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.
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
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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