Fishing Report

11/03/2008
Well folks the lake is steady dropping and now is only 16 feet above normal. The fish are moving into the backs of the creek arms chasing shad. The lake is beginning its fall rollover and is going to get better in the next few weeks. The river is still fishing well below White hole due to the low oxygen content on the upper end. When the lake gets done turning over the bite will get better. Same baits as last week are working. As most of you know I am leaving on my annual Deer hunting trips to other states so The report will be absent for about two weeks while I am away. Good luck and GOD Bless ! Hotdawg!

10/26/2008
Well folks the lake is steadily falling and is now at 674.62 which is now 20 feet above normal pool. I have been out a lot lately and have been catching lots of fish in the 20 to 28 feet of water on night-crawlers and crawdads. Some surface activity is also going on with a lot of small fish being caught on white roadrunners and spinnerbaits. The river is still fishing great below White hole all the way to Norfork river with redworms and corn best baits and san-juan worms and sowbugs the best flies. Good luck and GOD Bless Hotdawg!!

10/12/2008
The white river is experiencing dissolved oxygen problems and the fishing has slowed down somewhat above the white hole to the dam. The fishing is still excellent below all the way to the mouth of the Buffalo. Best baits are red worms and shrimp or crawdads. Hot flies are san-juan worms and sowbugs. The lake is starting to get better with fish holding in 25-30 feet of water. Best baits are night crawlers and crawdads with spinner-baits and flukes also working. The lake level is 680.15 or 26 feet above normal Good luck and GOD Bless Hotdawg!!

10/06/2008
Well folks the lake is once again coming down and the catching is slowly starting to improve best baits are nightcrawlers, crawdads, and spoons fished in 24 to 34 feet of water. Early and late in the day is best the lake level is 683.17 or 29 feet above normal the White River is still red hot for catching with the same baits as last week working well. GOD Bless and Great fishing Hotdawg!  

09/28/2008
Well everyone the lake is finally starting to fall. As of this evening the lake is at 685.83 which is 31.85 feet above normal. They are running at least 7 generators around the clock now. The fishing is still fantastic on the White with red worms, sculpins, corn and eggs all working well. The lake is still kind of hit or miss I fished it two days last week with one day catching lots of short fish and the next nothing but keepers. We were using spoons and night crawler both days with each catching about half the fish. The magic depth seems to be 30 - 36 feet down on main lake points. The reports from Norfork is that most fish are at 75-80 feet deep. Well good luck and GOD Bless Hotdawg!!

09/21/2008
Well folks the lake is back on the rise again! We got about 6 inches of rain from Hurricane Ike and extreme wind with lots of power outages. The lake is back up to 685.46 which is 31.5 feet above normal!! It has never been this high this long or late in the year ever!! The white river fishing is excellent with seven generators around the clock. Red worms, sculpin, eggs being the best baits. Hot flies are san-juan worms and scud patterns. Lake fishing is starting to pick up with spoons night crawlers and crawdads in 24-28 feet of water the best. GOD Bless and good fishing Hotdawg!! 

08/24/2008
Well folks the lakes are finally starting to come down. Bull Shoals is at 682.44 and dropping about 4 inches a day. The river fishing is still great with the high water. Same baits are working good, worms, egg patterns and sculpins . Fly fisherman are using san juan worms, streamers and egg patterns. Lake fishing is slow with most of the fish being caught 35 to 45 feet deep. Good luck and GOD Bless. Hotdawg!

08/18/2008
Well folks another rain event 5 inches but the lake held steady at 654.28 feet above sea-level so we are at 30.3 feet above normal. The river is still generating at all eight units. Same baits and flies are working lake fishing is slow. GOD Bless and good luck fishing.

08/10/2008
Well folks more rain in the area but the lake level is holding steady at 32 feet above power pool. The fishing has been excellent on the white with worms the hot bait and san-juan worms the hot flies. Lake fishing has slowed with the hot weather and is real deep at about thirty to 50 feet. Stripers are being caught on Norfork at these depths trolling down-riggers and spooning. GOD Bless and good fishing Hotdawg!! 

08/01/2008
Jim Hilton -right- recently caught this 15-pound, 3 ounce brown trout while fishing on the White River with Tim Curtis. The fish was released back into the river.
Big Brown

07/28/2008
Well folks good news the lake is finally coming down. We are at 688.70. Norfork is at 573.28.They are bringing the lake down about a third of a foot a day now. Might be back to normal by October. The river is still red hot for bait and fly fishing with the fish eating uo red worms and san-juan worm the best. Sculpins and shad have been catching some big browns also. The lake fish are starting to go deeper with surface temps in the high eighty degree range.I have been catching some yellow perch on night crawlers. Spooning and drop-shot for bass is the best on the bluff ends. GOD Bless and good fishing Hotdawg!  

