Bill Babler

Fishing on the upper White has been excellent this year. Top water has been good to great and there is always a jig bite and a swimbait bite. 
Sorry however on the Small Jaws, seems to me Rock Creek is the cut-off. Yes there are some everywhere but less and less above Campbell Point. 
Did catch my biggest ever right across from Big M 6.1 pounds. That was 20 years ago. 
Unlike Crazy4 fishin, there was a crowd at Shell Knob. All the ramps including Viola were full to over capacity. 
Unlike past years however no one seemed to cut people off. Most all the tournament guys were fishing dirt. Over and over. 
Neighbor had 40 fish Sunday with one over 4 pounds and he said 15 solid keeps
Where we are fishing you would have to have a deer rifle to hit the bank.  
They have been on these channel swings for months, along with millions and millions of shad.  Although it’s off the bank we’re still fishing 15’ to 22’. 
Going to fish the Homer Sloan charity event Saturday with my son. Of course they will just vanish on Saturday but he right back there on Sunday. 
Durn Wacky fish. 






 

Campbell Point is a BEAR to back in. Front truck tires have to be in the water. 
If you have a buddy it’s ok but by yourself you’re going to get wet. 
The Marina hosts the weighin, there is no way the launch facility could do it as the ramp is terrible and there is no boat parking access as the launch dock is really a one boat dock. Also, they covered the entire shoreline with huge boulder riprap so that’s out. 
 
Quite a few launched there but the SK bridge ramp was the main launch for the derby. 6 minutes to CP  
Steven and I launched at H Hwy.  We were the only truck at the ramp. 6 minute run to CP. 
The guys that won last year skunked. Fish were biting but just limited size. Over 1/2 the field didn’t show up at the weigh in.
Everyone showed up at the steak dinner 😁
Steven and I waded thru 50 + fish to nab 5 keeps.  Glad we did as he doesn’t get to fish much and he had a ball just catching fish.
Pleasure boat traffic in the SK Baxter area Saturday was totally insane with wake boats and big Cobalts all over. 
Warm water and a beautiful day had them enjoying early Fall weather. 
Results are usually only posted in the Rattler and it takes 2 weeks. Not this coming Thursday but the following one. 
Ya’ll come fish next year. 




 

10-4-25
Son Steve and I fished the HSD out of Campbell Point it is the longest running Bass Tournament in the country. This was its 57 th. Consecutive year. 
39 boats this year. We came in 5 th. Stringer 10.14 and 5th. Big bass 3.9.   15.02 won the derby and 3.14 was big bass. It’s 6 fish so that’s why it didn’t take a kicker. 
There is absolutely no more fun I could possibly have than fishing with Steven in this event that helps the SK Chamber. 
Fantastic steak dinner afterwards and thousands of dollars in donated giveaways. 
I probably blew it for us as far as winning by just watching Steve catch fish. We stayed on our first location for 2.5 hours as I netted 24 fish for Steven and not a single keeper. 
The channel Swings up the Kings River are simply loaded with fish and I’ve been catching some  nice 15” to 17” on them but yesterday they just would not hit the mark on the board. 
No dad is leaving a location when their kid is catching fish like that no matter what the size. He was having a BLAST. 
Surface  temp when we started was 79 and at 4 when we weighed in it was 83. That’s warm water and there were boats everywhere. The wake boats ran us off the deep bite as we were  taking waves over the side, glad it did as we didn’t have a fish in the livewell. 
At 9:45 Steve put the 3.9 in the boat on a  Texas rig worm out of a brush pike and we did that the rest of the day to catch our 5. 
We each lost 2 keepers so we easily could have had our 6. Steve had a really nice LM jump twice and go back down in a pile and we lost  it. Probably just about like his 3.9 and I did not fish clean at all. 
I back lashed 2 reels spooning deep fish and accidentally hit the release button TWICE. If you say you haven’t done that I don’t believe you. But twice in one day SHEEEE! 
I also had 2 solid keeps jump off so totally my fault. 
We caught in excess of 50 fish yesterday and if it had been Father’s Day I could not have had a better present. 
Homer Sloan Bass Buddy Tournament is always the first Saturday in October. It is FUN. If there is anyway you can come next year with a family member or a good buddy, you will make memories.  Please join us for this wonderful Table Rock, Shell Knob event. 
Good Luck. 













