Norfork Lake fishing report

Another beautiful morning on Norfork Lake in the Arkansas Ozarks. Slight to no ripple on the water. The surface temp was in the low 80's and will climb steadily during the day. The Norfork Lake level is at 562.7 and holding steady. Water is getting back to gin clear.

I spent the first hour of fishing just boating around trying to find some striped bass in deep water. No luck today with the stripers. The guides are catching a few stripers and hybrids from the Bennetts to dam area. The fish are still scattered and just starting to school up, at least that's what I am hoping. I headed back to the Bennetts area around 6:30AM and found a huge school of white bass busting the surface. There were two of us in the boat and we started throwing Zara spooks and had a blast. We were catching a fish almost every cast for about 45 minutes. None of the whites were huge, but they were a lot of fun to catch. My friend had a nice 2.5 - 3 pound largemouth on but decided to release it before he got it into the boat. It was a nice fish, I saw it swim away.

Until next time have a great time fishing and boating.