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Dock-in-it I consider you more of an expert on the deep fishing that I am but I will give my amateur thoughts. Usually when I am around gizzard shad I can't catch fish and I move. I think those gizzard are so large that when they eat one they are done feeding for a long time.

That was the only crappie I caught. It was 15 inches long.

Yea I caught a 2 pound crappie on Saturday. I was shocked at how big that thing was when I first saw it.

I appreciate the input from everyone. I think all of you are accurate. Sometimes you just need confirmation from fellow fisherman on the ideas I have been assuming. I continue to learn and be a student of this sport.

I have run into this scenario multiple times through out the years and have not been able to effectively figure a way to catch them. The lesson learned: the fish always have the advantage.

Thanks of the replies. Yea I knew it somewhat of a rabbit hole when I stopped there. I was having some motor issues so I was limited on how far I wanted to travel. So stayed the general area and got sucked into the rabbit hole. When you are around that many fish, I was like a kid looking in the window of a candy store but can't figure out a way to get inside. 😀 Sometimes I wonder if those fish only feed at certain times of the day. Maybe a sunny afternoon yesterday was not dinner time for those fish.

Yea we knew they were bass because saw one surfaced one time when they had a shad ball pinned at the surface. There was crappie down their as well but we can usually tell on the FFS, by the way they set up, whether it is crappie, bass or gizzard shad. I have run into this situation multiple times and have not been able to figure out how to put one in the boat. 🤪

I was on Table Rock yesterday afternoon and found several fish suspended in narrow creek arms. They were about 8-10' feet down over the top of some pole timber. There was also several large balls of shad in that creek. My buddy and I tried everything we could think of to catch one of them but it was futile exercise of wasted time. We threw several colors of jerkbaits, swimbait, lipless crankbait, lightly weighted fluke, broken red fin, wacky rig senko, grub and anything else we could think of. We had baits scattered all over the boat 😀 Anybody have any thoughts on how to catch the bass in these conditions?

yea usually the crappie, walleye, catfish and even big google eye find the welcoming mat in my kitchen.

Yea we only caught 2 or 3 google eye and 1 perch all week. Normally we will catch 3-4 google eye each day. We also did not catch any walleye, catfish or crappie (normally we catch a few of those)

For the past several years relatives come late April or early May and and we fish a week on Table Rock. The past several years the number fish caught have steadily declined. This year it was a grind and had to work for them.

Warning about Scott at Marine Repair Center---make sure you check everything is working properly before you leave their premises. I used to use Marine Repair Center do all of my electronic installs. One time had I them install a Humminbird on the front and at the console and also had them network the units together so they could share waypoints. After the install it was late evening when I picked up the boat and the next morning I noticed the front unit and console units where not networked together. I called Scott and he told me once it leaves their property they don't warranty any of their work. So it was now my problem to fix what I just paid him to do. Also had Marine Repair Center put a puck transducer in the bottom of the boat. I found out later, after a hole developed in the bottom of the hull, that Marine Repair Center drills a hole (almost all the through) in the bottom of the hull and leaves a very thin layer of the hull where the puck is inserted. I don't know if this is standard practice when installing a puck transducer but if it is I don't want a puck in the bottom of the hull if it means I have to have weak spot in the bottom of the boat hull. I now take all of my work on Tom at Championship Marine in Spokane, MO. Tom does fantastic work. Tom is also a fisherman and can relate to what most fisherman are wanting.

FYI Marine Repair Center does not warranty their work once it leaves the lot. I had a graph installed and there were supposed to link the bow and the console graph together so they would share waypoints. When I got home I realized the graphs were not sharing waypoints and called Scott at Marine Repair Center and he told me they don't warranty anything once it leaves the lot. Scott would not even give me any help over the phone. I had to figure out the problem myself which did not sit well with me since I had just paid them to link the units. In the past I had used them a lot to install a lot of different things but have not been back since this deal. So if the trolling motor falls as you are pulling out of their lot, Marine Repair does not see they are obligated to help you in any way. I have used Tom at Championship Marine in Spokane and he has always done a fantastic job for me.

The news about Bo is very hard to hear. I always admire his ability being able to put them in the boat on Table Rock. May his family find comfort during this season of adjustment.

May God bless Bo with recovery and be restored back to normal health.