Arkansas Lakes Fishing Report

Lake - Bull Shoals 11/26/06

Dam area to Lead Hill: Still a few fish taking topwater this past week, Heddon Spooks, Lucky Craft Sammys and Cotton Cordell RedFins have been the top baits, watch for surfacing fish to key you into where to cast. After the sun comes up move out to main lake and secondary pea gravel or mixed rock and gravel points and fish Jewel spider and football jigs in PB&J or green pumpkin / green flash matched up with a green pumpkin Chompers’ jig trailers or green pumpkin and pumpkin seed tubes. Either way maintain bottom contact with the bait from the bank out to 35’ deep and pay close attention whenever your bait hits any cover. There are also several fish being taken deep on War Eagle spoons or Chompers’ drop shot worms fished in and around schools of shad suspended off of points and bluff end.

Lead Hill to Power site: The topwater bite continues to hang on early and late in the upper end of Bull Shoals as well. On windy days Storm Wiggle Warts and War Eagle Spinnerbaits have been effective on mixed rock and gravel or chunk rock; parallel banks from two to eight feet deep trying to run your bait into any wood or rock cover you find in those depths. On calm days pitch a brown or PB&J Eakins’ jig with a green pumpkin Eakins craw around boat docks and other cover paying close attention to the shady areas created by the cover. Numbers of fish can still be caught on secondary points with a shaky head worm in green pumpkin or watermelon / red flake.