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On 10/2/2019 at 6:19 PM, rps said:
General reply to several posts. I have caught two at 10 and 13.75 pounds. I saw a 14.5 alive. I have seen mounts ranging from 10 the 15.5. I am sure Rangerman can say the same. Bill Babler has posted multiple pictures of Buster's very large catches. Do I think a 20+ is in Table Rock? Yes. In Bull Shoals? He** yes.
As for learning to fish walleye, I urge you to read Rangerman's posts and the articles I have written. You will save yourselves years of learning.
My friend I don’t know what the curse was this year but I lost some pigs. The biggest one being one my wife netted and she ultimately couldn’t lift the extended net. The fish rolled out leaving the crank bait entangled in the net. I was kind of at a loss of words. Not mad, just at a loss. It was large enough I shut down kicker motor and had to chase it with the trolling motor for 15-20 minutes before I got it up. It was big I will leave it at that.
I know a particular forum member 😬that had the same luck I had with landing large eyes this year.
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On 10/3/2019 at 8:12 PM, Bgctrading said:
Which river do you guys refer too there are several.
All of the river arms are good at the right time. Key words “right time”. I have gotten into them well on the james and the kings in the spring. You are talking about a fairly small population of fish in comparison to bass. When the water temp and river flow gets right, they run up spawn in a night, drop back and go into a short term funk. As far as the river arms I have fallen back to fishing a 1/16 jig on 4 pound test just to float it in front of and causing a reaction bite if I can’t catch them on anything else. I can’t speak of the White as that’s Rps’s territory lol. It’s very hit or miss I will tell ya that. As far as the old river rats, they do get after some very large specimens tight lining chubs, I have seen a 4 fish stringer where there wasn’t one under 10 pounds largest was prolly pushing 14.
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22 hours ago, Tim M said:
You ever use or troll live creek chubs? or troll spinners with bottom bouncers?
I reserve the chubs for cooler water January through March, usually I just long line with heavy split shot. Bottom bouncers with crawler harnesses and slow death are kind of standard equipment, yeah I pull them too. You can troll cranks on the upper end all winter with success. We caught some huge crappie 14-17 inchers pulling #11 flicker minnows last winter.
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10 hours ago, magicwormman said:
Great pictures! Yes, I think they are hooked for life! Don't you think that Bull Shoals has a much better population of walleyes?
It does...I just like to alternate 😬.I truly love both lakes..bull shoals more so in the summer due to NO boat traffic. A walleye is a walleye is a walleye. I have caught them utilizing the same techniques I use in other states using some obnoxious colors. Rip jigging, three ways rigs, jiggin raps, trolling spoons, everything works at the right times.
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In all seriousness, it took me 20 years to figure out the toothy critters on table rock, and they still sometimes have me scratching my head. Year to year they set up on the same areas, but the times could be a week off or like this year closer to a month. Walleye on the rock can be the moodiest fish on the lake. One minute they are chewing everything you put down and next minute you have to literally change colors within a couple hours to keep them interested. I love fishing them and am always willing to help guys serious about targeting them whether it be bull shoals or table rock. My kids have also grown to love fishing them. AAAAAAnd you never know when you could have the next state record on your line...they are there. I have no doubts.
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Table rock fished very well for walleye this year...when you found ‘em.
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Full moon periods are a great time..I generally pull down deep husky jerks at 1.5-1.9 a lot of that is dependent on water temp. As far as areas, it all depends on the time of year. In May, I generally fish 5-15 foot of water with regular #12 husky jerks on flat points on inside bends. As water warms move a bit deeper. Try to start before dark and waypoint areas where you are marking fish and return to the areas and fish a we bit shallower after dark.
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in Beaver Lake
I need to get down there and fish with you one of these days! Good trip with as high as the water is!
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On 6/17/2019 at 11:42 AM, Ron Burgundy said:
We dream of days like this , RM consistently does this not just on BS but TR also....Had RM been around during the MSW tournament days he would’ve been a serious threat to the top teams that kicked the rest of our butts 6-7 times year.
Thanks for the kudos my friend! I should have a Table Rock report come next week!
I really just want to ensure anyone that needs any type of tips get them! Love helping other walleye guys out!
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22 hours ago, Rob P said:
great info Rangerman.
I'll admit to running clip weight with set line out and trolling an old crankbait.
Then running over a point to see if I snag.
Knowing the depth and set up I can verify my lure depths.Doing it at least once tells me exactly the speed/line out/weight combo for that lure.
I run mono also but I like the clip weights for inside trolling rods.
Outside rods are longer and can be longlines.
