The wind is your friend, most days

  It may not feel like it today, but the wind is your friend in most angling situations. It’s still gusting up to 20 miles per hour, although it has...

Largemouth arrive

The largemouth have shown up, which means that guys are starting to build some weight. Our Marshal photos show us several 2- to 3-pound largemouth, which means the likelihood of...

Bull Shoals Lake on the rise, big-time

The photo above shows the marker board at Bull Shoals Lake Boat Dock and illustrates a rising lake level. But it hadn't been updated at 7 a.m. today to reveal...

Beds are there, but not targeted

We know there are fish on the beds in Bull Shoals, but evidently not many are fishing for them. The sun has popped out so that likelihood could grow. But...

Remote in the Ozarks

One thing to remember as we get this event started. Bull Shoals is a huge lake from a fishing standpoint. It's about 45,000 acres which doesn't sound overly large, but...

Weather may lead to slugfest

Hopes of catching bass at Bull Shoals seemed to be blowing in the wind at today's takeoff. It certainly didn't feel like good weather for fishing, with a northwest wind...

Small and spots rule

Just going through the Marshal photos it's interesting to note that they are almost all spotted bass and smallmouth. I've not seen a largemouth yet.     Conventional wisdom typically...

Fish are still there

If you listened to some of the anglers after the cancellation yesterday, and you were prone to believe every word an angler utters, you would likely have been thinking there...

What Marshals do on their day off

What do Marshals do on their day off? Apparently they pick morel mushrooms!  From left to right, Troy Krodinger, Lee Asher, and Jeremy Homeyer. "We found these on day zero. We...

Out with a whimper

The rain has gradually ceased. It's been just raining, even sprinkling at times. The much-awaited, much-feared storm came in with bang and went out with a whimper.   The biggest...