Bass Fishing Trip Report

[Ham]

Still learning the lake.

Weather was interesting. Windy then calm. RAIN and then sun. Some big nasty static electricity (also know as lightening) a little too close for comfort.

Most of the time we had enough wind or rain or clouds (or combo of all three) to help keep the fish active.

The shad have not moved in the backs of any of the creeks I have seen yet. The shad I graphed were in the 60 foot range.

We caught a fair number of bass (LMB, spots, and smallies). Nothing of any size really. We did have several legal spotted bass, but it was a C&R trip.

Water temp was about 64' on the surface. We caught fish on grubs, cranks, topwater, and spinnerbaits.

Water color ranged from very clear to way too d*** clear.

I saw isolated blow ups way off shore which I guess was stripers, but we did not catch any of those.

I need better electronics and the gps waypoints for about 1000 deep water brush piles.

I plan on fishing Norfork spring and fall. In the winter, I'll trout fish and once it warms, I'll be on the rivers and creeks.

[WebFreeman]

Good report. Sounds like a good trip.