CadeWompus

Thanks guys. I did get ahold of someone at State Park, and they do advertise being open for the Winter and even keep one shower house open. I appreciate the feedback.

Does anyone on there have any information if Winter camping is allowed at COE campgrounds at Table Rock and how it might work? I understand that there won't be water or bath facilities, but just wondering if they are open at all. I can't find any information on their web site and when I tried to call it was at least a 30min wait. Someone told me that they may have a pay box or it might just be free. I just want to make sure before I drive down with my camper. Thanks in advance! Chad

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Anyone know if they used a release boat for this tournament? I sure hope they didn't all get released at Long Creek Marina. I went to the BFL weigh in last month and every fish was dumped in one spot at State Park Marina. SMH

I have bought several KVD 300DDs and notice that their profile is larger than the Vision 110. More along the lines of the Pointer 100 in my mind. They seem to suspend pretty easily with a little wire on the front hook. I do mine in a bucket of water iced down to whatever water temp I think I will be fishing. It is valid what others have said, though, about having line attached affecting how they suspend. I'll be down at TR several weekends in March, so I will have to give them a test. I have gobs of Vision 110's, but now the +1's and +2's, I feel like I am starting all over again looking at spending hundreds of dollars to get a selection of the latest deeper divers isn't too appealing! I can buy 3 KVDs for the price of one Megabass!

Has anyone experimented with the Strike King KVD 300DD Jerkbaits? Much cheaper than megabass and supposed to get down to 12ft.

Good luck DChance. I will be there prefishing for the Solo Pro tournament next Sunday. I would think the fish should only have one thing on their mind. You in the Central Mo Bassmasters? I might swing by the ramp and watch your weigh-in...I'll be camping over in Hermitage State Park.

I was just looking over the regattas for Pomme the next couple of weekends. Man there a bunch of bass tournaments for such a small lake. Guess I can't complain too much since I am in one of them. Hope everyone is on good behavior.

I am headed down there this weekend for a LM Bass tournament. Probably gonna throw the rig. Any advice on how to catch blacks WITHOUT catching a bunch of whites? LOL

Sounds like Ahoys is out lol. Dtrs5kprs our club tourney is this Sat/Sun. Shouldn't be nearly as bad as April! Our weigh-in is at Cedarwood Resort ramp as many of our 15 teams are staying over there. I will probably just put in at the pay ramp by Port Kimberling or maybe go over to Aunts Creek since our club allows us to put in anywhere and trailer to the weigh in.

I wonder if I offered to pay a launch fee, if he would allow us to put in there. There are tournaments this weekend going out of Cedarwood Resort Ramp, Port of Kimberling, and Schooner Creek. I just thought I might try to find a ramp nearby that wouldn't be as congested.

Can someone tell me if it is still possible to use the Ahoys Ramp in Kimberling City?

Man, this is great info. Makes my heart start pounding just thinking about doing this 10 days from now. How do conditions affect this bite? Sun w/wind vs. no wind and also cloudy days? It has seemed to me in the past that the fish suspend more with the sun and wind and are easier to catch doing this.

I am surprised there is no mention on the ARig. Seems like that would also work. Is anyone throwing that?

I always thought it would be fun to fish this. I could possibly scrape up the $1000 to enter as an amatuer for 3 days for fun and fishing with the LOZ hammers. Then I hear about the money spent at the auction....too rich for me. I wonder what that money goes towards.

Headed down to Pomme for a bass fishing trip this Thurs-Sat. Can anyone give me a heads up on what the water conditions are now that we have gotten all this rain? I see that the lake is 5ft high and they are running water hard. Any insight from someone who has been on the water would be greatly appreciated!

Wow....lots of options! Table Rock is such an awesome lake for fishermen. Thanks for all the suggestions!

Sure thing Champ. I am also looking at Cedarwood Resort. It looks like it is located right next to Harpers Valley. Any knowledge of it?

Fry Bass?!? Far too precious... Thanks for the recommendation! I will check them out!

Hi Guys, I am in a bass club in Columbia, MO and we are planning on having a two day tournament at the Rock in mid March. In the past we have stayed in Baxter, but we are looking for somewhere new. I expect that we will have about 15 boats. We would prefer someplace centrally located since most of the guys are used to fishing out of Baxter...so someplace way up the river or around the dam wouldn't be as appealing. As always, cost is a factor and we would like to keep it reasonable. Other considerations are proximity to ramps, parking for up to 15 rigs, and someplace where we can have a group BBQ or fish fry in the evening. Any suggestions on place for us to look into would be greatly appreciated! Hope everyone is weathering the flood conditions safely. Chad

Maybe they were trying to mate with it! ?. Was it "sexy shad". ??

As we all know, the fish change on a daily basis. It is always nice to have people share what they have had success with. You guys that share on here are the minority and it is appreciated. That at least gives you a place to start. But ultimately everyone has to figure out what works for themselves.

Fished a club tournament this weekend Sat and Sun. Our club allows trailering, so we can put in at any ramp. I decided to fish "up the river" in the dirtier water. Found fish shallow on spawning flats and cuts/coves or just outside those areas. Caught all fish in less than 5ft of water and most in less than 2ft. Water had good color and about 2ft visibility mostly in upper 60 deg range. Caught most on a soft plastic brush hog type bait in green pumpkin pitched in the bushes. Bite was extremely light and didn't feel most of them hit. Missed quite a few. Caught a few on spinnerbait, but they were just slapping at it. Again I had several decent fish hit and hooked just long enough to know it was a fish and then they were gone. Caught 11 keepers over the 3 days including prefishing and lots of shorts. My 8 keepers weighed in the tournament just over 18lbs which got me 2nd place out of 12 and just under a pound out of first. My average fish up the river was 2.25lbs vs 1.8lbs for the guys fishing the clear water. Big fish for our tournament for 2 days of 12 teams was just over 3lbs. Not sure where the big ones went, but overall it was a bit tough for most in our club. The wind helped the clear water guys on Sunday, but still mostly just 15 inch keepers. You can view our clubs results at www.ozarkmountainanglers.com. Thanks to Sac River Jim, btlifes2short, and inshore for personally sharing information with me. Great bunch of guys in here.

Yea fishing a small club tournament.