White River

Fishing Report 12-14-09

feeds@yuku.com (zhoyt) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:23:14 GMT

Generation is around the clock with 7 or 8 units running and several flood gates open slightly. Use high water nymph tactics from a boat with San Juan worms, scuds, sow bugs, Pheasant tails and zebra midges (sizes 10 - 14). Concentrate your drifts over flooded grass beds. Also try high water streamer fishing using wooley buggers, slump busters, zoo cougars and various sculpin patterns (sizes 4 -8) on fast type 4 or 5 sink-tips or full sinking lines. Concentrate on various bank structure such...

shad kill or caddis hatch

feeds@yuku.com (CTR0022) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:21:50 GMT

Hey guys thinking of making a trip up to the white in febuary to try to get into the shad kill. I fish alot below lake texoma during generation for stripers and normally do pretty good, not sure if the same techniques work for the trout. normally use clousers and heavy sinking lines (250-400 grain sink tips) and free drift with the current or anchor up and swing the flies accross the current (like fishing wet flies). do yall have any advise yall can share with me? also are there many...

Might be coming down late December.

feeds@yuku.com (doc2179) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:02:44 GMT

Hey everyone. We are thinking about coming down in late December around Christmas. Any suggestions on where to fish in that area? White River or one of the lakes??

Another trip with Jimmy T ...

feeds@yuku.com (maddog48) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:35:17 GMT

I took another trip with Jimmy yesterday and had a ball. We put in at Cotter and headed to Rim Shoals. We started above the C&R area and did well. Jimmy caught one of the 1000 albino trout that we were told were put in the river Monday afternoon by AG&F. Jimmy was using an anvil egg and I was using an orange egg made of McFly foam. We caught a bunch of fat rainbows that really put up a fight. Some of the takes were hard while some were just gentle bumps. After lunch we headed to the...

Report

feeds@yuku.com (stinnetti) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:58:47 GMT

Water levels and fishing one the White has been very good. Last weekend we did well on the upper section with SJ worms and egg patterns. Cane Island was very productive. Our biggest fish was a nice 18" bow.

On sat we fish rim to ranchette. The rim section fished well but the section below crooked creek it slowed.

Stinnetti

Confluence Fri. Nov. 6

feeds@yuku.com (BroD) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:07:53 GMT

Had decided to put the boat in and fish the Norfork down from the dam but, when I got to the campground found out the boat ramp was closed as they were paving the "new" parking lot. When given lemons make lemon aid. Put in at the confluence and went up past the bridge and started drifting. Got into fish immediately. Wind starts blowing me up river that pretty much ended that. Can't drift? Get out and wade. Got his guy my second cast. Couple of more bumps more wind let's...

This weekend

feeds@yuku.com (clint) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:55:04 GMT

Do you think a person could wade fish this weekend around cotter? If so where could I stay?

Oh Moose....where are you??

feeds@yuku.com (doc2179) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:45:05 GMT

Hello everyone!! How is life down in Arkansas? I can't wait to get back down there again!!

Moose, how the heck are you buddy? Sorry I haven't been around. Been a rough year. We lost the baby, got married and are expecting again!! Girl or boy, I am sure it will be a fisherman!! We are thinking about planning another trip back down. I am guessing it won't be much fun down there till Spring??

Hope you are all well!!

Water levels

feeds@yuku.com (stinnetti) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:33:23 GMT

The Lake has risen 3 ft since yesterday and at 10 am they shut the generators off. I havn't looked at the water levels downstream but I would imagine theey are in flood stage. I would anticipate 0-2 unit generation for awhile as water levels recede.

Waders should take advantage of the conditions. The Dam are will close on Sunday Nov 1st.

Stinnetti

FLOOD GATES

feeds@yuku.com (twrg) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:29:56 GMT

Channel 33 showed flood gates open at table rock this am, so BS will be on the rise and all will trickle down stream.

