This spring rains might have brought much stress and high water to the Ozark Mountain Region, but it also brought beauty to the woods and new food sources to the waters. During the periods of higher water elevation, the trout of the white river gorged themselves with worms washed out from the river banks and fish that came over or through the spillways at Bull Shoals Dam.

Christmas is to children, like The Catch and Release Area below Bull Shoals Dam is to the White River Trout Fisherman. The trophy trout have been able to feed, breed, and grow without any negative pressure from an outside source. Many of the Brown Trout have been spawning over the past two months and are now hungry.

Here is some of the shots that Jim Gaston took while looking for Eagles during Eagle awareness!!!

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jeffsamsel.blogspot.com/2010/11/every-which-way-for-white-river-trout.html

For daily water conditions and lake levels, call the Bull Shoals Powerhouse at (870)431-5311.

Gaston's White River Resort Fishing Update 7.19.10