07/20/2008
Hey everybody the lake is finally starting to come down!!Lake level is at 690.38 with eight units in operation around the clock! I guided on the lake on Saturday and we caught three yellow perch! The first time in years. They used to be common twenty to thirty years ago. Great eating! The river is still fishing great with numerous large browns and even a 13.3 pound rainbow was caught by guide Rick O'Neil. Worms and eggs sculpins and shad are best baits and sanjuan worms midges, and woolly buggers for flies. Great fishing and GOD Bless, Hotdawg!! 

06/08/2008
Well folks the fishing is doing just great on the white and the lakes are also starting to heat up!! The best baits on the white are RED WORMS, sculpins and eggs. The bets flies are bright san-juan worms and egg patterns. The lakes are starting to produce well on gitzits, rogues and live nightcrawlers and shad. Be safe and GOD Bless Hotdawg!

05/18/2008
Well good news for a change!! The fishing on the White river and Norfork is HOT!! Lots of large browns and healthy rainbows are being caught, mostly on red worms and shad.   My customers have been getting a lot of browns in the three to five pound category with two fish in the last week of 29 inches 9 pound range and my second customer fish this year over thirty inches of a 30.5 inch brown 12+ pounds all released. The lake is also heating up with the smallmouths and walleyes starting to bite on gitzits and rogues. Hot flies are san-juan worms and egg patterns. Be careful of the ticks this year as lyme disease is being reported in the area. GOD Bless Hotdawg!

05/04/2008
Well folks they finally shut down the flood gates at Bull Shoals and at Norfork. Lake level at Bull Shoals is 693.65 and 598.75 at Norfork. I fished Bull Shoal 5 days last week and did great two days and not very good the last three. We had two nights in the high thirty degree range and that really lowered the water temp. The highest I could find on Saturday was 61.4 degrees. We caught almost all our fish on Rogues and Lucky Craft stick baits throwing at the tree lines where the wind was blowing. The White river and Norfork are fishing extremely well despite the high water. The bait of choice is REDWORMS. Fly fishers are using lots of different colored San-Juan worms. Remember be safe on the high water and make sure your motor will always start and wear a life jacket just to be safe. GOD Bless Hotdawg Curtis! 


04/08/2008
Well folks the lakes of Beaver, Table Rock, Taneycome, and Norfork are all at record levels. Bull shoals today is at 686.86 feet above sea-level and that is 32 feet above normal!! The forecast is for more rain today, tomorrow and Thursday. The river is still fishing well with only two units running around the clock. Soon they will pull the cork out of the dam and will start to dump massive amounts water .Be safe and GOD Bless. Hotdawg!! 

03/23/2008
Well folks, sorry I missed last week. The word now is be careful what ask for! We have had an unbelievable amount of RAIN!!! In just two days we had 12.5 inches of rain The lower White is way above flood stage. The old-timers say it is record level flooding. The lake has risen to 16 FEET above power pool and is expected to crest at 21 feet above normal, that is with no more rain. The upper white is fishing well above cotter. Worms, shad, and power-bait is the best baits. San Jaun worms, olive-wooly buggers and midges on flies. They are now running two units around the clock. Soon we will be back to 8 units so be CAREFUL!! The lake is starting to produce white bass and walleye in the back of the creeks we are still about two weeks out for some good action. Lots of debris in the lakes and rivers so watch out and SLOW DOWN. Wear your life jackets and check all your safety equipment. GOD Bless and good luck Hotdawg Curtis!

03/10/2008
Well folks the report for the weather is about the same. rain, sleet, SNOW, and then a day of 60 degree and sun. The fishing on the river has been excellent though! Their has been small amounts of shad coming through with about 6 units of generation in operation. The best fishing though is to get ahead of the big water and ride the rise using artificial bait and river minnows. Robbie Dodson of Harrison won the FLW tournament on Norfork Lake with a three day total of 28 pounds 9 ounces. Preston Havens of Mt. Home was second Congratulations Guys!! Bull Shoals has cooled again to 43 degrees on the surface and the bite is awful slow. We had six inches of snow and that didn't help. Well enjoy the coming warm trend and GOD Bless HotDawg!!  

