Ron and I fished the mid lake on Bull Shoals on Monday 2/21

[Steve McBasser]

Ron and I had 17 keepers between us on Monday. We put in at a mid lake ramp about 9:45am with a light breeze blowing, water temp about 48*, and the air temp was about 45* and rising. We started out with a bottom bouncer but after fishing for an hour and a half we only had a couple of dinks in the boat. Both fish we caught hit right at the boat so we figured they weren't on the bottom. They were chasing something so Ron put on a bait that swims instead of bounces and hooked a 5 pounder and got her right up to the side of the boat. I dug around for the net but before I could get it free she had come unbuttoned.... Dang I was sick, and so was he. Two casts later another good fish buttoned up and we got her in the boat this time. Well, my momma didn't raise no fool so as quick as I could I put on the same bait Ron was throwing and we commenced to have a hay day...... We caught 'em and caught 'em and caught 'em...... Maybe it was this cold front moving in, I don't know, but they definitely had the feed bag on. It was awesome. 

[Steve McBasser]

[Fish24/7]

If we don't flood and get super high, this spring is going to be incredible fishing! Thanks for sharing such a great day! 

[Nick Adams]

Wow! Nice fish

[Fish24/7]

I was talking to some fellow Bull Shoals anglers last night and they all reported fantastic days in the last 3 weeks of February! From what I saw personally there was a crawfish spawn that had these fish really turned on. I was seeing  crawdads everywhere I went while bank fishing. They were right by the bank walking around like they were looking for lovers haha.  By middle March these craws will be carrying eggs.  These anglers dont mind me sharing information because it's not really a secret how they do it. Its just basic bass fishing really. I don't know exactly where they were fishing on the lake either. The wiggle wart/cranking bite was really good early morning and on windy days , the shallow jig bite during sunny calm days was was very good I hear .  If there was stained water the spinnerbait /swimbait bite was hot. All these people told me the bite was just awesome while the  craws were active.  As soon as this sleet melts I'm so ready to get back out there.

[willyfish]

Shhhh, be quiet. No need to spook the fish or wake anyone up. 

[Fish24/7]

18 hours ago, willyfish said:

Shhhh, be quiet. No need to spook the fish or wake anyone up. 

Lake has been busy all winter even during the week. Everybody knows how good it's been .😄  Plenty of fish to go around for us all!   There's been a lot of YouTube videos fishing bull shoals in the last couple years so lots of info out there to be learned. Bull really made a strong comeback since the lm bass virus . I remember back then if you caught 1 or 2 keepers a day it was a great day, night tourneys were won with 7-8 pounds.  What a difference a few floods make and everything fell into place so get out and enjoy it whenever you can. Lots of prime spawning size black bass that will boost the population even more for the  near future, those fish pics ☝️are what I'm talking about