Lake and keep my boat at the marina. I found that plugging the charger into the slip outlet would cause the breaker to shut off. I was able to plug into the marina outlet at the marina itself and it worked fine. I thought maybe there was something wrong with the charger and later had it checked out. They said it was working fine and maybe it was the boat slip outlets that couldn't handle the power it was pulling. I ran into another person keeping his boat at the marina with the same charger. He was having the same problem and had arrived at the same solution. My last boat had a 24 volt charger and I never had any problems. Anyone else have problems with charging their 36 volt systems?

darn! It doesn't get much better than that.

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Different conditions call for different levels. In calm water I will up it to maximize my speed and efficiency. In choppy water I will put it all the way down to maximize boat control when connecting with each wave. Heck, your boat dynamics will change depending on how much fuel you have or how much water you are carrying in your live well. Why pay more for hydraulic if you are only going to set it and forget it? 😦

What 5bites said. Also, be sure to put it down after use so it won't get sticky.

Gotta love having the lake to yourselves.

Exactly!

Good job!! Had similar results with a 3-way with 1/2 crawler today for a limit of walleye. Will devote some time tomorrow to trolling flickers for crappie.

yes, crappie sliders are designed to be weedless.

Did catch a few crappie doing this but I'm like you, not much luck unless I'm trolling the thing. When I cast for crappie I usually a 1/32 to 1/8 oz jig with a 2 inch plastic bobbie garland grub. If there are a lot of hang-ups I will switch to crappie sliders.

Caught this 24.5 inch and a 22.5 incher today. Wasn't actually targeting walleye, was trying to catch crappie.😒 Caught them throwing a #7 flicker shad up as close to the brush as I could.

Thanks! Lots of info here to work with. Pretty much rain in the forecast for everyday we will be there. We have rain suits and a bimini so unless the rain is coming in sideways, we should be okay. 🌬️💦

Awesome Dan! Aren't you about due for another video? 😁 Gonna be there next week. Any advice on what depth to find walleye or crappie?

I have a short cut and visit it often for new fishing report updates. Wife and I even stayed there before.