Bull Shoals Fishing Report 8/19/10

[Mike Worley]

We fished the Pt. 9 to Pt.7 area yesterday. The weather was HOT and the walleye bite was pretty hot also. We spent most of the day trolling Reef Runners over deep water with the best two walleyes of the day (29 1/2" & 26 1/2") plus a few shorts & white bass being caught on 800's during the middle of the day. We switched over to b/b & crawler rigs to pick up 3 more keepers ( 21"-24" ). The 5 walleyes totaled 25.1 pounds on my digital scale. 35'-45' seemed to be the best zone for the crankbait fish & 30'-34' for the B/B with the sides on secondary points being where we caught'em. Here's a copy on my latest fishing report.

The bite on Bull Shoals continues to be good. The Walleyes & Spotted Bass can be found on the main lake points as well as the creek channels and larger deep coves. Most are being caught on crawler harnesses with a whole crawler or a half crawler on a plain slow death hook or slow death spinner rig. The most productive zone seems to be 30'-40'. Walleyes & spotted Bass are still being caught trolling deep diving crank baits. Bass are very active at first daylight pushing baitfish to the surface in a feeding frenzy and can be caught on surface or shallow running crankbaits as well as 4" grubs before the sun gets up.

[eyeman]

thanks for the reports Mike .wish i could get back out again soon . maybe stockton next weekend or 125 area on bull .keep up the good work. planning on coming to see you again in the fall .

[powerdive]

That's a heckuva good day, Mike! Nice report.

[watermen]

nice fish anywhere. kudos