the water at bull shoals is 40' above pool and i cant locate the fish.

looked in flooded brush (forests) and main lake and secondary points.

any suggestions?

What are you throwing??

i started with spinner bait, went to rattle traps, then to carolina rig.

when i got to the points, i went to tubes.

I have a story about high water on Bull Shoals in this thread:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1208869046/18#18

BTW, Welcome aboard!

8-)

thanks for the welcome. i just "assumed" the fish were in spawning

mode and was fishing the new shore lines. with the original shore

lines so deep, that thought never crossed my mind. so you believe

the spawn has been delayed due to the excessive waters? oh, thanks

for the link!

Check this fishing report from time to time:

http://www.bullshoals.com/fishingreport/

The fishing probably sucks right now, otherwise Ricky would have updated since 4/8...

edit:

The fishing report was just updated (4/21).

8-)

Fishing in Missouri, especially south of I-70, has been absolutely trashed this spring due to the high and muddy water.  The fish seem like they're in a shutdown type mode and won't get back into a spawning ritual until things stabilize.