1St Timer On Bull Shoals

[johnm]

i fish table rock for bass a lot and have never pulled off it to go to bull shoals, im a youngin 26 sorry to be that guy but the rock has been struggling and sat im heading to bull shoals... any suggestions for a good ramp with good areas nearby? is diamond city decent right now or would i be better off heading towards the 125 area??? also what depth approximately? thanks for any insight John

[Martin]

I think the Bull is tough right now also. I had some good friends go out of Tucker Hollow Saturday. They are very good fisherman also. They said there was so many fish, and so many shad schools on the sonar, they couldn't believe they were catching near zilch. They spooned, trolled, threw everything and I believe they finally did catch one walleye and a dink bass or two, but it was T O U G H ...

[johnm]

martin, well im willing to travel into arkansas oklahoma or maybe even texas just to catch a few decent bass... any suggestions for a good lake to take off to??? if nothing else, maybe lake of the ozarks to catch a few... thanks for the quick reply

[teacher]

You ever fish Grand Lake in Oklahome? I heard the bass bite is not too bad right now. Look for Grand Lake reports from earlier this month on this sight. Good luck!

[johnm]

You ever fish Grand Lake in Oklahome? I heard the bass bite is not too bad right now. Look for Grand Lake reports from earlier this month on this sight. Good luck!

thanks teacher, i will take a good look... i also am considering dardanelle... anyone know, how does that fish?

[Wayne SW/MO]

Eucha and Spavinia lakes in OK have had some good reps in the past. You might check out how they're fishing now. I would never overlook Truman or the LOZ either.

[Mike Worley]

i fish table rock for bass a lot and have never pulled off it to go to bull shoals, im a youngin 26 sorry to be that guy but the rock has been struggling and sat im heading to bull shoals... any suggestions for a good ramp with good areas nearby? is diamond city decent right now or would i be better off heading towards the 125 area??? also what depth approximately? thanks for any insight John

John, Bull Shoals is in the "turn over" stage right now, hopefully this cold snap will have helped it along and the fall bite will be improving. I fished the Diamond City area several times in the last few weeks and found the bass bite to be pretty good. While we were fishing for walleyes we caught some 3-4 pound bass on jigging spoons as well as some walleyes in the same weight class. Each day I talked to other fishermen at the ramp that were catching bass on spinner baits, hula grubs, tube baits etc. The last day I fished out of Diamond city was 10/16/11 we caught mostly bass (LM & KY) on the spoons with white & chartreuse or chartreuse being the productive colors in 30'-40' on flat points. Many of the local bass guys were catching bass on spinner baits worked over the brush piles. While the bite was not red hot it wasn't dead either. BSL has a lot of shad schools right now so the fish aren't really in the chase mode but they will take a easy offering like a larger spoon worked a long the bottom or a jig crawled on a flat point.

[johnm]

thanks mike! i guess well put in at diamond city, or lead hill... i appreciate the info. if any of u see a blue ranger behind a maroon chevy with an old truck camper on it say hello thanks guys