**First Report of the Season**

Attention Fishing Report Subscribers: 

In most streams south of the Missouri River, black bass season will open May 26, 2012, until that date all black bass in those streams must be returned to the water 
unharmed immediately after being caught.  For details see Chapter 6 of the Wildlife Code.

PLEASE CHECK REGULATIONS CAREFULLY: Special regulations may apply to designated portions of water bodies; some baits and lures may not be legal for all portions. 

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Bull Shoals Lake (East): 73 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/4/2012)

Bull Shoals Lake (West): 64 degrees, high, clear; white bass good on swimming minnows and Rooster Tails in chartreuse, white or purple; walleye good on jerkbaits 
and nightcrawlers; black bass good on jigs, topwater lures, soft plastics, and spinnerbaits; crappie fair on minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/5/2012)