Weekend Fishing Report

[ozarkstripers.com]

Fished pothole from 8 pm til midnight Fri had one bight and caught one keeper...Went to barker hole after that and fished for two hours and had no luck. Went to swan creek area and caught another keeper around 2;30 am. Left shortly after. Saw numerous others fishing and only seen two other walleyes caught, both of those were short. Decided to go to udhall sat afternoon and fished til 10;30 p and only caught one 9 inch walleye. Seen a couple other small walleye caught along with some very small whites. How did everyone else do????

[Jason Essary]

Havent had time yet to go after the eyes. will let ya know as soon as I do but im a new comer to that area.

By the way, heard alot about the barker hole, where is it located?

[minnowhooker]

If you put in by Swan and head east, where the lake makes a turn south is the Barker Hole.

[Jason Essary]

Thanks minnowhooker. Now I have to ask, what is the best way to fish barker hole?

[minnowhooker]

Jason I don't bass fish but have fished the area for walleye. I mostly troll with spinner rigs and nightcrawlers. I wish I could be of more help but if your thinking of walleyes the cuts and rock humps from the dam to Beaver are a good place's to start and you might catch some bass also. I'm sure there are some bass guys that could chime in with a little more info.

[ozarkstripers.com]

There is a road sign there called barker hole road. Most the guys i have seen are using live bait, but in the past i have used rogues and purple swimming minnows at the head of the hole after dark. Trolling rogues on a long line probably the best way to find them this time of year...Just go slow no more that=n a mile an hour. If your in a boat put in at the bridge and head down stream. youll see the access and where people have been on the banks. There is also a bluff just below.

[powerdive]

I generally toss stickbaits on the steep rocky bluffs between Swan and Johnson Hole at night during the cold water period. While I've caught some very nice eyes that way, I've wondered about zipping straight across to the sandy, shallower shoreline flats opposite the channel bluffs. Don't see why there wouldn't be fish cruising those areas also, but I've never actually tried it. I've never seen another boat in those areas, either. Has anybody ever had any luck on the shallow sides?

[Phil Lilley]

Supposedly a guide has been going someplace around K-Dock (I think) and catching alot of whites the last couple of weeks. No location given. Only that he's catching them on and just off the "mud flats".

If someone had all day and was patient, he'd probably find some.

[Sam]

There is a road sign there called barker hole road.

Watch out when driving in there after a rain, it's the slickest place I've ever seen.

That's the only place I've ever stuck a 4WD pickup truck without it even digging in. The mud was so slick I got stuck on top! I'm talking about 2 hours of hooking chains together to reach trees and cranking on a come-along to finally drag the truck back to where I could get traction - slipping around on slick mud the whole time. Not one of my better fishing days.

[ozarkstripers.com]

Definitely been there done that. Usually jacking the truck up and putting wood and rocks under the tires. But they have recently graveled it. Couldn't believe it. Long time coming. As far as the shallow flats that is all I hit at night. I've never done well in deeper water at night. Most my biggest eyes have come two foot from bank. I toss the rogue as close too the bank as possible twitch then slowley bring it back twitching the whole way. I also throw my live bait with no weight and let it swim or wiggle right next to the bank, especially if there is an Eddie present.