Norfork Lake Arkansas Fishing Reports

07/13/06:

BASS: Bass have moved deeper, around the 30ft range. Daytime fishing has slowed some what. The most action is either early in the am or late in the afternoon. Topwater action off main bluff points and on secondary points with spooks, sammys, and the like. The nite-bite has been a more productive than the day bite. Soft plastics have been the key. Jigs & worms have worked best. Eakins Jigs & Dragon Jigs in PBJ, Black with Blue Flake, and matching trailers from Yamamoto, Zoom, Net Biat...FYI - these soft plastics are also working well in the early am and late afternoon.

Walleye: They are around the 35ft range. The trollers have been most productive using Hot-n-Tots, Reef Runners and Rapala Glass Shad Raps. Also, the Walleye have been hitting Night Crawlers on Crawler Harnesses fairly well too! There has been some nice spoon action on the walleyes around 7am to 11 am using Binks Spoons. Limits of 3 to 4 pounders have
been caught and one 9 pounder!

Stripers: The Striper bite has started to pick up recently! Early am and Late pm on top waters. During the day the trollers have had nice numbers of 5 to 15 pounders being caught on Berkley Swim Baits, and with the Umbrella rigs with road runners in blue/white & chart/white. It's almost August and we are anticipating the bite to pick up drastically! So make your plans now to come to Norfork!

Crappie: The crappies are deep! They are hanging in the middle of brush piles around 25 ft deep. The best bait has been minnows fishied direclty in the middle of the brush piles.

Bream: THE BREAM BITE IS ON!!! Bream have been very active recetnly! Crickets and Red Worms have dominated the bite. The big bream are hanging around 15 to 20 foot deep with the little ones above them. BE READY!

Reports of EverytFhing from Catfish to Small Mouth Bass have been mixed in with the bream! One die hard bream fisherman caught a 4lb small mouth and a 5.5 lb large mouth using CRICKETS while bream fishing!!???

Catfish: The catfish are hitting large shinnres, night crawlers, cut shad, cat-fish charlie, and livers... JUG FISHING ON MAIN LAKE BLUFFS...

Report compiled by John Richieson,Guide, Cranfield Junction 870 492 5141