Obstacle Course Below Bull Shoals Dam

[Ham]

I haven't fished immediately below the dam since they added the current breaks. I was wondering how much the current beaks have shifted since the initial implamentation and if they pose a significant navigation risk.

Are they visible at all water levels?

I HAD a pretty good feel for how the current would drift you along based on where you started your drift from below the dam. Does the flow from the dam tend to push you towards the new obstacles?

I do plan on fishing there sometime after 2-1-10 and would like to know what to watch out for prior to boating.

[Brian K. Shaffer]

I would love to see pics of the current breaks they put in. Anybody got a shot at low water ? Brian

[Hotdawg Guide Service]

I would love to see pics of the current breaks they put in. Anybody got a shot at low water ? Brian

The long cedar tree breaks all were blown down he river the big rootwads are still there but have moved some. The gravel in the State Park hole is changing and that is what the game and fish doesn't realize that now they have changed the flow and the gravel will be moved a lot more than normal and the shoots and shoals will change and sometimes not for the good!! Be careful on the Marion county side by the dam. GOD Bless Hotdawg!!

[Ham]

Yeah, the left side drift is MUCH more difficult. The left center drift is VERY difficult.

Agreed Hotdawg. Any time you manipulate flown, you stand a good chance of changing things downstream as well.