Gaston's
White River Resort
Trophy Trout Fishing Report
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White River Fishing Report...
Since 1995 - For Twelve Years !!!
The Home of Trophy Trout
Since 1958
Almost Two
Miles of Trophy Trout Waters,
No Other Resort Can Offer Such !
Trophy
Trout from the White River, Arkansas
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Gaston's White River
Resort
is the only area on the White River where you can enjoy night
time trophy trout fishing. Right in the front of your cottage, night trophy
trout fishing is an excellent time to catch the trophy brown trout.
Just One of The MANY "Night Time" Trophy
Trout
That Have Been Caught and Released.
"Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could;
Some blunders and absurdities crept in;
Forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day;
You shall begin it serenely and
With too high a spirit to be encumbered
With your old nonsense."
- Emerson -
Sept 28,
2007 - Oct 12, 2007
For the past two weeks the water generation has been relatively steady, running 2-3 units around the clock. Once in a while, the corps will shut down all units. When they turn a generator or two back, on watch out! The trout will bite really good
for quite a while because of a fresh food supply washing down river.
Reports from Gaston's guests, guides, and dock crew
A hot bait new to the area, is an Eagle Claw Nitro Worm. (This bait is scented and cannot be used in the Catch-and-Release Area.) The pink, orange, and red/chartreuse is super good when going after the elusive trophy trout. Other good baits catching trout consist of live
redworms, live night crawlers, Berkley Powerbait (yellow and white).
Artificial lures that are catching trout well are the red/gold buoyant spoon, and gold/nickel
Colorado. Jigs also tend to catch trophy trout colored green, brown, and black. Countdown rapalas #'s 5 & 7 silver might just happen to entice a big brown trout to stretch a line.
Hank Wilson's Recommendations
Of course, the bulbous bivisible is a fly that all fly fishermen have to try at least once. We are soon coming into a season when the gold ribbed hares ear will start catching trout. White or pink jigs below a strike indicator is still a great choice. Other recommendations are the .56ers, and the zebra midge.
Reports from our fly-fishermen and
other fly guides
The bulbous bivisible is still the best fly going. If the trout do not rise for the bivisible, add a zebra midge dropper. The Y2K bug, red san juan worms, olive wholly buggers, and sow bugs are what is catching trout the best.
Reports from the State Park Trout Dock
If someone was to grab chartreuse rooster tails, rainbow countdown, orange/gold little cleos, red worms and/or night crawlers, and orange or white powerbait, they should have some great
rainbow or trophy brown trout.
It is rewarding to see the bait fisherman, fly fisherman,
guides, operators and the public working together in the best interest of the
White River and it's Trophy Trout fishing program. Just proves what a bit
of teamwork will do.
Good luck with your fishing and take a
buddy along to enjoy fishing also
and to make memories of a lifetime.
Ron & Logan
BULL
SHOALS LAKE LEVEL
Lake Level:
650.34 msl
Last Report: 651.95 msl (Power Pool is 654 msl)
MSL is
mean sea level. When we say that the lake level is 654
MSL, that means that the top of the lake is 654 feet above sea level.
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Corporate
Groups
Gaston's White River Resort has been serving hundreds of
corporate guests since 1958. Each corporate trip is designed to fit your
wants and needs.
The fact is that Gaston's
White River Resort has served more corporate groups than anyone on the White
River. If you want your trip special, then Gaston's White River Resort is
your best choice.
Show your clients,
employees, or friends your great appreciation and build team spirit, bring them
to Gaston's White River Resort. We promise your guests will find this peaceful and mind refreshing. Come and experience the spirit of the Ozarks,
the White River and Gaston's White River Resort.
We "Do It All"
and First Class !!!
Gaston's & Nature One Of The Same
The Home of Trophy Trout
Since 1958
Memories Made For A Lifetime
NO CLOSED SEASON
Fishing the White River is allowed 12 months out of
the year. The months of November through March offer some of the
trophy trout
catches of all seasons, however, fishing is good all year as the water temperature remains
an approximate 50 degrees throughout the year.
Gaston's White River Resort
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FLY
FISHING - TOP FLIES
For Trophy Trout
Fly Recommendations Chart
Hank's Fly Fishing Tips
Partridge & Orange Soft Hackle, Red
Butt Soft Hackle, Sow Bugs,
Black Parachute Ant, Bulbous Bivisible, Olive Wooly Buggers
Hank
Wilson teaches our fly fishing
school
and is a legend in the fly-fishing world. We
have over 50 hand-tied patterns available
in our tackle shop that Hank has made, as
well as hand-made fly fishing supplies
like fly-tying kits, lanyards, and knot tools.
These are all available for sale at our tackle
shop or via the Internet by emailing us.
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friend or best fishing buddy.
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Gallery Of Photos
"The mark of a
successful man is one that has spent an entire
day on the bank of a river without feeling guilty about it."
- Anonymous
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Trout Recipes
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collection of trout recipes!
Current
Choice
Smoked Trout Chowder
Serves 10
Ingredients
2 teaspoons
oil (preferably canola or olive)
2 large Vidalia onions, diced (about 2 cups)
2 celery stalks, diced
2 8-oz bottles clam juice
1 1/2 pounds red potatoes, peeled and diced
2 teaspoons dried thyme leaves
1/4 cup vermouth or sherry
4 cups milk
1/2 pound smoked trout fillet, flaked
1/4 cup chopped green onions
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Directions
In a large soup pot, heat
oil over medium heat. Add onions and celery, cook stirring occasionally, until
the onions are soft and translucent (about 5 minutes). Add clam juice, potatoes
and thyme.
Cook covered over low heat until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
Remove pan from heat. With a slotted spoon, transfer about 3/4 of the vegetables
to a blender and puree. Return puree to soup and bring back to a simmer over
medium-low heat.
Add vermouth, milk, trout
and green onions and heat through.
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Pointers For
Catch-n-Release
Use
barbless hooks.
Land the fish as quickly as possible.
When unhooking the fish, keep it in the water as long as possible.
Wet your hands before you touch the fish.
Don't squeeze the fish or stick your fingers in its gills.
Cut the line if the fish has swallowed the hook.
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