Norfork Lake Fishing Report 5-22-24
A couple of us at Hummingbird Hideaway Resort had a great day fishing for striped bass. I was on the lake around 4:30AM. I set out my green light on a main lake bluff wall point to draw in bait. A small school of bait came to the boat, but not the number that I […]
Norfork Lake Fishing Report 5-21-24
The photos are from fishing excursions today and yesterday from me and some of our guests. Striped bass are still scattered out, but guests are all catching some good fish. This species can be found along bluff walls, especially a bluff wall point located on the main lake. Stripers are also being found back in […]
Norfork Lake Fishing Report 5-19-24
The bass bite lately has been really good. Topwater action right before sunrise and then again at sunset. Wacky worm bite (green pumpkin) in the afternoon on the bluff walls. Then there is a very good after dark bite casting a dark colored worm (black) along the shallow shoreline. There is still topwater action for […]
Norfork Lake Fishing Report 5-16-24
It has been a while since I have done a fishing report. Resort work has been interfering. I have been out fishing most days for short periods. Our resort guests and I have been catching fish. The bite has slowed little, but today I saw improvements based on everyone’s reports. I got on the lake […]
Norfork Lake Fishing Report 5-12-24
I had a great day this morning. I only fished at 2 different spots. One was in the main lake in the dark. I drew in lots of bait with my submerged green light. It took about 30 minutes for the bait to show, then white bass came in to feed on the bait. The […]
Norfork Lake Fishing Report 5-10-24
This morning’s bite and the bite yesterday afternoon was very good for some of our guests. Last evening Wayne found some nice crappie by trolling flicker minnows. Mike and Jimmie had a great time catching well over 40 white bass back in a creek. The fish started surface feeding and they had a blast for […]
Norfork Lake Fishing Report 5-8-24
I had a couple guests out with me this morning and we did fairly well. We landed a lot of whites along with some nice hybrids and a striped bass. We fished 2 different areas, both were in deep water. The first area was fished in the middle of the night using my submerged green […]
Norfork Lake Fishing Report 5-3-24
Hummingbird Hideaway Resort has quite a few first timers to Norfork Lake as well as some who have caught their first striped bass. It has been fun for all. Here are a few of the photos that I have received from our guests over the last two days. The excitement in their faces says it […]
Norfork Lake Fishing Report 5-1-24
It was a pretty good early morning of fishing for me and others. I have been fishing the night shift as I have needed to be back at the resort no later than 7:30AM. So, I have been starting to fish at 3AM. Sleep is overrated. LOL You have heard it before, if you find […]
Norfork Lake Fishing Report 4-30-24
I have been able to fish the last 2 mornings. Yesterday was slow, but I ended up finding a few white bass and one hybrid. Roy’s impressed with the size of the Norfork Lake crappie he caught last evening. Early this this morning I headed in a different direction but couldn’t go far due to […]