Bull Shoals Fishing Report

[Mike Worley]

Fishing Report 9/7/10

The bite on Bull Shoals is good. Walleyes, Crappie & Bass are following schools of shad out in the main lake and larger creek channels. Trolling large deep diving crank baits in the 30'-40' range is catching the most keeper fish. There is also some surface activity so keep a casting rig handy. Some fish can be found on deeper brush piles and will bite jigging spoons, grubs and split shotted night crawlers. The Bluegills are bedding 30' deep and large Bluegills are bitting well on crawlers when you find them, creek banks and pockets seem to be the best place to look.

You really need to cover water right now to be successful. Look for schools of shad suspended out in the middle of the channels in 80'+ and troll big noisy baits like 800 Reef Runners at 2.2-3.2+ MPH when you find the big balls of shad the game fish are under them. The bottom bouncer/ crawler rig that has been so successful all summer has really slowed down as the fish have pretty much just moved off the banks.

[Walleyedmike]

Pretty shady looking fishing partner there, Mike. Nice stringer of fish, though.

WM