Arkansas Lakes Fishing Report

Lake - Bull Shoals 1/15/05:

Dam area to Lead Hill: The colder weather has backed the fish off away from the banks, the most consistent pattern is fishing deep with either a spoon or a drop shot. Try a white or chrome 3/4oz spoon on bluff ends and channel swings where you find shad on your graph. IF the fish are a little finicky and won't eat a spoon switch over to a green pumpkin finesse worm on a drop shot rig and work the fish until they bite.

Lead Hill to Power site: There is still allot of current in the upper end of the lake, best bite has been either a Lucky Craft Point 100 in chartreuse shad fished on deep rocky points with a little wind blowing on them. Fan cast the point and work the bait slowly with long pauses between the twitches. The other productive pattern is an Eakins' jig fished on bluff ends and channel swings in both the main lake and major creek arms, fish a Missouri Craw Eakins jig with a green pumpkin twin tail grubs in 10' - 25' of water.