 

10-4-25
Son Steve and I fished the HSD out of Campbell Point it is the longest running Bass Tournament in the country. This was its 57 th. Consecutive year. 
39 boats this year. We came in 5 th. Stringer 10.14 and 5th. Big bass 3.9.   15.02 won the derby and 3.14 was big bass. It’s 6 fish so that’s why it didn’t take a kicker. 
There is absolutely no more fun I could possibly have than fishing with Steven in this event that helps the SK Chamber. 
Fantastic steak dinner afterwards and thousands of dollars in donated giveaways. 
I probably blew it for us as far as winning by just watching Steve catch fish. We stayed on our first location for 2.5 hours as I netted 24 fish for Steven and not a single keeper. 
The channel Swings up the Kings River are simply loaded with fish and I’ve been catching some  nice 15” to 17” on them but yesterday they just would not hit the mark on the board. 
No dad is leaving a location when their kid is catching fish like that no matter what the size. He was having a BLAST. 
Surface  temp when we started was 79 and at 4 when we weighed in it was 83. That’s warm water and there were boats everywhere. The wake boats ran us off the deep bite as we were  taking waves over the side, glad it did as we didn’t have a fish in the livewell. 
At 9:45 Steve put the 3.9 in the boat on a  Texas rig worm out of a brush pike and we did that the rest of the day to catch our 5. 
We each lost 2 keepers so we easily could have had our 6. Steve had a really nice LM jump twice and go back down in a pile and we lost  it. Probably just about like his 3.9 and I did not fish clean at all. 
I back lashed 2 reels spooning deep fish and accidentally hit the release button TWICE. If you say you haven’t done that I don’t believe you. But twice in one day SHEEEE! 
I also had 2 solid keeps jump off so totally my fault. 
We caught in excess of 50 fish yesterday and if it had been Father’s Day I could not have had a better present. 
Homer Sloan Bass Buddy Tournament is always the first Saturday in October. It is FUN. If there is anyway you can come next year with a family member or a good buddy, you will make memories.  Please join us for this wonderful Table Rock, Shell Knob event. 
Good Luck. 













 

10-4-25
Son Steve and I fished the HSD out of Campbell Point it is the longest running Bass Tournament in the country. This was its 57 th. Consecutive year. 
39 boats this year. We came in 5 th. Stringer 10.14 and 5th. Big bass 3.9.   15.02 won the derby and 3.14 was big bass. It’s 6 fish so that’s why it didn’t take a kicker. 
There is absolutely no more fun I could possibly have than fishing with Steven in this event that helps the SK Chamber. 
Fantastic steak dinner afterwards and thousands of dollars in donated giveaways. 
I probably blew it for us as far as winning by just watching Steve catch fish. We stayed on our first location for 2.5 hours as I netted 24 fish for Steven and not a single keeper. 
The channel Swings up the Kings River are simply loaded with fish and I’ve been catching some  nice 15” to 17” on them but yesterday they just would not hit the mark on the board. 
No dad is leaving a location when their kid is catching fish like that no matter what the size. He was having a BLAST. 
Surface  temp when we started was 79 and at 4 when we weighed in it was 83. That’s warm water and there were boats everywhere. The wake boats ran us off the deep bite as we were  taking waves over the side, glad it did as we didn’t have a fish in the livewell. 
At 9:45 Steve put the 3.9 in the boat on a  Texas rig worm out of a brush pike and we did that the rest of the day to catch our 5. 
We each lost 2 keepers so we easily could have had our 6. Steve had a really nice LM jump twice and go back down in a pile and we lost  it. Probably just about like his 3.9 and I did not fish clean at all. 
I back lashed 2 reels spooning deep fish and accidentally hit the release button TWICE. If you say you haven’t done that I don’t believe you. But twice in one day SHEEEE! 
I also had 2 solid keeps jump off so totally my fault. 
We caught in excess of 50 fish yesterday and if it had been Father’s Day I could not have had a better present. 
Homer Sloan Bass Buddy Tournament is always the first Saturday in October. It is FUN. If there is anyway you can come next year with a family member or a good buddy, you will make memories.  Please join us for this wonderful Table Rock, Shell Knob event. 
Good Luck. 













 

Campbell Point is a BEAR to back in. Front truck tires have to be in the water. 
If you have a buddy it’s ok but by yourself you’re going to get wet. 
The Marina hosts the weighin, there is no way the launch facility could do it as the ramp is terrible and there is no boat parking access as the launch dock is really a one boat dock. Also, they covered the entire shoreline with huge boulder riprap so that’s out. 
 
