White Bass On The Nfow

[Bill Butts]

Caught and released a fair number of small male Whites and a bonus Walleye on Friday pm near the bridge at Tecumseh.

We were wading but the guys downriver in boats about 1-3 miles were catching quite a few large females and a few Walleye.

I was a little surprised that the water temp was 59*, and that was shortly after the sun was off the water in the late pm.

We used mostly Clousers 2.5-3" in gray/white, chartreuse/white, olive/orange and all purple, best with a slow retrieve.

Water is in great condition for a strong run of all lake species that move up into the river.

Also heard that the water temp was 55* late this am, after a cool night, which is still good.

Looks like we might get lots of rain in the next few days, which would put things on hold for a time.

If this happens, and you want to find White Bass, the best streams to concentrate on first are the ones that drop and clear the quickest. Beaver and Swan Creeks are traditional favorites and are usually at their best while they are still just a bit murky.

Bill

[Brian Wise]

smallmouth man,

To be honest with you wading on the lower/lowest part of the NFOW or Tecumseh is probably not going to get you to the fish. We still have pretty high water at the lake and the NFOW is running 2020 CFS (as of 7:45 Monday, 24th) so wading would either be tough or it wouldn't let you get out to the fish.

Since the high water I haven't heard a whole lot about the White on Norfork lake. I do know that there are some big sows that are being caught on some feeders off of Bull Shoals around the Pontiac and Isabella areas which are about 30 minutes from the Norfork headwaters.

Brian