Arkansas Lakes Fishing Report

Lake - Bull Shoals 07/21/06

Dam area to Lead Hill: Most of the fish have moved deep in the last couple of weeks; Spotted Bass have moved off shore and are following schools of shad on points, bluff ends and saddles, Smallmouth have moved out deep on pea gravel points and roll offs and can be caught on Jewel 5/16 oz pro spider or ½ oz heavy cover finesse football jigs as deep as 40’ deep, Largemouth are also holding deeper on points and bluff ends but can be caught as shallow as 5’ deep early and late in the day.

Lead Hill to Power site: Most of the fish have been caught around wood and rock cover on both points and channel swing banks on Eakins jigs and craw combos or 6” Texas rigged worms. Look for isolated piece of cover to hold most of the fish and make repetitive casts to be successful. In the backs of many creeks you will find schools of shad, when you find them throw a square bill around any of the visible wood cover, make sure to make contact with the cover to trigger strikes.

Report #2

Lake - Bull Shoals 07/21/06

Fishing report for BULL SHOALS LAKE home of the record Largemouth Bass.
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On Bull Shoals the best Bass bite is at night and early in the morning. Try around brush piles in 30’ of water with plastic worms or jigs.

Kentucky Bass are suspended under Shad schools, and jigging spoons are working well for them. Graph an area to find the Shad, and then drop a spoon thru them to the bass below.

Walleye are in depths of 28’ to 48’ around points or off of flats. Best baits are Nightcrawlers or leeches on harness rigs with red, gold, or blue colored blades. Trollers are scoring well with Glass Shad or Reef runners on lead core lines.

Best wishes,
Ron

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