Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

Lee Richardson goes to our church with his wife and kids. His dad is Fred Richardson, former owner of Buck Creek Marina on Bull Shoals. I met Fred and his lovely wife, Vera, back in the late 80's on the dock. They were great with people - fisherpeople. Still are.

Lee took me over to Protem this morning where we started our fishing day our of Buck Creek with Fred at the helm. Fred is still guiding and doing quite well. Lee said they've been catching alot of whites and other mixed species spooning in 35 to 55 feet of water on the flats.

We got away from the dock about 9 am. It was cold! Arrived in the Lead Hill area and almost immediately found fish in 37 feet of water. Fred dropped 2 buoys and we started catching whites. It wasn't hot and heavy. We doubled up once. Fished till noon and had 30+ whites and 2 yellow perch. Saw lots of activity on the screen but with a high blue sky and wind out of the east, we were lucky to catch anything.

Had a great morning... Nice to see the Richardson's again and nice to see a part of Bull Shoals I hadn't seen in a long time.