Quite a few launched there but the SK bridge ramp was the main launch for the derby. 6 minutes to CP  
Steven and I launched at H Hwy.  We were the only truck at the ramp. 6 minute run to CP. 
The guys that won last year skunked. Fish were biting but just limited size. Over 1/2 the field didn’t show up at the weigh in.
Everyone showed up at the steak dinner 😁
Steven and I waded thru 50 + fish to nab 5 keeps.  Glad we did as he doesn’t get to fish much and he had a ball just catching fish.
Pleasure boat traffic in the SK Baxter area Saturday was totally insane with wake boats and big Cobalts all over. 
Warm water and a beautiful day had them enjoying early Fall weather. 
Results are usually only posted in the Rattler and it takes 2 weeks. Not this coming Thursday but the following one. 
Ya’ll come fish next year. 




 

10-4-25
Son Steve and I fished the HSD out of Campbell Point it is the longest running Bass Tournament in the country. This was its 57 th. Consecutive year. 
39 boats this year. We came in 5 th. Stringer 10.14 and 5th. Big bass 3.9.   15.02 won the derby and 3.14 was big bass. It’s 6 fish so that’s why it didn’t take a kicker. 
There is absolutely no more fun I could possibly have than fishing with Steven in this event that helps the SK Chamber. 
Fantastic steak dinner afterwards and thousands of dollars in donated giveaways. 
I probably blew it for us as far as winning by just watching Steve catch fish. We stayed on our first location for 2.5 hours as I netted 24 fish for Steven and not a single keeper. 
The channel Swings up the Kings River are simply loaded with fish and I’ve been catching some  nice 15” to 17” on them but yesterday they just would not hit the mark on the board. 
No dad is leaving a location when their kid is catching fish like that no matter what the size. He was having a BLAST. 
Surface  temp when we started was 79 and at 4 when we weighed in it was 83. That’s warm water and there were boats everywhere. The wake boats ran us off the deep bite as we were  taking waves over the side, glad it did as we didn’t have a fish in the livewell. 
At 9:45 Steve put the 3.9 in the boat on a  Texas rig worm out of a brush pike and we did that the rest of the day to catch our 5. 
We each lost 2 keepers so we easily could have had our 6. Steve had a really nice LM jump twice and go back down in a pile and we lost  it. Probably just about like his 3.9 and I did not fish clean at all. 
I back lashed 2 reels spooning deep fish and accidentally hit the release button TWICE. If you say you haven’t done that I don’t believe you. But twice in one day SHEEEE! 
I also had 2 solid keeps jump off so totally my fault. 
We caught in excess of 50 fish yesterday and if it had been Father’s Day I could not have had a better present. 
Homer Sloan Bass Buddy Tournament is always the first Saturday in October. It is FUN. If there is anyway you can come next year with a family member or a good buddy, you will make memories.  Please join us for this wonderful Table Rock, Shell Knob event. 
Good Luck. 













 

10-4-25
Son Steve and I fished the HSD out of Campbell Point it is the longest running Bass Tournament in the country. This was its 57 th. Consecutive year. 
39 boats this year. We came in 5 th. Stringer 10.14 and 5th. Big bass 3.9.   15.02 won the derby and 3.14 was big bass. It’s 6 fish so that’s why it didn’t take a kicker. 
There is absolutely no more fun I could possibly have than fishing with Steven in this event that helps the SK Chamber. 
Fantastic steak dinner afterwards and thousands of dollars in donated giveaways. 
I probably blew it for us as far as winning by just watching Steve catch fish. We stayed on our first location for 2.5 hours as I netted 24 fish for Steven and not a single keeper. 
The channel Swings up the Kings River are simply loaded with fish and I’ve been catching some  nice 15” to 17” on them but yesterday they just would not hit the mark on the board. 
No dad is leaving a location when their kid is catching fish like that no matter what the size. He was having a BLAST. 
Surface  temp when we started was 79 and at 4 when we weighed in it was 83. That’s warm water and there were boats everywhere. The wake boats ran us off the deep bite as we were  taking waves over the side, glad it did as we didn’t have a fish in the livewell. 
At 9:45 Steve put the 3.9 in the boat on a  Texas rig worm out of a brush pike and we did that the rest of the day to catch our 5. 
We each lost 2 keepers so we easily could have had our 6. Steve had a really nice LM jump twice and go back down in a pile and we lost  it. Probably just about like his 3.9 and I did not fish clean at all. 
I back lashed 2 reels spooning deep fish and accidentally hit the release button TWICE. If you say you haven’t done that I don’t believe you. But twice in one day SHEEEE! 
I also had 2 solid keeps jump off so totally my fault. 
We caught in excess of 50 fish yesterday and if it had been Father’s Day I could not have had a better present. 
Homer Sloan Bass Buddy Tournament is always the first Saturday in October. It is FUN. If there is anyway you can come next year with a family member or a good buddy, you will make memories.  Please join us for this wonderful Table Rock, Shell Knob event. 
Good Luck. 













