Caught yesterday on the Bink's spoon.
The lake level is 558.13 and fairly stable with one generator running part of the time and they are keeping the White River at Newport at below 12 feet like something is going to flood. It has not rained for a week. I though most of the crops were harvested. They are trying hard to protect Branson and running Table Rock hard. If they will not drop the lake in the winter to prepare for the spring rains we need to get new managemrnt or a private company to run it and take the politics out of it. The level should be in the 540's by March. It is all about the money. Hold and hope is not a stragety. Both the main lake and the creeks are stained and you can only see your lure down 3 or 4 feet except near the bank. It is a good color for fishing. Surface temperature is 57-58 degrees. Fishing overall is fair to good with crappie the best. Spooning brushpiles is the best way to get them. Bass fishing is not bad with some near the buckbrush in 6-9 feet of water. Some very nice Kentuckies are being caught but most of the bigger largemouth are still on shad suspended in 50-feet of water. Big bluegill are over brush about 10-feet down. Warmouth are right on the bank with some schooled with the crappie on brush. The walleye that I am catching are all short at about 15-16 inches long. A very few keepers are being caught. Some white bass are finally showing up but most are small. Many fish are schooled and roaming with the shad. I have found no evidencce of a night bite for the stripers. People that cannot catch stripers are fishing for crappie. Trolling umbrellas for red meat fish is the best now except for the spoon. They need to cut the striper limit to two fish and people need to quit killing small fish in the 5-10 lb. range if we want Norfork to keep being a good striper lake. I caught crappie, warmouth, bass and short walleye yesterday with the largest crappie being a little over 12-inches. It looks to not being cold again for the next week and I like fishing in the Thanksgiving time line. Blackburns is open all year so come on down. We will not charge you too much. You get a free boat stall here.
