Fishing Report / 2/17/11

[Mike Worley]

The shallow water bite on BSL is getting better as warm weather and strong winds are warming the water in the back of creek & main lake coves. Look for areas that have had the wind blowing into them. Best coves seem to be chunk rock with some wood cover located in less than 20 fow in the back of the cove. Look for areas with some colored water which will help with the water temperature a difference of one or two degrees can make the difference in catching or not catching fish. The back end of productive coves yesterday showed temps of 48-50 degrees while other areas showed 45-46 degrees. From 3PM to about 6PM we caught 6 bass(3 keepers to 17") and a 20" walleye on suspending Rogues. A pretty hard snap followed by a long pause seemed to trigger the bite T-Shad, gold clown & avacado shad all caught fish.

[cotterboy2007]

nice report. i appreciate the info

[Mike Worley]

fishing report 2/20/11

This unusually warm February weather has really helped the bite on Bull Shoals Lake. Bass fishing has been good with lots of keeper size Large Mouth, Spotted & Smallmouth biting on everything from suspending stickbaits to jigs. Walleye are being caught on suspending stickbaits and White bass are moving into the back of the major creek arms and are biting on white or smoke colored grubs in shallow water. Crappie are staging along the bluff banks in the creek arms and can be caught on jig & minnows and small crankbaits. Look for the warmest water you can find, the coves that are facing south are warming to 47-55 degrees when the south wind is blowing. Try to find water that has some color to it as these areas warm fastest and are holding shad and gamefish. Work your stickbaits according to the water temperature a slow jerk with as long of a pause as you can stand in the colder clearer water with a more aggressive snap and pause in the warmer colored water...........................Mike Worley (ar.walleyes@yahoo.com)