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Lake Norfork is HOT right now. If your not fishing somewhere this weekend start planning a trip this week and you should get here! We have been co-hosting a Plano and Arkansas Tourism writers conference on the lake which began today. There were abut 8 boats involved from all angles of striper, crappie, bass and tomorrow walleye. They caught hundreds of fish today! The event is taking place out of Mockingbird Bay Resort at the end of highway 342. It is gorgeous and well cared for as are many of the area resorts. Much like a well hidden and mini Teal Point. Today was a gorgeous day and they caught fish on top water, on the bank, in the brush and pretty much you name it. Largemouth up to 5 pounds were caught and smallmouth up to 4 pounds. Crappie action was good and stripers also. They went back out tonight to catch more stripers. Assisting as guides this week are Robert Robbins (Bass Cat), Jim Byler (Bass Cat), Nichols Guide Service (Lk Norfork Chamber), John Murray (Plano), Chad Morgenthaler (Plano), Larry Owens (Lk NF Chamber), Jason Mitchell (Yar-Craft) and a few more we dont recall. This is probably one of the best weeks the lake has seen since the cold weather. The Bass Cat staff had a real active weekend on Norfork and caught smallmouth over 4 pounds and several from 2 to 3+ pounds. One boat today estimated they literally caught 150 fish with 35 to 40 nice keepers. Its smoking and no doubt will change daily this time of year. Fish are all over the banks really shallow, surfacing early in the mornings. Spawning fish are out in areas and on spawning banks. Post spawn fish are in the dirtier (not muddy) water and biting. Its really been that good from Saturday through today.Last edited by Rick Pierce on April 24th, 2014, 5:38 am, edited 1 time in total.
Congrats on all fish catches and the fun it must have been !
Sounds great! Glad everyone had a great time……96 Eyra/12 Mercury 175 Pro XS with 2015 single axle trailer2017 Victory Gunner
Rick Pierce wrote:Lake Norfork is HOT right now. If your not fishing somewhere this weekend start planning a trip this week and you should get here!We have been co-hosting a Plano and Arkansas Tourism writers conference on the lake which began today. There were abut 8 boats involved from all angles of striper, crappie, bass and tomorrow walleye. They caught hundreds of fish today!The event is taking place out of Mockingbird Bay Resort at the end of highway 342. It is gorgeous and well cared for as are many of the area resorts. Much like a well hidden and mini Teal Point.Today was a gorgeous day and they caught fish on top water, on the bank, in the brush and pretty much you name it. Largemouth up to 5 pounds were caught and smallmouth up to 4 pounds. Crappie action was good and stripers also. They went back out tonight to catch more stripers.Assisting as guides this week are Robert Robbins (Bass Cat), Jim Byler (Bass Cat), Nichols Guide Service (Lk Norfork Chamber), John Murray (Plano), Chad Morgenthaler (Plano), Larry Owens (Lk NF Chamber), Jason Mitchell (Yar-Craft) and a few more we dont recall.This is probably one of the best weeks the lake has seen since the cold weather. The Bass Cat staff had a real active weekend on Norfork and caught smallmouth over 4 pounds and several from 2 to 3+ pounds. One boat today estimated they literally caught 150 fish with 35 to 40 nice keepers. Its smoking and no doubt will change daily this time of year.Fish are all over the banks really shallow, surfacing early in the mornings. Spawning fish are out in areas and on spawning banks. Post spawn fish are in the dirtier (not muddy) water and biting.Its really been that good from Saturday through today.
Congrats on hitting the lake at the right time. Its not often you see Norfork giving up fish this easily. Enjoy it while you can. Once the water gets very clear————–
Its that clear now Wizard.
18 foot visability at our dock. The fishing is excellent right now. Bass will bite a lot of baits but Im having my best success on towater early and then a swimbait. Better fish are coming out of about 7-12 feet in the clear water and hammering it. Stripers are on top early and late, with the evening seeming to be the better time now. White bass are thick in the backs of creeks and the crappie for me have slowed down but still are catchable. I dont fish for the whiskered ones, so Im not sure about them, but did catch a nice channel cat on a road runner fishing for whites. Walleyes have been good in the upper ends of the rivers on the flats.
Yall make it tempting for me to just hook up and head out that way. But of course, if I did, I would hear, “You should have been here last week.”
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