Norfork Lake fishing and lake conditions by Scuba Steve from Blackburns Resort and Boat rental (click here for comments)

Caught fishing with Bink's Guide service.Image title

Caught yesterday.Image title

The lake level is 556.55 and has come up a foot in the last 3-days and 3-1/2 inches in the last 24-hours with just a few hours of generation. I had a 62 degree water temperature yesterday and it was cool and windy. Our normal high is 70 and normal low is 50. It is beautiful today for the Easter Egg hunt at 2:Pm and is to be near 80 tomorrow and sunny again. Perfect for being on the lake. The lake in general is in excellent condition. Crappie fishing has slowed a bit but some are being caught. The spawn for crappie and bass is in full swing and it would be nice if the water level remained stable for a few days. Walleye are shallow and will remain so until the thermocline forms and then they will move near it at 16-18 ft. of water near the bottom. It will take a few very warm days for that to happen and is usually in early May. Mushrooms are up and will start to dry up with too much hot weather. Turkeys are gobbling all over.  We are mowing the grass every week. Blackburns is full now but have some openings later this week. People are taking advantage of the low prices on both cabins and boat rental here and your first boat stall is free. No charges for trolling motors on pontoons. You can save hundreds of dollars on a week-long stay here at Blackburns. You do not have to go elsewhere to launch your boat and we have ample parking and a gentle slope to the dock. This is the family place and all cabins have covered porches and there are no duplexes. On rainy days you can rig fishing poles, play cards and smoke on the porch with no umbrellas. No smoking in cabins.  Come on down. We will not charge you too much.