Yesterday was a gorgeous day on Norfork Lake with great fishing to make it even better. The Spring bite is starting. It cooled off a little and was only in the high 50's, but the forecast for the next several days is for warm day time temperatures and in the 40's for the evenings. There is a slight chance of showers over the next couple of days.
Here is a nice 5 pound bass caught by one of our guests from the St. Louis area. He caught this fish back in the Fouts area around some docks. He was pitching a jigging frog with good success. There are two men in the party and they have fished the bayou area to coves across from our dock and have caught many bass from the dinks to keeper size fish. The fish are all being caught in the 10 foot deep range. All fish have been released with this big one released at my dock.
I fished last evening in the Cranfield area. I left the dock around 5:30PM and came back in around 8:30PM, when I got too cold. I'm going to have to dress much warmer for when the sun sets! I caught 5 largemouth bass in the 2.5 - 3 pound range in the first 45 minutes and then it got dark and the bite stopped. I was throwing a bone colored suspending rouge along a deep bluff line. I casted next to the shore line, twitched the rouge twice to get it down to about 2 feet then stopped. All hits came when the bait stopped and was motionless. I was hoping for striped bass after dark but no luck last evening. I have plans on going out again this evening with a guide friend to see if the night bite starts. All my fish were released immediately, and are waiting for the next fisherman to come along.
The Norfork Lake surface water temperature was at 48.7 in the Cranfield area. Reports are that the water temperature was above 50 back in the bayou. The lake is clearing nicely with the creeks and coves still a little stained. Not a bad thing for fishing. The Norfork Lake level is holding steady at 551.92, slightly under normal pool. The Corps is running generators only part of the day.
Happy fishing and see you all soon for the Norfork Lake spring bite.
lou glad to se the fishing is picking up wish we could make it this year...but the economy has taken a toll on all of us..so we are just saving so we can get back next year...
ReplyDeleteThe bass fishing has been just fantastic this winter and so far this early spring. I think all the high water over the last couple of years has improved all species. Sorry you can't make it this year, but hopefully we will see all of you next year.
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