The White River in Arkansas is the record brown trout fishery, and Gaston's White River Resort is the hub in Mountain Home. There have been 40-pounders pulled out of the river. But, this 8-pounder was just too pretty, and I have a soft spot for black labs. Gaston's dock was destroyed by the floods earlier [...]
Norfork Lake Fishing
November 2010–My Best Fishing Month Ever
When you think of great fishing months, November usually doesn't come to the top of your mind. But, with two trips that bookended my 11th month of 2010, I had my best fishing month ever, catching four personal bests.My first trip came with GoFISHn member Tony Gugino at Tony's Salmon Country Guide Service. My dad [...]
4.25lb, Largemouth Bass
Fishing Norfork Lake with guides Steve Olomon, I landed this toad of a largemouth bass. I don't get a chance to fish for largemouth very much, and when I do, there's not a lot of size to them. Hooking into this 4.25 pounder was awesome, and really made the weekend.I was using a Northland Reed-Runner [...]
Fishing in the Ozarks: Norfork Lake Bass, Brim, Crappie, and Walleye
We don't have big water in central Pennsylvania. We have a few small lakes that anyone who has real lakes would call a pond, and the West Branch of the Susquehanna River is our only fishery that really supports the open-water species like bass, muskie, and walleye. When I received an invitation to head to [...]
Norfork Lake. Day Two. The Photos.
Well, I'm heading home from a great weekend in the Mountain Home area fishing with the fine folks at Northland, Frabill, Marcum, and Arkansas Tourism. This will be brief, and a better report is coming here today, but these are the pictures. I was out on Norfork Lake again yesterday with guide Steve Olomon.The fishing [...]
Norfork Lake. Day One. The Photos.
I'm having a great weekend down in the Mountain Home area of Arkansas. A better written report with select photos will come, but in the meantime, here's just a dump from the camera from Day One out on Norfork Lake with Darrell "Bink" Binkley. Fishing was tough, but we managed to catch a few fish [...]
