Thread: Norfork

Originally Posted by drake

Just made plans for the spring to Norfork . I need some help with the time . We would like to come down for crappie. What month or week would you suggest . Thanks for any help ! Tom

We have been there the last 2 years the second week of April and both years it seemed we were a week or 2 early. So this year we have reservations at Blackburn's Resort for the last full week of April to see if that is any better. We did good the other years but just wanted to see if we can do even better. I am sure some of the native Arkansas folks can give you more specific info but this is what we learned about Norfork the last 2 years. A beautiful lake and a great time every year for us!!

drake, like I said in the earlier post, we are staying at Blackburn's Resort for the 3rd year in a row. We really like the place. If you go down the week we are there let me know and we can show you around the lake and share some of the spots we found crappie at. There is another couple that we go with and we have a wonderful time fishing and eating. We stay a week at a time. We used to go somewhere different every spring but since we tried Norfork and Blackburn's we like it so much we go there now every year for our spring crappie trip and go other places for our summer and fall trips. Here is Blackburn's web address if you would like to check them out...nothing fancy but comfortable, friendly, and affordable. www.blackburnsresort.com

drake, I have been fishing Norfork for 13 years. Started out going every spring usually whenever my school took spring break. So that varied from the last week in March to the 2nd week in April. It just seemed like it depended on how warm the early spring was as far as when we had the best luck. Sometimes March was good and sometimes it wasn't. Same with April. This past spring we went down the last week in April and we were about a week to late. You know what they say, "A week to early, or a week to late" But it was post spawn and the fish just were not very hungry. I graduated from college this past summer so we don't have to go over spring break anymore. So because of that we are planning on going down the 1st week of April. I would say your best chance for having good spring fishing and especially better weather would be going sometime in the month of April. Which week is probably hard to say, and will depend on how warm the early spring is. Just my opinion, I would rather hit pre-spawn rather than post-spawn because the fish are more active.