I've found my northern Michigan crazy lure colors work the same on Bull.
walleye are walleye everywhere...Yes they are! They like some different colors. A couple of eaters I cleaned had pumpkinseed in them. I definitely love my snap weights but I was trying to follow the 25 foot contour and anytime I made a slight turn the inside line would drop into the brush. It was no beuno!
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Over the years I have refined some techniques when working Bull Shoals during high water periods. I am a troller at heart. Being able to refine trolling techniques on this awesome walleye lake will put numbers in the boat as well as larger specimens.
As of now, the old shoreline is in play with the thermocline being where it’s at. Choose erratic crankbaits such as jointed ones to draw attention to your baits. Trolling depths of 17 foot in 25 foot of water is where your want to be. Sure there are deeper fish to find however the above is where I found success. I have many trolling setups but when it comes to trolling brush, I always go with mono rigs. 10 pound Berkley big game gets the nod for me. Braid, lead core and snap weights can be hard on tackle supply when it’s comes to trolling the brush. Mono has a bit of buoyancy, which makes it pull through the brush a lot better.
Over the course of 2.5 days I lost 1 crank and that’s was my failure to retie when I should have. Use dive charts to figure out dive curves for different cranks. I was running 152 foot back with the cranks I was using which put me skipping the top of the brush.
Pay attention to your electronics. If walleye are wanting to feed you will see them suspended in the middle to top portions of the brush. You also want to stay in the correct depth zone to ensure your baits are not running any shallower water than they should be for obvious reasons. Speeds of 2.0-2.3 correlate with the current warmer water temps.
When you hook up, keep your rod tip up, these fish will want to grab a bait and head straight back into the brush.
There is definitely a stronger crank trolling bite in the mornings and evenings during the lower light periods as the fish rise to the tops of the brush. During the day, other techniques such as bottom bouncing slow death and crawler harnesses are better.
Good luck!
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3 hours ago, InTheHills said:
Great Day!
What were the size ranges of the keepers?
Had maybe a half dozen between 16 and 17.5 both days. The rest were in between 19.5 and 27.5.
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Had an awesome past couple days on the bull..pulled cranks for fish suspended over the tops of the brush 17 foot down over 25 foot of water. Put the hurting on them. Best day had 16 with a couple doubles. The two in the photo were one of the doubles. Love the lake, just ready for it to start its fall...speeds 2.2–utilizing cranks with erratic actions..first day I ended up with 5 fish over 25 inches.
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7 hours ago, top_dollar said:
Still biting planar boards better than longlines? Are you using snapweights with reef runner 800s in 28fow? Seems like youd be running those baits way deeper with that setup? Those are really impressive fish!
Reef runners were flatlined on boards. Boardless rods held snapweighted flicker shads.
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When you filet them, cut the rib cage out before you filet them off the skin. After you take the rib cage out, you will be able to see the red meat line. Keep your filet knife above this line and you should not have any problem with red meat except the piece down the middle. It takes some practice but you will see what I mean.
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Glad you had a great week yakm!
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I generally run all 10pd stealth braid and a 30 foot floro leader tied with uni to uni. I’ve got tons of trolling rods but I have been thoroughly impressed with the ugly stik gx2 in 7’6 medium light. Long enough to get line away from boat but not to long to manage. And perfect for running both cranks and trolling inline weights with crawler harnesses. Ditto on light drag.
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In short, I have had a helluva year on the rock. I normally fish bull shoals ALOT. I am not about numbers anymore as much as it is the hunt for the table rock walleye. I love ‘em. I have milk runs of spots on the James, white and Kings river arms that I can hit and catch summertime walleye on pretty consistently after a ton of time staring at maps and the lowrance.
Its that time of year where I start switching tackle over for salmon fishing up north. So to the walleye of table rock thanks for the good times and awesome meals!
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I was able to Come down for a couple of days to fish with one of the forum members Lundnut and fish with my wife and kids in the evening. Blessed with wonderful evening weather and the walleye were cooperating.
Fished 25-28 foot depths just off the gravel rolloffs.. 2 ounce snap weight program at 2.2mph. Found some of the bigger cranks such as #11 taildancers and 800 series reef runners produced bigger fish. It was awesome spending the evenings with the kids putting them on the toothy critters as well as countless big whites, smallies and Kentuckies. Had good numbers of walleye with some little guys as well. Great weekend!
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Sorry been off the forum for a bit. I have seen you recent success. Awesome my friend! I was down over this past weekend and done well. Just moved deeper.
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I seen two rainbows 14-18 inches long floating by my dock at Kimberling City. Both had blown out gills and both had died very recently as they still had some color to them.
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Well done buddy!👍🏻👍🏻
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Sounds like fun! Congrats on a good day!