 

10-4-25
Son Steve and I fished the HSD out of Campbell Point it is the longest running Bass Tournament in the country. This was its 57 th. Consecutive year. 
39 boats this year. We came in 5 th. Stringer 10.14 and 5th. Big bass 3.9.   15.02 won the derby and 3.14 was big bass. It’s 6 fish so that’s why it didn’t take a kicker. 
There is absolutely no more fun I could possibly have than fishing with Steven in this event that helps the SK Chamber. 
Fantastic steak dinner afterwards and thousands of dollars in donated giveaways. 
I probably blew it for us as far as winning by just watching Steve catch fish. We stayed on our first location for 2.5 hours as I netted 24 fish for Steven and not a single keeper. 
The channel Swings up the Kings River are simply loaded with fish and I’ve been catching some  nice 15” to 17” on them but yesterday they just would not hit the mark on the board. 
No dad is leaving a location when their kid is catching fish like that no matter what the size. He was having a BLAST. 
Surface  temp when we started was 79 and at 4 when we weighed in it was 83. That’s warm water and there were boats everywhere. The wake boats ran us off the deep bite as we were  taking waves over the side, glad it did as we didn’t have a fish in the livewell. 
At 9:45 Steve put the 3.9 in the boat on a  Texas rig worm out of a brush pike and we did that the rest of the day to catch our 5. 
We each lost 2 keepers so we easily could have had our 6. Steve had a really nice LM jump twice and go back down in a pile and we lost  it. Probably just about like his 3.9 and I did not fish clean at all. 
I back lashed 2 reels spooning deep fish and accidentally hit the release button TWICE. If you say you haven’t done that I don’t believe you. But twice in one day SHEEEE! 
I also had 2 solid keeps jump off so totally my fault. 
We caught in excess of 50 fish yesterday and if it had been Father’s Day I could not have had a better present. 
Homer Sloan Bass Buddy Tournament is always the first Saturday in October. It is FUN. If there is anyway you can come next year with a family member or a good buddy, you will make memories.  Please join us for this wonderful Table Rock, Shell Knob event. 
Good Luck. 













 

10-4-25
Son Steve and I fished the HSD out of Campbell Point it is the longest running Bass Tournament in the country. This was its 57 th. Consecutive year. 
39 boats this year. We came in 5 th. Stringer 10.14 and 5th. Big bass 3.9.   15.02 won the derby and 3.14 was big bass. It’s 6 fish so that’s why it didn’t take a kicker. 
There is absolutely no more fun I could possibly have than fishing with Steven in this event that helps the SK Chamber. 
Fantastic steak dinner afterwards and thousands of dollars in donated giveaways. 
I probably blew it for us as far as winning by just watching Steve catch fish. We stayed on our first location for 2.5 hours as I netted 24 fish for Steven and not a single keeper. 
The channel Swings up the Kings River are simply loaded with fish and I’ve been catching some  nice 15” to 17” on them but yesterday they just would not hit the mark on the board. 
No dad is leaving a location when their kid is catching fish like that no matter what the size. He was having a BLAST. 
Surface  temp when we started was 79 and at 4 when we weighed in it was 83. That’s warm water and there were boats everywhere. The wake boats ran us off the deep bite as we were  taking waves over the side, glad it did as we didn’t have a fish in the livewell. 
At 9:45 Steve put the 3.9 in the boat on a  Texas rig worm out of a brush pike and we did that the rest of the day to catch our 5. 
We each lost 2 keepers so we easily could have had our 6. Steve had a really nice LM jump twice and go back down in a pile and we lost  it. Probably just about like his 3.9 and I did not fish clean at all. 
I back lashed 2 reels spooning deep fish and accidentally hit the release button TWICE. If you say you haven’t done that I don’t believe you. But twice in one day SHEEEE! 
I also had 2 solid keeps jump off so totally my fault. 
We caught in excess of 50 fish yesterday and if it had been Father’s Day I could not have had a better present. 
Homer Sloan Bass Buddy Tournament is always the first Saturday in October. It is FUN. If there is anyway you can come next year with a family member or a good buddy, you will make memories.  Please join us for this wonderful Table Rock, Shell Knob event. 
Good Luck. 













