Thread: Crappie Tournament

There is alot of good fishing in that area. Spring Creek is my favorite part of the lake and is really good in the spring of the year. There is alot of good crappie fishing in the the little northfork arm all the way to Theodosia. Most all of the bluffs and small coves on the main arm has brush piles in them. I set out about 20 years ago to learn only a certain area of bull shoals at a time and when I thought I had I would move to another area, well I am still in the Pontiac to Theodosia area and still not ready to move on. I have caught alot of fish there and have never found any reason to go anywhere else. I do fish other parts of the lake from time to time, but I am always more confident with that area. :D

Originally Posted by Crisp

There is alot of good fishing in that area. Spring Creek is my favorite part of the lake and is really good in the spring of the year. There is alot of good crappie fishing in the the little northfork arm all the way to Theodosia. Most all of the bluffs and small coves on the main arm has brush piles in them. I set out about 20 years ago to learn only a certain area of bull shoals at a time and when I thought I had I would move to another area, well I am still in the Pontiac to Theodosia area and still not ready to move on. I have caught alot of fish there and have never found any reason to go anywhere else. I do fish other parts of the lake from time to time, but I am always more confident with that area. :D

I caught a few nice crappie North of Theodosia last April. Not sure the name of the arm I was fishing but was on the right just north of the bridge. Fished the bridge a few time but not much luck. Is there brushpiles on the south side of the bridge pillars?

Originally Posted by Crisp

There is alot of good fishing in that area. Spring Creek is my favorite part of the lake and is really good in the spring of the year. There is alot of good crappie fishing in the the little northfork arm all the way to Theodosia. Most all of the bluffs and small coves on the main arm has brush piles in them. I set out about 20 years ago to learn only a certain area of bull shoals at a time and when I thought I had I would move to another area, well I am still in the Pontiac to Theodosia area and still not ready to move on. I have caught alot of fish there and have never found any reason to go anywhere else. I do fish other parts of the lake from time to time, but I am always more confident with that area. :D

I would enjoy fishing with you some time. I think you could help my fishing trips to Bull Shoals.

How is the fishing during the winter down on Bull Shoals and Norfolk? Does the lake freeze over? And are they any resorts open during the winter?

This sight http://www.anglersfishinginfo.com/fi...orts/mo/mo.htm has a good report for bull shoals, I wish all reports where this detailed.

Originally Posted by TAE73

How is the fishing during the winter down on Bull Shoals and Norfolk? Does the lake freeze over? And are they any resorts open during the winter?

This sight http://www.anglersfishinginfo.com/fi...orts/mo/mo.htm has a good report for bull shoals, I wish all reports where this detailed.

Bull Shoals does not freeze over not saying you might not find ice in some pockets. We have a favorite resort we like in Pontiac area, own by a Bass fishing guide, Pontiac Lodge, you can call Tony any time and he will tell you how the fish are biting, on what and where. He does a radio call in fishing show on KMOX radio in St. Louis every Thursday night. His lodging rates are good also.

Norfork we found a nice resort last year that is open all year. Blackburn's Resort - Mountain Home, Arkansas. The owner Steve Street is a driver and has made some wonderful brush piles on Norfork for Crappie fishing. He will gladly show you where and let you mark your map. Rates are little bit higher than Pontiac Lodge but not bad.

We are going to a resort on Bull Shoals this weekend in the Hwy 125 area. Will let you know how it is, next week.

Sounds good.. good luck this week. Also for anyone that wanted to know fish at LOZ wasnt to bad. Fished Sat & Sun caught 15 and 10, had one fish sunday that was over a pound. Fished the purvis area, water is still dirty but fishing was good. Will be back down sat for a club tournament out of purvis.

Good luck on the tourny Ted. I wish I was down there to fish with ya. I might be coming down that way in a few weeks. I will let you know. Maybe we can hook up then!

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That would be good if I could get ya in. This a the capital crappie club out of jefferson city, we chose a weekend once a month and have a tournament. You get paired up with some differenct every time in the club. Then you take your best 15 fish out of both of yours. And go up against the other teams that are fishing that day. Then each person has yearly weight that gets added from you and your parnters weight from that tournament. And at the end of the year they pay out for overall weight, top 3 combined weights and then big fish. Its all about having a good time. Only cost 40 bucks per team for each tournament. And then 90% of that is payed back at the end of they day. Usually pay out at least 1st and 2nd and then big fish. They payout maybe more just depends on how many boats are entered that day. We do have a open tournament each year on LOZ in the fall. That anyone can get in, cost 50 per boat. When that does get decieded I will post on here so if anyone is interested. Rules follow crappie usa closely, with a honor start and stop but we weigh 15 fish.

Let me know Tim when you do come down.