This morning brought a nice catch of a 3.5 pound largemouth caught in Norfork Lake. Our guest from the Chicago area, was using a white fluke and casting a point in the Pigeon Creek area. We were fishing out of my boat and fished Pigeon Creek, Cranfield Island and a few coves across from the island. We had OK luck, but not as good as last Tuesday. We caught several smaller largemouth and Kentucky bass. I mainly used a white & chartreuse Zara spook.
I was out scouting for top water action, but it was minimal, very hard to find in the fog. I spotted some action off of Cranfield Island, but it was too far away from where we were fishing. It lasted about 10 minutes, then boat traffic drove the fish down and that was that. I had planned on traveling to the dam area, but the fog changed my fishing location very quickly. It was dense, wet and cool. Several of my guide friends are fishing the dam area and said the striped bass are coming up very early, then once the sun is up the bite stops or slows greatly.
The Norfork Lake level is still on the rise, currently sitting at 556.8 (4.8 ft above normal pool). The Norfork Lake water temperature is in the low to mid 60's and rising slowly. Full moon will be Saturday 5/9/09. It already looks full to me. The lake is gin clear. Even back in coves sitting in 10 ft of water the bottom looks like you could touch it. Down size your line and make sure it is clear or invisible once in the water. The clear water has its benefits, when you miss a fish you can see what you just lost.
Well, hope to see you all soon and happy fishing.
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