It's all the same
In Northwest Arkansas and the surrounding areas, we have rocky and stumpy reservoirs. I have spent all year looking for something different. What I mean is, every point has rocks or standing timber. Every nook and cranny has rocks and standing timber. We don't have any grass here. There are times when buck-brush plays, but the water is high at those times. In the summer and winter, fish go deep and you have to fish the ledges and points, but the problem I have is finding something unique that will hold fish. On lakes where the bottom is soft or there's grass, looking for shell beds, rock piles, stumps and isolated trees is comparatively easy. But how do you find something different on these highland lakes when everything looks exactly the same? There has to be something special about a particular channel swing, drop-off, depth range, Ph, temperature, O2, or whatever that discriminates one spot from another.
This is a great question Nitro. I have spent some time fishing those bodies of water in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri. Endless miles of the same shorelines and points and timber. Here are few things I have learned about those bodies of water. Follow the bait. The bait moves frequently in those lakes and it will pull the bass with them where ever it goes. So as an angler you will always need to be on the move following the bait. Water color is also a big player in those waters. Rain events will bring stain/off color water to sections of the lakes and its common for the bait to move to the stained water to feed on the runnoff. The stained water also makes it easier to catch clearwater fish. Another big factor in fishing those lakes is transitional areas. Places where the bank cover changes from rock to gravel to sand. This transition areas can be on the bank and can be on deep points or ledges. Transition areas are a big key that will hold bass on these lakes.
Wow Thanks Dean
