Thread: Norfork Lake

I have only fished Norfork a few times and the only sucess I had was fishing the brush piles the Corp has placed in there. A friend told me that the ice storm in 09 broke a lot of trees off and the fell in the lake so I would try them if I found any.

I am also from IL but I have been going to Norfork for vacation for 18 years. Crappie fishing can be tough at times but the size of the crappie make up for it. There are brush piles that you can find that guides have put in or the corp. has put in. The clear water also makes this lake difficult to fish compared to IL's dirty water lakes. The crappie spook easily so you need to use your trolling motor to mark the brush pile and then back off them and cast or slip bobber over the pile. If you are using a pontoon you could also try trolling for white bass. The last couple years they have been biting good when we have been down in June.

Late may early june is the time to fish Brushy creek. The big bend where it turns back and goes east, that point there is a big flat that is about 85 foot deep, we always fish in the bend on that bluff under a light with shad. Usually catch lots of crappie, white bass and hybrids with a few Walleye thrown in for good measure. Make sure you're there from 2 am through daylight.

Originally Posted by dblevens

Late may early june is the time to fish Brushy creek. The big bend where it turns back and goes east, that point there is a big flat that is about 85 foot deep, we always fish in the bend on that bluff under a light with shad. Usually catch lots of crappie, white bass and hybrids with a few Walleye thrown in for good measure. Make sure you're there from 2 am through daylight.

db, i think we may be talking about the same flat here. heading into brushy creek just before you turn right there is a long long flat running out in the lake from the right hand bank. i've caught a ton of bass off that night fishing it during the summer. it was always the first spot i hit just before sundown and then again around midnight. another guy and i caught over 30 off of it one night. it was always good for at least 3 to 5 bass every night. one year when the lake was real low we went up there and walked out on that flat. there was an old house place on it and it had a rock path made leading upto the front porch we assumed. and on north from the house was where the barn was. we found several pieces of metal including an old hinge. the flat drops off into brushy creek. ah, the memories.


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