K-dock Ramp?

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How about them St. Louis Rams!!!!

[Tightline]

There has always been something about upper Bull that makes people not want to give out any info about fishing,and I will have to say that I'm guilty to.I will give up info about the James,Stockton or Truman without regret, but I am alot more cautious at CERTAIN times of the year when it comes to upper Bull.

Most of my family lives in Forsyth.My brother lives within walking distance of the Pothole,and in late winter and spring he's down there prowling the banks about every day, and even tho he is my brother,its like pulling teeth to get him to tell me whats going on at Swan or the Pothole.

As far as how much information to give in your reports,its everyones right to post what they want,just be careful and don't get burnt.

[Sam]

I went by the K Dock ramp two days ago, and it's in fine shape. Water level is what I consider normal (three steps showing above water on the old concrete steps) and the lower road has been bladed off. There were three boat trailers parked, so some folks are out fishing. I just hope we don't get as much rain next spring, and that the lake will stay at a fishable level.

Forsythian, et al - I don't think that report was real specific. Naming the three biggest creek arms below K Dock and saying to fish the chunk rock points is pretty basic stuff.

In the holiday spirit, I'll give away one of my crappie holes here (I've got 50+ in upper Bull Shoals). Now, this is what over-specific information to post would be like (and I ain't giving any of my other spots away this easy):

Just above (upstream from) Snapp Holler a big power line crosses the lake. On the west side the bank is steep and where they cleared the trees under the power line a couple of trees toppled into the lake making a brush pile near the bank in about 12' of water. It's brushy as all get out and you'll hang up a lot, but when conditions are right I've taken limits of keeper crappie right out of those trees. Smaller crappie tend to hang around the outside branches, but the bigger ones are right in the middle of that mess.

ENJOY - and I hope you take a kid with you.

[crappiefisherman]

Sam, aint that the spot the last poor fellows ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,oh never mind

[Sam]

"Sam, aint that the spot the last poor fellows ...... "

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Naw, no tricks.

Crappiefisherman, I figure YOU know that spot - I think your ball cap is hanging on a bush there.

That's a spring and early summer crappie hole, obviously. The big shallow flat that starts just below there is a spawning flat, so that brushpile is a staging area before the spawn - then crappie stay there halfway through the summer.

I ain't talking about 2008, when the thing was 40 feet under water.

[crappiefisherman]

O good you found my hat.I thought I left it at that one good lookin gals,,,,,,,,,,,,er I mean the grocery store

[crappiefisherman]

Sam all kiddin aside , isnt that where the 2 logs are at opposing angels, and if you swim your swimming minnow(white)TO THE TREES AND LET IT FALL TILL YOU FEEL THE SLIGHT TAP TAP ,,, YOU CAN CATCH THOSE SMALL 2 FOOT GAR ??

[Tightline]

Sam, if you have 50+ spots on upper Bull then I think you should donate a few more to some of us deprived forum members,feel free to PM me.

That flat and the one below Snap have eaten more lower units and props when the water is a little low than any others.

I did see a pontoon run up on that mud flat there at Woodard park once.They all had to get out push and pull for about an hour.

[Sam]

"have eaten more lower units and props when the water is a little low"

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Hey, I'm pretty good at not letting my prop hit anything - let alone tearing up lower units.

Some real fun I've had down there, my partner and I were fishing one summer night in the flooded stick-ups on the deep outside bend just above Drury. The inside of that bend, you know, is a shallow mud flat. The water was low then, and that flat was about a foot deep way out from the bank - you needed to make a real wide swing around it.

There was a bass tournament out of K Dock that night, and those guys obviously weren't local and didn't know the lake. They all thought they could run at night about 60 mph, and most of them thought they could cut that corner. He he.

We were getting the Doppler effect. Here'd come a bass boat - WEEEEEEEE - OOOOOOMPH. Then there'd be a lot of cussin' and thumpin' for the next 15 minutes while they got what was left of their prop and lower end tilted up out of the mud and used a paddle to pole the boat into deep water. Then after a bit, here'd come another one and the same thing would happen. We got to where we'd see one coming and do a count-down - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - WHOOOOMPH.

We caught a bunch of bass that night, and had all that entertainment too. When we got back to the ramp some tournament guys were still there - looking at their props and griping about it. They all had patches on their shirts, so I guess they're real good fishermen.

Sometimes I make my own fun.

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Crappiefisherman - if you see gar at that spot then it's too late in the summer for crappie to be there. Once the water gets too warm, you won't find them around that flat.

[Forsythian]

When the water's in the 640's, my hands get a bit sweaty on the run between Kdock and Beaver Creek... there is alot of VERY interesting water to fish in that stretch though.