Fishing Report

[Larry Richards]

I fished the Big creek and Bennett's area of Norfork yesterday with Mark Goines Host of the TV show Hooked on Fishing we caught over 100 fish mostly between 10 and 14".We did finally find the keeper size fish holding at the base of trees on the flats in 8 foot of water pitching Texas rig Berkley green pumpkin tube baits with a 1/2 oz pegged weights for a fast fall to the base of the trees through the thick limbs....You have to pitch to the center of the tree and let it fall straight down if you pitch to the outside edges of the tree you catch the smaller fish.Many of them bad boys would hit the tube as we started pulling the bait up through the tree for another pitch.Most of the smaller fish hit a white spinnerbait and a 1/4 oz black back chrome rattle trap..Look for the bait fish.