03/04/2008
Well Folks the weather pattern has been holding at CRAZY for the past month. As I sit here it is now snowing after being 70 degrees on Saturday and Sunday. The fishing on the White is very very good right now. There has been some small amounts of shad coming through the dam and that is triggering some good action in the catch and release area of the river. Also, minnows are working well on low water. The lake has risen almost 5 feet to 658.78 feet above sea-level. That is 4 feet above power-pool and their is still more run-off to come. That is great for both the river and lake. The lake fishing on Bull Shoals is still hit and miss. Norfork is starting to turn on so that means that we are about three to four weeks away. Well good fishing and GOD Bless Hotdawg!!!


02/25/2008
Well folks we have had the same weather pattern going now for the last month. In any given week we will have rain, sleet, snow, ice, sun, and thundershowers! The lake has rose by about three feet to rest at 654.07.Generation has been extremely high with most days 6-7 generators running. The fishing has been fantastic on the river in spite of the weather and the water conditions. I guided all last week and the size and numbers in my boat were great!! I had several browns from 3-5 pounds and some rainbows in the 2-3 pound category. The catch and release area at the dam is fishing particularly well, with shad imitation working the best! The tournament guys on the lake are reporting that they are catching walleye way up the lake on stickbaits in 8-10 feet of water. That usually means that the bite on the lower-end of the lake is about three weeks off. Well good luck fishing and GOD Bless Hotdawg

02/18/2008
Well folks we have a pattern on our weather it could only be classified in one word CRAZY!! Once again record warmth  then severe storms followed by bitter cold sleet hail heavy rain and high winds. The fishing has been excellent on the river and the tournament guys have been doing well on the area lakes. The trout have just about stopped spawning and are starting to put on the feed bag. The lake has risen to 642.25 feet above sea-level and is still rising. We could use a lot more rain without the storms and cold. You all may have heard about the devastating and deadly tornado that struck Gassville AR. Pray for everyone and their families in their time of need. GOD Bless and great catching to you all Tim Hotdawg Curtis!

02/04/2008
CRAZY,CRAZY,CRAZY that is the kind of weather we are having! Six inches of snow on Wed. & Thurs. cold with highs around 20 degrees and now on Monday morning the low last night was only 59 degrees! The high for today is going to be in the low 70's!! Fishing on the white has been excellent! I guided on the opening day of the catch and release area up by the dam and tore them up on egg-pattern flies and steamers! Also did extremely well all the way to white hole! The lake is the same temperature from 0 to 68 feet so the fish could be anywhere. Your best bet for catching is the White or Norfork. Have a great week GOD Bless, Hotdawg!!

01/27/2008
Whew!! The deep freeze is finally ending!! Well all week the temps have stayed below thirty-five for the highs with the lows anywhere from 20 to 8 degrees with wind chills well below zero on a few days!! Lake level at Bull shoals is now 652.01 still 2 feet below power-pool. Lake Norfork is at 547.55. Generation at Bull Shoals has been one to four generators with some water running for a little while each day. Same patterns for fly fishing are working with wooly-bugger, San-juan worm, and scud-imitations. Bait is sculpins, eggs, worms, and power-bait. We need more rain!! Lake fishing is slow, slow, slow. Most fish are deep and very sluggish, spooning off the points in 50-60 feet of water is catching a few. It's the time of year where the fishing is great on the lake but the catching is slow!! The fish on the river are still biting well. God bless and remember take a child fishing you won't regret it!! Hotdawg Curtis!  

01/20/2008
Well folks we are back in the DEEP FREEZE again!! The temperature in the last few days hasn't made it above thirty degrees for the highs with the lows at night in the low teens to last night 11 degrees with even lower wind chills! I took a friend out for a few hours on wed. before the bad cold hit, we caught some nice trout and enjoyed the sunshine. The lake level at Bull Shoals is 651.75 feet above sea-level with some generation everyday but not usually all day. River is fishing well with bait with salmon eggs and roe doing the best! Scud imitations and wolly-buggers the best fly's. The lakes are in the winter time patterns with most fish going deep and the bite being almost nonexistent. So if you want to catch some fish go to the river for trout. I am putting on a walleye seminar at the walleye club meeting on the regular meeting Tuesday night January at the Eastside Baptist Church in Mt. Home Ar. I if you would like to talk or learn something about the way I catch lot's of walleye on the big Bull come see me on tues. at 7:00p.m. GOD Bless Hotdawg!!