 

10-4-25
Son Steve and I fished the HSD out of Campbell Point it is the longest running Bass Tournament in the country. This was its 57 th. Consecutive year. 
39 boats this year. We came in 5 th. Stringer 10.14 and 5th. Big bass 3.9.   15.02 won the derby and 3.14 was big bass. It’s 6 fish so that’s why it didn’t take a kicker. 
There is absolutely no more fun I could possibly have than fishing with Steven in this event that helps the SK Chamber. 
Fantastic steak dinner afterwards and thousands of dollars in donated giveaways. 
I probably blew it for us as far as winning by just watching Steve catch fish. We stayed on our first location for 2.5 hours as I netted 24 fish for Steven and not a single keeper. 
The channel Swings up the Kings River are simply loaded with fish and I’ve been catching some  nice 15” to 17” on them but yesterday they just would not hit the mark on the board. 
No dad is leaving a location when their kid is catching fish like that no matter what the size. He was having a BLAST. 
Surface  temp when we started was 79 and at 4 when we weighed in it was 83. That’s warm water and there were boats everywhere. The wake boats ran us off the deep bite as we were  taking waves over the side, glad it did as we didn’t have a fish in the livewell. 
At 9:45 Steve put the 3.9 in the boat on a  Texas rig worm out of a brush pike and we did that the rest of the day to catch our 5. 
We each lost 2 keepers so we easily could have had our 6. Steve had a really nice LM jump twice and go back down in a pile and we lost  it. Probably just about like his 3.9 and I did not fish clean at all. 
I back lashed 2 reels spooning deep fish and accidentally hit the release button TWICE. If you say you haven’t done that I don’t believe you. But twice in one day SHEEEE! 
I also had 2 solid keeps jump off so totally my fault. 
We caught in excess of 50 fish yesterday and if it had been Father’s Day I could not have had a better present. 
Homer Sloan Bass Buddy Tournament is always the first Saturday in October. It is FUN. If there is anyway you can come next year with a family member or a good buddy, you will make memories.  Please join us for this wonderful Table Rock, Shell Knob event. 
Good Luck. 













 

10-4-25
Son Steve and I fished the HSD out of Campbell Point it is the longest running Bass Tournament in the country. This was its 57 th. Consecutive year. 
39 boats this year. We came in 5 th. Stringer 10.14 and 5th. Big bass 3.9.   15.02 won the derby and 3.14 was big bass. It’s 6 fish so that’s why it didn’t take a kicker. 
There is absolutely no more fun I could possibly have than fishing with Steven in this event that helps the SK Chamber. 
Fantastic steak dinner afterwards and thousands of dollars in donated giveaways. 
I probably blew it for us as far as winning by just watching Steve catch fish. We stayed on our first location for 2.5 hours as I netted 24 fish for Steven and not a single keeper. 
The channel Swings up the Kings River are simply loaded with fish and I’ve been catching some  nice 15” to 17” on them but yesterday they just would not hit the mark on the board. 
No dad is leaving a location when their kid is catching fish like that no matter what the size. He was having a BLAST. 
Surface  temp when we started was 79 and at 4 when we weighed in it was 83. That’s warm water and there were boats everywhere. The wake boats ran us off the deep bite as we were  taking waves over the side, glad it did as we didn’t have a fish in the livewell. 
At 9:45 Steve put the 3.9 in the boat on a  Texas rig worm out of a brush pike and we did that the rest of the day to catch our 5. 
We each lost 2 keepers so we easily could have had our 6. Steve had a really nice LM jump twice and go back down in a pile and we lost  it. Probably just about like his 3.9 and I did not fish clean at all. 
I back lashed 2 reels spooning deep fish and accidentally hit the release button TWICE. If you say you haven’t done that I don’t believe you. But twice in one day SHEEEE! 
I also had 2 solid keeps jump off so totally my fault. 
We caught in excess of 50 fish yesterday and if it had been Father’s Day I could not have had a better present. 
Homer Sloan Bass Buddy Tournament is always the first Saturday in October. It is FUN. If there is anyway you can come next year with a family member or a good buddy, you will make memories.  Please join us for this wonderful Table Rock, Shell Knob event. 
Good Luck. 













