Swepco 02/14

[Kyle R]

It's supposed to be nice-ish this Friday, but I haven't been there in a few years. Any tips? I'm going to go with the old standbys of a seven inch trick worm and a Rapala x-rap jerk bait. But I'm also thinking of trying a bluegill colored swim jig and a bluegill colored spinnerbait. Does this sound like it would work? Any tips would be much appreciated.

[Sore Thumbs]

Word is they are generating. If so a fluke would work good too.

[Guest]

Cloudy days fishing fish shallow.

Worms, topwater, flukes

Sunny fish deep with finesse worms and jigs.

I'm going to use the Ned rig, drop shot & weightless senko

[Kyle R]

Color of fluke? I prefer pearl white but I don't think there's a lot shad in that lake. Watermelon maybe?

[Guest]

Disco shad or Arkansas shiner

I would throw a 3.5" swimbait around timber and stump flats

[Hojo]

Make that 2 tournaments this weekend. Anybody know anything about another winter series out there?

[NWAfishbiologist]

Hello everyone. I am a fisheries biologist for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and just found out that SWEPCO is going to be pulling transmission lines on a cove of the lake next Tuesday to Friday (2-18 through 2-21, 2014). A contractor for SWEPCO will be closing a cove of the lake to boating and fishing on those dates. The cove is on the north end of the lake and runs to the northeast. This is the cove that is just to the northwest of the power plant. The contractor is going to place a buoy line at the mouth of the cove. If anyone has any questions, post back or give me a call 479-640-6422. Thank you.

Jon Stein

Fish Management Biologist

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

2805 West Oak Street

Rogers, AR 72758