Need a Cabin to rent.

feeds@yuku.com (okiefly) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:59:25 GMT

Need some help finding a cabin to rent on the river. I have 8 to 10 friends traveling down from across the country for a week of fishing and we need a place to stay. Does anyone have a cabin for rent or can you give some advise on some rental properties. We would like to have access to the river if possible. Thanks in advance.

Suggestions in the Rain

feeds@yuku.com (shane) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:30:50 GMT

heading down to the white tomorrow to fish in the rain Thursday afternoon and Friday and Saturday.

Do you guys have any suggestions for fishing in the rain? Not many hatches I would imagine. What would be the go to plan?

Thanks for all of you who had suggestions on my other topic on fly suggestions!

Fly suggestions for next week

feeds@yuku.com (shane) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:34:42 GMT

Guys:

I am heading down to the white next Thursday through Saturday and am looking for some advice for fly patterns. I was thinking zebra midge black or red with scuds. Any other suggestions and possibly sizes that would be the most effective. Wil be fishing near the dam in the catch and release area.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Dam Work - update?

feeds@yuku.com (BroD) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:09:36 GMT

What's the verdict on how the work at the dam has affected the fishing so far?

Long Overdue Trip 18th-20th

feeds@yuku.com (Legend Ultra) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:28:44 GMT

After almost 2 years, we finally made it back up to God's country this past weekend. We ended up having a wonderful trip. Got there Friday evening and fished at Rim for a couple hours. That first evening I was happy just to be standing knee deep in the beautiful White River - catching a few fish was just icing on the cake. I am pretty sure it rained all day Saturday, but I was to busy catching fish to notice. Started off back at Rim, but muddy water made it really difficult. In our...

Water Release Predictions

feeds@yuku.com (cfowler) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:58:25 GMT

What do you guys think they'll do with the water now? Coming out of this rain we have the following:
- BD still below top of power pool
- TRD up about a foot, now at 916.15
- BSD up about 1.25 feet, now at 655.56
- ND up about 1.5 feet, now over 3 feet into flood pool

It took us a while to get them down, I have no idea how they'll handle it. Looks like those windows on the Norfork may be over. They are predicting two units on at 2 today and running...

smokin day at Bull Shoals Dam

feeds@yuku.com (kylepyro) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:34:53 GMT

ok - so its probably not in my interest to do this but every one here has been GREAT with sharing information with me so here goes. We fished BSD today. It was pissing rain and the wind would bounce off that dam and blow your cast all to hell. I fished the "downwind" position in a two person boat and took one in the face and one in the neck from a person who is a VERY careful fisherman (oh - fisher-person. I stand corrected there.)

We lost count along the way but we caught...

Best Fly this year for me

feeds@yuku.com (Mattfly) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:14:27 GMT

A long time "lurker" on this board....and a somewhat newbie to the fly fishing game. Since work has taken me to close proximity to the White I've had a great chance to try out some of the caddis patterns listed in another awesome thread here (I thought I'd start a new thread to bring some freshness back, so to speak ) My top fly this year was the Radical Caddis in a brown...

Unconfuse Me, Please

feeds@yuku.com (DrWilki) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:53:10 GMT

First, I want to say hello. I have been lurking here for some time. Some great stuff and people here.

I am planning a trip to AR in the next week or so...problem is deciding where. I have been fishing the Little Red, but would like to do the White and/or Norfork but am somewhat concerned about the water levels. I just read on the Bull Shoals Boat Dock page that the White was going to be down for some launch work, but haven't seen anything on this forum. Any input would be...

Heading to the White R. (Sept 16-19)

feeds@yuku.com (BGreer1) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:57:15 GMT

Hey guys,

I'm heading to the White with an old buddy of mine.

My friend Moose is getting married in October, so I'm bringing him to the White before he gets the ball and chain bolted to his ankle.

We're staying at the River Cliff cabin. Feel free to stop by and visit and have a cold one with us. We're fishing with JT on Thursday and on our own the rest of the time.

Stop by and say hello.

Brian