 

DADAKOTA. I’ve only used mine on clear water but there are videos out there of guys using it on water you could walk on and the pictures are as good as mine. 
There is a guide in Kansas doing Garmin videos of crappie showing how to adjust LiveScope and the water if you can call it that is Red Mud  
Look at some of the Mike Baker videos on Truman when the lake is mud wall to wall and his pic’s are amazing. 
You can see a 1/16 th.. oz. Crappie jig drop right thru the tree limbs to suspended crappie in the branches.  Water has maybe 6” to a ft. of visibility.  You can see the tails of the crappie going back and forth.
I’m very fortunate I’ve had some pro’s help set me up and with what I’ve garnered online and now looking at it for 3 years, I’m pretty dialed in. 
If the fish are moving at all I can see their tails swimming. 
Good luck and keep tinkering with it. 



 

You could take all I know about fishing Table Rock, put it in a 1 gallon milk jug and still have room for the gallon of milk. 
Yesterday was a good example. I’m looking for a few bigger fish than I’m currently catching on channel swings,  so I started checking deep trees, docks and conservation piles  
The fish were set up so differently than I had ever seen.  Piles, multiple limbed cedars held crappie and gills.  The gills were in the piles or inside the limbs of the cedars and the crappie were sitting directly on top, or on the up stream top sides of the cover.
If crappie or gills were present there were no bass  You saw my pictures of the gills Becky caught a couple of weeks ago, these were just as big as those.  Caught 4 on an A-rig  
Caught 6 crappie, they were just giants also on an A-rig.  Most all at 15’ to 22’ suspended over depth. 
Bass were on either pole timber or sparsely limbed big trees, locked right on the limbs or trunks at that same 15’ to 22’ range over depth. 
You could count everyone of them on LiveScope and if there were multiple fish they would bite. If they were singles nada. 

I had never seen this type of separation between the species before or how different they were relating to structure. 
As far as the docks, there were smaller gills stacked under the docks I checked. Not many crappie and very few bass.
The bass mostly were suspended on the dock anchor cables and again if there were just one or two they had no appetite. If there were several I could trick one or two. 
They were not schooled on the cable they were stair stepped along it 
No biggins but I learn something new every time I turn on the LiveScope. 

 

 

 

You could take all I know about fishing Table Rock, put it in a 1 gallon milk jug and still have room for the gallon of milk. 
Yesterday was a good example. I’m looking for a few bigger fish than I’m currently catching on channel swings,  so I started checking deep trees, docks and conservation piles  
The fish were set up so differently than I had ever seen.  Piles, multiple limbed cedars held crappie and gills.  The gills were in the piles or inside the limbs of the cedars and the crappie were sitting directly on top, or on the up stream top sides of the cover.
If crappie or gills were present there were no bass  You saw my pictures of the gills Becky caught a couple of weeks ago, these were just as big as those.  Caught 4 on an A-rig  
Caught 6 crappie, they were just giants also on an A-rig.  Most all at 15’ to 22’ suspended over depth. 
Bass were on either pole timber or sparsely limbed big trees, locked right on the limbs or trunks at that same 15’ to 22’ range over depth. 
You could count everyone of them on LiveScope and if there were multiple fish they would bite. If they were singles nada. 

I had never seen this type of separation between the species before or how different they were relating to structure. 
As far as the docks, there were smaller gills stacked under the docks I checked. Not many crappie and very few bass.
The bass mostly were suspended on the dock anchor cables and again if there were just one or two they had no appetite. If there were several I could trick one or two. 
They were not schooled on the cable they were stair stepped along it 
No biggins but I learn something new every time I turn on the LiveScope. 

 

 

 

You could take all I know about fishing Table Rock, put it in a 1 gallon milk jug and still have room for the gallon of milk. 
Yesterday was a good example. I’m looking for a few bigger fish than I’m currently catching on channel swings,  so I started checking deep trees, docks and conservation piles  
The fish were set up so differently than I had ever seen.  Piles, multiple limbed cedars held crappie and gills.  The gills were in the piles or inside the limbs of the cedars and the crappie were sitting directly on top, or on the up stream top sides of the cover.
If crappie or gills were present there were no bass  You saw my pictures of the gills Becky caught a couple of weeks ago, these were just as big as those.  Caught 4 on an A-rig  
Caught 6 crappie, they were just giants also on an A-rig.  Most all at 15’ to 22’ suspended over depth. 
Bass were on either pole timber or sparsely limbed big trees, locked right on the limbs or trunks at that same 15’ to 22’ range over depth. 
You could count everyone of them on LiveScope and if there were multiple fish they would bite. If they were singles nada. 

