Norfork Lake Arkansas fishing reports

03/21/06:

Lake Report Provided by:blackburnsresort@centurytel.net

The weather has been very cool for several days but the water temperature has been just over 50 degrees. We were fortunate to not get flooded like Dallas and snow like the midwest and east coast. Our normal high is in the mid 60's and low in the high 30's to low 40's. It will warm up very quickly now.

We have received timely rains and the lake has come up about 4 feet and our loading ramp is now useable. We are lower than normal but it has not hurt fishing or lake accessibility at blackburn's. Fishing is now in the full spring mode. Blackburn's brush piles are full of fish. There is a map of them in the game room. Mark them when you check in.

Stripers are now in their simulated spawn and are on the flat banks after dark as I predicted earlier. Position your boat as far from the bank as you can cast. Use the 5-in suspending rogue and slow roll it back to the boat. Giant fish are being taken.

Walleye are finished spawning and the males can be caught on a weighted hook with an Arkansas shiner super fluke cast to the bank in the creeks. Females are suspending and are hard to catch. Bink's and I went fishing Thursday night and caught some nice walleye and some hybrids in the 12-14 lb. range. Also we caught some nice stripers.

Bass are in the creeks in off-colored water and can be caught with white grubs and flukes. They are mixed in with the white bass.

White bass are in full spawn in the creeks and can be caught with white grubs. Fish in the 2-3 lbs range are being caught with little difficulty. You can also try a roadrunner. Remember catch and release. It will grow on you.

Steve at Blackburn's