01/13/2008
Well talk about crazy weather we have had it! Record warmth, tornadoes, high winds, hail, rain, and now back cold again. The lake is in its winter patterns the winter bass-a-thon was won slow rolling spinnerbaits in 15-25 feet of water. The white is fishing excellent for numbers of trout with the big ones being kinda finicky but still biting sculpins fairly well. Fly fishing at wildcat and rim shoals is very good. Have a great day and GOD Bless, Hotdawg!


12/30/2007

Bull Shoals Lake level is at 650.58 to rest at 3.5 feet below power pool. Table Rock is 4.6 below pool, Norfork is 4.8 feet below pool, and Beaver is 7 feet below pool. We need some RAIN! I guided on the White Saturday and had a great day despite the low low low water level. The dam has been shut down for Six Days Straight creating some great wading opportunities but tough boating! Mike Worley of Flippin landed a monster striper on Bull Shoals of 39 Pounds. His partner also caught one too! He was using a 5 inch Rainbow trout stickbait at night! Bill Funk of Lakeview caught a 3.9 pound smallmouth using plum gitzit. Fly fisherman have been having excellent wading all up and down the White and Norfork, nymphs in zebra, y2k's, egg patterns have been best also sculpin imitations, olive wooly-buggers. Best baits have been salmon eggs, sculpins, crawdad tails, and the old stand-by corn. Remember take a kid fishing it will make him or her smile and you too!! GOD Bless and Happy New Year from the Fish Acquisition Specialist Tim Hotdawg Curtis!!  

12/19/2007

Today is December 19 2007 Bull Shoals lake has risen to 651.47 feet above sea level. the temperature has leveled off at mid to low 50's in the back of the creeks to around fifty degrees on the main lake. Shane Porter & Rob Williams won the Mid-Central Buddy Bass tournament with catch of 15.02 pounds. The duo caught most of them in 5-10 feet of water. Robert Tilley and Josh Bradford caught the big bass of the tournament and it weighed 6.1 pounds. Fishing on the White River  has been excellent for both fly-fishing and bait fishing the numbers while drifting with bait has been way above average. Best baits have been power eggs in yellow and orange with corn being very deadly also. Fly patterns have changed very little with midges and san-juan worms and wooly buggers doing nicely. I will try to find out what types of lures and how to fish them on the lake next week so don't forget Take a child fishing and get them hooked on fish not on drugs!! God bless to all and Merry Christmas from the "Fish Acquisition Specialist" Tim Hotdawg Curtis  


12/13/2007

The weather for the past three days has been rain with very cool temperatures in the low 40's to high 30's at night. The lake temperature has really dropped with all the cold water runoff into the lake. Surface temperatures are 50-52 degrees in the backs of the creeks to the high 40's on the main lake. All fish on the lake are in their winter time patterns. The lake has rose almost two feet to 649.77 feet above sea-level. It is still about four feet below power-pool but coming up. The forecast is for more rain and on Saturday and Sunday possibly three to six inches of SNOW!!! The White River at this time is running four generators of water. It has been a long time since they have run this much water, but it will help the brown trout spawn. The best fly patterns have been zebra-midge, olive wooly-bugger, san-juan worm, and sculpin imitation. Hot baits have been salmon eggs, shrimp, sculpins, slick minnows. Remember to dress warm and to tell someone where you are going and what time you plan on returning, and watch for rising water levels as the corps could get very unpredictable with generation. Have a great day and take a kid with you!! GOD Bless, Hotdawg Curtis

 

12/02/2007

Hello, Bull shoals lake level is 648.44 feet above sea- level which puts the lake 6.5 feet below power pool all the lakes Bull Shoals, Beaver, Taneycomo, and Table Rock are below their respective power pools which is where the corps likes to keep them. This is a little low for this time of year. Today Dec2 we have had rain off and on all day with at least 1 inch here in Bull Shoals. Water temp on the surface of the lake is about 55 degrees . As of 2:45 p.m. though we have had almost a 20 degree temperature drop. The lake has been slow with most of the fish in their winter time patterns more on the lake next week. The White river and Norfork have been experiencing lots of low water conditions with little or no generation. Fly-fishing patterns have been the zebra midge, [particularly black with silver wire and silver bead] sowbugs, scuds, San Juan worms, and y2k's. Best baits have been salmon roe, worms, crawdad tails, shrimp, and sculpins. With little generation the only way to fish artificial is jigs in green or brown. The Norfork has been experiencing low oxygen content so be careful to not stress the fish by fighting it to long before releasing it.

Remember to take a kid fishing if you can and get them hooked on fishun not on DRUGS!! Thanks and GOD Bless, Hotdawg {The fish acquisition specialist} 

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