I had never seen this type of separation between the species before or how different they were relating to structure. 
As far as the docks, there were smaller gills stacked under the docks I checked. Not many crappie and very few bass.
The bass mostly were suspended on the dock anchor cables and again if there were just one or two they had no appetite. If there were several I could trick one or two. 
They were not schooled on the cable they were stair stepped along it 
No biggins but I learn something new every time I turn on the LiveScope. 

 

 

 

You could take all I know about fishing Table Rock, put it in a 1 gallon milk jug and still have room for the gallon of milk. 
Yesterday was a good example. I’m looking for a few bigger fish than I’m currently catching on channel swings,  so I started checking deep trees, docks and conservation piles  
The fish were set up so differently than I had ever seen.  Piles, multiple limbed cedars held crappie and gills.  The gills were in the piles or inside the limbs of the cedars and the crappie were sitting directly on top, or on the up stream top sides of the cover.
If crappie or gills were present there were no bass  You saw my pictures of the gills Becky caught a couple of weeks ago, these were just as big as those.  Caught 4 on an A-rig  
Caught 6 crappie, they were just giants also on an A-rig.  Most all at 15’ to 22’ suspended over depth. 
Bass were on either pole timber or sparsely limbed big trees, locked right on the limbs or trunks at that same 15’ to 22’ range over depth. 
You could count everyone of them on LiveScope and if there were multiple fish they would bite. If they were singles nada. 

I had never seen this type of separation between the species before or how different they were relating to structure. 
As far as the docks, there were smaller gills stacked under the docks I checked. Not many crappie and very few bass.
The bass mostly were suspended on the dock anchor cables and again if there were just one or two they had no appetite. If there were several I could trick one or two. 
They were not schooled on the cable they were stair stepped along it 
No biggins but I learn something new every time I turn on the LiveScope. 

 

 

 

You could take all I know about fishing Table Rock, put it in a 1 gallon milk jug and still have room for the gallon of milk. 
Yesterday was a good example. I’m looking for a few bigger fish than I’m currently catching on channel swings,  so I started checking deep trees, docks and conservation piles  
The fish were set up so differently than I had ever seen.  Piles, multiple limbed cedars held crappie and gills.  The gills were in the piles or inside the limbs of the cedars and the crappie were sitting directly on top, or on the up stream top sides of the cover.
If crappie or gills were present there were no bass  You saw my pictures of the gills Becky caught a couple of weeks ago, these were just as big as those.  Caught 4 on an A-rig  
Caught 6 crappie, they were just giants also on an A-rig.  Most all at 15’ to 22’ suspended over depth. 
Bass were on either pole timber or sparsely limbed big trees, locked right on the limbs or trunks at that same 15’ to 22’ range over depth. 
You could count everyone of them on LiveScope and if there were multiple fish they would bite. If they were singles nada. 

I had never seen this type of separation between the species before or how different they were relating to structure. 
As far as the docks, there were smaller gills stacked under the docks I checked. Not many crappie and very few bass.
The bass mostly were suspended on the dock anchor cables and again if there were just one or two they had no appetite. If there were several I could trick one or two. 
They were not schooled on the cable they were stair stepped along it 
No biggins but I learn something new every time I turn on the LiveScope. 

 

 

 

Couldn’t keep them off an A-rig yesterday around Shell Knob.  First day I’ve thrown it much. Caught several GIANTS. I was using a 2.8” Keitech on the rig fishing conservation piles and cedars. 
They usually don’t like that size bait so if you would use minnows or small jigs you could catch some.
They were suspended at exactly 15’ over the tops of the cedars or the deeper piles. 
Without saying FFS is the key. 
Good Luck. 


 

You could take all I know about fishing Table Rock, put it in a 1 gallon milk jug and still have room for the gallon of milk. 
Yesterday was a good example. I’m looking for a few bigger fish than I’m currently catching on channel swings,  so I started checking deep trees, docks and conservation piles  
The fish were set up so differently than I had ever seen.  Piles, multiple limbed cedars held crappie and gills.  The gills were in the piles or inside the limbs of the cedars and the crappie were sitting directly on top, or on the up stream top sides of the cover.
If crappie or gills were present there were no bass  You saw my pictures of the gills Becky caught a couple of weeks ago, these were just as big as those.  Caught 4 on an A-rig  
Caught 6 crappie, they were just giants also on an A-rig.  Most all at 15’ to 22’ suspended over depth. 
Bass were on either pole timber or sparsely limbed big trees, locked right on the limbs or trunks at that same 15’ to 22’ range over depth. 
You could count everyone of them on LiveScope and if there were multiple fish they would bite. If they were singles nada. 

