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I got out to fish a little yesterday in the Buck creek area caught 1 20" walleye on a stickbait about 10 AM before the wind died. Beautiful day to be on the water wish I would have gotten out earlier. Tomorrow I'm going to try and be on the lake at sunrise. Water temp was 43 at 9:30 AM and 47 at 4:30 when I put the boat back on the trailer. I caught some Smallmouth bass also, the walleye was on a spawning type bank half way into a creek in less than 15 FOW and hit a avocado shad colored suspending rouge. Here's a tip on color for Bull Shoals lake: I have found that when the lake is clear (3'+ visibility) and low a suttle color like green or smoke are usually more productive than loud colors like clown or fire tiger this holds true for other lures also like grubs and jigs. When the lake level is rising or the water is less clear try the clown or chartreuse colors. A good jig to try in the winter for bass is a avocado colored flat tail (beaver tail) grub. These are not the easiest lure to find but I have caught many bass in the winter the on them the only name I know for this lure is "Sting ray grub" fish it along bluff walls on a plain jig head a slow dragging action just let it fall off the ledges and watch for a line twitch to set the hook. Big Red's tackle in Lakeview, Arkansas has the String Ray grub in stock for $.25 each.

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Tom Mann labeled his sting ray grubs and I have always thought they produced better than curly tails. When I can't find them, I fish reapers.

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I fished Buck Creek 01/29/2011 and caught a 4 lb bass on the second place I went to and if I had another bite the rest of the day I didnt know it. It was really tuff Saturday or at least it was for me. Typical high sky, no wind scenerio.

HOOK 'EM HORNS
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Fished out of Pontiac on Saturday and had some luck. Caught a 15" Small and two 18" Largies using a Middle N in my new favorite color. The smallie came in the back of a popular cove in about 10 or 12 FOW and the others came in two different smaller coves, really not too much bigger than a pocket on ditch transitions in about 10-12 FOW as well. I was fishing this lure VERY SLOWLY bouncing off as much structure as possible and that seemed to be the key. Water temps started in the 43 range and ended up around 48.5. Beautiful day to be on the water and it really made me anxious for Spring. Looking forward to the precip we are sposed to get here the next couple days, time to start getting that water level UP for Spring.

Gung

"Some go to church and think about fishing, others go fishing and think about God."

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