Bass Fishing Report

[Riverwhy]

I fished the mid lake area of Norfork Lake on Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning. The fish are very active in the mornings and evenings in the back of the creeks. Stained water and wind blowing into the coves were the key. I started the trip Friday morning throwing a megabass suspending jerk bait off a main lake point. I know it is pretty late for jerk baits but I caught a nice three pound largemouth on the first cast. I three it out in about 25 feet of water off the point and cranked it down to around 8 feet. I let it set for 30 seconds and got bit on the first twitch. A great way to start a trip. We then moved back to the creeks and caught several shorts on the jerk bait and a nice keeper large on a jig fished in the weeds in only about three feet of water. Later that evening we went to the back of another creek and found real nice large female white bass that were hitting on silver rattle traps. At the end of the evening I managed a 23 inch hybrid bass on a silver spook thrown at splashing on the surface.

Saturday we fought the wind and managed five short largemouth on rogues and a couple of whites on the rattle trap. Saturday evening we finally got smart enough to move to a creek that had the wind blowing into it and caught five keeper largemouth, two nice hybrids, and several big white bass. We threw rogues and rattle traps.

Sunday morning we only fished for a few hours but caught a dozen short largemouth, three keeper largemouth, a nice hybrid and several white bass. Rogues and a white spinner bait with a trailer hook was the key.