12-18-13 Mid To Upper Bull Shoals Lake Report

[Bill Babler]

Bulll Shoals Lake Fishing Report--Walleye 12-18-13 Busters Guide Service

by Bill Babler

Buster is at it again. I Keep getting pictures and text messages about catching walleye. He is on them decent, and if anyone would like to learn some valuable walleye and bass techniques for cold water presentations now thru February is the time to get in touch with him.

We hope we can get him to do a seminar on Upper Bull this Winter, but he is pretty hard to move. If you would like to learn from him on the water, give him a call at 417-335-0357

You will not load the boat by any means, this is a slow down presentation that has not only caught him huge walleye but lots of quality bass. A client last week with him had one close to 9 pounds.

A good 6 hr. trip would be a couple of walleye hoping for a keeper and a dozen bass, that could be BIG.

Good Luck

[bfishn]

I believe that feller's got a handle on it, yep.

[RSBreth]

Upper Bull has been tough for the cast and pray crowd - but if you have all the details down and are willing to focus on every second of every looooonnnngggg retrieve, it's really been great for me, too. I can't wait for a little more stable weather although tomorrow could be "the day" for this week... and I have to work.

[powerdive]

Somebody's gotta teach that boy how to hold a walleye for the camera!

[Bill Babler]

Where that walleye is going it won't matter how its being held.

Upper Bull has been tough for the cast and pray crowd - but if you have all the details down and are willing to focus on every second of every looooonnnngggg retrieve, it's really been great for me, too. I can't wait for a little more stable weather although tomorrow could be "the day" for this week... and I have to work.

You are exactly right. 90% of very good fisherman cannot catch these fish. Another point is that the longer in the day they go without catching one the worse they fish. Buster gets better as the day goes on. I fish 10 times harder when they are not biting and amp up my concentration level. Very seldom even with all those hooks will these Winter time walleye catch themselves. You may fish 3 hrs. without a bite and then, if your technique is still good, catch a limit in 4 casts. You must however maintain your concentration and fish each cast like it is the last cast you will ever make.

If you are able to do that you can catch Winter time walleye on Bull Shoals.

[RSBreth]

Exactly right. I missed what I think was my biggest "Eye" ever because of a little lapse in concentration back a few weeks ago. Definitely have to bring your "A" game down there.

[johndarin]

What is he catching them on most of the time?

[bfishn]

It's surprising how much these fish move this time of year. I was able to track a nice school for 7 nights out of 10 a few years back. They'd leave a 30' hole at dusk and moved 1/2 mile up and back by dawn. You could wait for them at a pause point, and have the heat for 20-30 minutes, then move to the next one once they headed that way. Pretty awesome.

Those fish vanished at sunup. I scratched a few with their heads in the rocks, but you had to go in after them.

[RSBreth]

What is he catching them on most of the time?

Suspending Jerkbaits.

[Roger Craig]

He's got an OU hat on, gotta love those Oklahoma Cornhuskers

Wish I could afford him and go out.