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Wake up to the cool mountain breeze blowing in your cabin window or hop-out-of-bed and on to your boat from your housekeeping cottage at a lake side Arkansas resort. Whether you're planning a romantic getaway, family vacation, renewing retreat, fishing expedition or group tour of the Ozark Mountain Region, you'll find a year-round selection of unique Arkansas resorts, cabins and cottages to suit your vacation style.

In the Ozark Mountain Region, you can rough it in an Arkansas cabin in the wild, sleep in a cottage inside a cave, choose mountain top lodging for your group, or call it a night on a dude ranch. Lake side family style cabins and world famous fishing resorts offer you and your group a host of lodging choices and personalized amenities.

Listed below are the full moon dates for 2012. They will be the prime time for striper fishing. Many people know this so now is a good time to book a trip to Norfork Lake with a Resort and Guide Service. Check out www.blackburnsresort.com  Feb 7, Mar 8, Apr 6, May 6, Jun 4, Jul 3, Aug2, Sept 30, Oct 29, Nov 28, Dec 29. 

Normally the walleye move shallow at the end of February back in some creeks and can be caught on Jerk baits.  Crappie, stripers and bass will be with them. Now is the time to make your reservation to catch some of them.  Check out www.blackburnsresort.com and check out what blackburns has to offer.

Look at the Size of this Norfork Lake Hybrid.  The fish in general have been biting well on Norfork Lake.  A cold front is moving in on Friday might change that for a few days.  It should warm up again early next week.  Check out www.blackburnsresort.com for a complete web site about the area.

The Stripers are in Their winter Pattern and are 1/2 Way Back In The creeks And Caught on Grubs.  These and some more were caught Monday Morning and join bass and crappie as the best bite on the lake.  Weather is to be cool and below normal temperatures which should keep fishing good for a while.  Level is now stable and the lake in general in very good condition.

This one is a 24-ft. Lowe Boat with a hard top canopy.  Also has 90-HP Mercury and a 24-volt trolling motor .  It has new floor, carpet, seats and is a very good boat.  It rents for $120/day or $485/ Week.  Check out www.blackburnsresort.com 

This group had a good time Fishing Norfork Lake.  They fished right through the Superbowl.  So did I.  They caught a lot of big fish and just left this morning.  It was very cool out but the fish were biting hot.

Wayne Walker From Springfield, Mo. Shows Off Nice Stringer including A big Fat Norfork Lake Hybrid While Fishing On Blackburns Resort Brush Piles.  The fish are in their winter pattern and are biting best before the fronts move in and after they have been here for a while. Check out www.blackburnsresort.com for a complete fishing report

It kept getting warmer and warmer as it got dark and then it started lightening in the north.  I fished until it was too dark to see and caught several crappie.  They were biting very slowly and not very agressive.  It rained hard most of the night with over an inch and the creeks are running again with the lake rising.

Bink With a 4+ lb. Kentucky Bass out of Norfork Lake.  They do not get much bigger than this around here.  Check out www.blackburnsresort.com for a complete web site about the area.  Low cost cottages and boat rentals and good fishing here.  We do not take pictures of small fish.