Norfork Lake family fun at Blackburns Resort and Boat Rental on the new Corporate Jet. 
The lake level is 560.99 and has dropped 7-1/2 inches in the last 24-hours with both generators running continuous and spillway gates open equal to another 1-generator. It is dropping fast now. The White River at Newport is 11.89 feet and stable and they are regulating to 12-feet. They can go up to 21-feet on Sunday if they want to. The surface water temperature is 61-degrees and dropping with the cold weather and the water is still stained light brown with the heavy generation. It has dropped 8-feet from it's high about 3-weeks ago and is about where launching and parking is getting back to normal. It is about time. Fishing is just fair but I am catching a few everyday. I am targeting Bass and Crappie but the trollers are catching a few stripers in open water on live bait but are covering a lot of ground to do so. It is either feast or famine for them. They go for hours with nothing and then finally find a school of feeding fish. Many of them are small. There are lots of guides vying for just a few customers and it is a lean time for them. Ask them if they guarentee fish. The two best lures for me is the 3/8th ounce Bink's Spoon tapping bottom back in creeks in about 20-ft. of water and a 2-inch white twister tail tipped with a small live minnow cast past the brush or any wood and letting it fall into it. I only use a 1/16th ounce white with red eye jig head. If you are in the Mountain Home area for the holidays stop by Blackburns and check us out so you can make plans for your spring fishing trip or summer family vacation. It is nice here and the price is right. Compare prices and call Debbie at 870-492-5115 for a reservation. We are closest to Mountain Home, dining and shopping and especially welcome Veterans and Police and are pet friendly. We do not charge for your first boat stall at our big dock.
