Over the last week we saw a big cold front with a major
winter storm come through. After the weather improved, I was able to get back on
the lake and found that not much had changed except for a slight drop in water temperature.
I have mainly striped bass fished the last several days and found the bait and
fish in the same areas as before the storm. There is alot of bait near deep
water channels as well as right in the channel. When you find these massive
schools of bait, you need to start looking with your depth finder until you
locate the feeding fish. The fish are feeding anywhere from 20 feet down to 60
feet in 70 to 95 feet of water. I mainly have been vertical jigging with a
one-ounce white spoon. I keep my bait at 30 or 40 feet down and when fish come
though at a different depth I either reel up or drop the spoon down. You will
need to figure out how many feet of line per crank of your particular reel to
get the to right depth. When trying to go deeper, figure out how fast your lure
drops so you can count down to get to the proper depth. Live bait is also
working very well. I have also trolled Berkley
Flicker Minnows set at 30 to 40
feet down and have picked up some nice fish. My fishing area has not changed. I
am finding fish from the Cranfield area down to the 101 Boat Dock area. Find
the bait and the stripers should be nearby.
Norfork Lake surface water temperature is holding in the 44
– 46 degree range but may start to rise slowly with the spring type weather we
are having. The lake level is fluctuating a little up, then down with intermittent
power generation. The current lake level sits at 552.19 ft. msl. The lake
remains slightly stained.
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Happy Fishing and enjoy Norfork Lake.
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