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June 1st,2016 Norfork Lake Fishing Report By Scuba Steve From Blackburns Resort and Boat Rental On Norfork Lake Arkansas Near Mountain Home In the Ozark Mountains (Click Here for Comments)

6/1/2016
This is the biggest fish I have seen all year. Rum Binkley.Image title

The lake level is stable at 553.8 with one generator running continuously. The surface temperature is 74 and is not changing much. The main lake is cloudy and the creeks are stained. There is no thermocline yet and there is no reason for the fish to be at any particular depth. The visibility is about 4-feet down to near 30 feet. Fish are coming up both mornings about 6:AM and evenings at 6:pm and other times in between on cloudy days. Spooning is best when the fish go down. I am catching walleye on brush at about 20-feet on main lake points and some big bluegill but few large crappie. Several smaller ones are being caught in Pigeon and Redbank. Black bass are both on the brush and in open water on shad. Small bluegill and warmouth are holding the big fish on the brush. Shad are everywhere and can come up anytime. Look first on banks where the wind is blowing into. Learning to catch fish after they go down is the secret. Otherwise it makes for a short day of catching. I had a report of walleye being in 10-feet of water on points but have not personally found these. Fish are coming up around Cranfield Island and Point 5. When the thermocline finally forms the fish will be right above it or just below it. There will be a lot of fish at about 16-20 feet soon.  

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