Missouri Lakes Fishing Report

Lake - Bull Shoals 06/05/06:

BULL SHOALS LAKE REPORT,northern sector. Submitted as a community service by SPRING CREEK ENTERPRISES. Don and Judy Schnable 417 273 4859 schnabs@webound.com

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June 5, 2006

Stability is the word for this past week. The weather has been stable and the lake level has been stable. Lake level is 654.46, so we are just a few inches above normal pool. However, with the constant (warm) weather the water temperature has risen. Temperatures are 75 to 77 degrees throughout the lake. This means that most of the game fish are starting to move looking for a possible thermocline where they will spend the summer. The bluegills and sunfish are still close to the banks and are easy to catch with bobbers and worms. The crappie have started to move toward the deeper brush piles. Bobby Garland Swimming Minnows in Blue Thunder and Crystal Minnow have worked this past week swimming through the brush piles and around docks that have brush. Crappie minnows on a colored jig head have also had some success.

Largemouth bass are hitting top water in the mornings on Zara Spooks and Pop R’s. The best presentation is just fan-casting around a point. During the day, the largemouth are sliding out into deeper water as the water temperature warms so fish jigs or Carolina rigs with finesse worms or brush hogs in about 28 to 30 feet water. Smallmouth bass have been scarce this past week with the larger Smallmouth being caught late afternoon and at night. Best bite is from dawn to 9 a.m. And again from 5 p.m. Until midnight . They are using the drop offs and ledges as cover, and have moved out to 25 to 30 feet of water. Spider jigs, tubes and grubs have been the best baits. Kentucky bass are still under the shad, pushing them to the top throughout the day to frenzy feed. Pop R’s and Spit’N Image top water baits are working well during feeding. Drop shot rigs are now triggering Kentuckys under balls of shad during the heat of the day.

Walleye have been elusive this past week. The quality walleye are in 30 to 32 feet over the drop offs. Long liners are doing well with Deep Little Rippers, Bill Norman DD14’s and Bandit’s Walleye baits. Bottom bouncing with a nightcrawlers or a leech on a harness will work best early morning and late afternoon/early evening. Night walleye are still moving in close enough to trigger on Shad Raps and X-raps.

NIGHT TIME: The bass are biting very well at nighttime. It seems the best time is from 9 p.m. To midnight . Jig and pig or tube baits are working great. Secondary points and brush piles are holding the largemouth and flats and main lake points are holding the smallies.

Remember to keep only what you can eat and release the rest for another day. Rick Culver of Wilderness Trail does the research for this report and the writing of this report. For more information call Rick or Sue Culver at Wilderness Trail at 870-445-2703, e-mail us at wtrail@bullshoals.net or check out our web site at www.wildernesstrail.com

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