It is a rainy morning on Norfork Lake in the Arkansas Ozarks. We have had our share of rain in the last week as has the rest of the country. The lake is rising slowly, which is a good thing. The buck brush and the shore line foliage is going under water which give the bass a great place to feed. My current guests are throwing crank baits that dive about 8 ft and catching many large and smallmouth bass. The water temperature is slowly dropping which is also a very good thing. With the 65 - 68 degree temperatures the bass, crappie and walleye are becoming much more active and are really starting to feed aggressively. Sunday afternoon one of my guests caught his limit of walleye using a 2 ounce bottom bouncing weight attached to a night crawler harness. He was fishing along bluff lines in 25 - 30 feet of water. Last evening another guest got into some top water white bass. They had a blast throwing top water baits and then spooning when the fish would go down. They were fishing at the mouth of our cove and said they could see the fish erupt all the way towards the 101 bridge. Another guest has been crappie fishing and the large slabs are being caught in 20 - 30 feet of water over sunken trees/brush. Live crappie minnows are the bait of choice. Roadrunners and curly tail grubs are also producing some nice fish.
I should have my boat back this week, I can't wait.
The Norfork Lake water level is currently at 558.7 and slowly rising. The corps is running one generator about 6 hours per day. The current water temperature is in the mid to upper 60's. The main lake is clear, but the creeks and coves are dingy greenish brown with all the rain and runoff that we have had.
Have a great day and see you all on the lake.
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