Neither Bull or Norfork have much timber in them, they do have alot of brush piles in them thanks to the donations of the christmas trees. :D In order to find crappie on bull shoals you have to find the brush piles. You will find alot of them in the deep pockets along the bluffs and thats where I usually find the fish this time of year. The problem with bull shoals is it is a flood control lake and you have to keep up with the different depths of the different brush piles in order to find the fish because it gets raised and lowered alot. Norfork is alot easier to keep up with and has alot of brush piles in it also. I have fished these 2 lakes for about thirty years and still haven't got em figured out.