Norfork Lake Fishing Report

Well I am going through Norfork Lake fishing withdrawal. We have a full house of guests and my boat is out of the water until Sunday. At least I had time to give my boat its spring tune up and get it cleaned up. I did get some great news from several of our Bass Cat guests. They did get into some great top water action on Tuesday and Wednesday. They caught stripers, whites and black bass. They said they were erupting all over both in the morning as well as the evening. The lake temperature has risen to the low to mid 60's and slowly rising. Fishing will be a blast for the next month. The walleye are finally starting to hit rogues in the morning and the crappie are hitting small crank baits and rattle traps. All these fish are being caught by the bass fishermen while they're throwing for bass. The bass fishing has been really good so far this week. All are catching large and smallmouth bass and lots of them. Of course many are in the 8 - 14 inch range, but quite a few large ones are being caught. I just heard one of the tournament fishermen weighed in about 20 pounds today. Last years two day total was around 22 pounds. Fish are bigger and hitting better this year. The bass fishermen are throwing everything under the sun, crank baits, jerk baits, spinners, finesse worms, crawdad, ect, ect, ect. The fish are hitting all. I spoke with a few guides this morning and they are all finally catching limits of stripers with live bait in the mornings and afternoons. The fish are really starting to turn on. (and I can't go fishing til Sunday!)

The Norfork Lake level has risen with all the rain in the area. It is currently at about 554.7 and still rising slowly. Generation is intermittent. Lake temps low to mid 60's. The water is clear in the main lake, slightly off color to coffee color back in the creeks.

We hope see you on the lake and happy fishing. Don't miss out on the spring bite. We still have openings, just give us a call for reservations. If you've been here for the top water bite you have to agree that for fishing fun there is no better place to be than at an Ozark Mountain resort on Norfork Lake.