I had never seen this type of separation between the species before or how different they were relating to structure. 
As far as the docks, there were smaller gills stacked under the docks I checked. Not many crappie and very few bass.
The bass mostly were suspended on the dock anchor cables and again if there were just one or two they had no appetite. If there were several I could trick one or two. 
They were not schooled on the cable they were stair stepped along it 
No biggins but I learn something new every time I turn on the LiveScope. 

 

 

 

Fishing on the upper White has been excellent this year. Top water has been good to great and there is always a jig bite and a swimbait bite. 
Sorry however on the Small Jaws, seems to me Rock Creek is the cut-off. Yes there are some everywhere but less and less above Campbell Point. 
Did catch my biggest ever right across from Big M 6.1 pounds. That was 20 years ago. 
Unlike Crazy4 fishin, there was a crowd at Shell Knob. All the ramps including Viola were full to over capacity. 
Unlike past years however no one seemed to cut people off. Most all the tournament guys were fishing dirt. Over and over. 
Neighbor had 40 fish Sunday with one over 4 pounds and he said 15 solid keeps
Where we are fishing you would have to have a deer rifle to hit the bank.  
They have been on these channel swings for months, along with millions and millions of shad.  Although it’s off the bank we’re still fishing 15’ to 22’. 
Going to fish the Homer Sloan charity event Saturday with my son. Of course they will just vanish on Saturday but he right back there on Sunday. 
Durn Wacky fish. 






 

Fishing on the upper White has been excellent this year. Top water has been good to great and there is always a jig bite and a swimbait bite. 
Sorry however on the Small Jaws, seems to me Rock Creek is the cut-off. Yes there are some everywhere but less and less above Campbell Point. 
Did catch my biggest ever right across from Big M 6.1 pounds. That was 20 years ago. 
Unlike Crazy4 fishin, there was a crowd at Shell Knob. All the ramps including Viola were full to over capacity. 
Unlike past years however no one seemed to cut people off. Most all the tournament guys were fishing dirt. Over and over. 
Neighbor had 40 fish Sunday with one over 4 pounds and he said 15 solid keeps
Where we are fishing you would have to have a deer rifle to hit the bank.  
They have been on these channel swings for months, along with millions and millions of shad.  Although it’s off the bank we’re still fishing 15’ to 22’. 
Going to fish the Homer Sloan charity event Saturday with my son. Of course they will just vanish on Saturday but he right back there on Sunday. 
Durn Wacky fish. 






 

You could take all I know about fishing Table Rock, put it in a 1 gallon milk jug and still have room for the gallon of milk. 
Yesterday was a good example. I’m looking for a few bigger fish than I’m currently catching on channel swings,  so I started checking deep trees, docks and conservation piles  
The fish were set up so differently than I had ever seen.  Piles, multiple limbed cedars held crappie and gills.  The gills were in the piles or inside the limbs of the cedars and the crappie were sitting directly on top, or on the up stream top sides of the cover.
If crappie or gills were present there were no bass  You saw my pictures of the gills Becky caught a couple of weeks ago, these were just as big as those.  Caught 4 on an A-rig  
Caught 6 crappie, they were just giants also on an A-rig.  Most all at 15’ to 22’ suspended over depth. 
Bass were on either pole timber or sparsely limbed big trees, locked right on the limbs or trunks at that same 15’ to 22’ range over depth. 
You could count everyone of them on LiveScope and if there were multiple fish they would bite. If they were singles nada. 

I had never seen this type of separation between the species before or how different they were relating to structure. 
As far as the docks, there were smaller gills stacked under the docks I checked. Not many crappie and very few bass.
The bass mostly were suspended on the dock anchor cables and again if there were just one or two they had no appetite. If there were several I could trick one or two. 
They were not schooled on the cable they were stair stepped along it 
No biggins but I learn something new every time I turn on the LiveScope. 

 

 

 

You could take all I know about fishing Table Rock, put it in a 1 gallon milk jug and still have room for the gallon of milk. 
Yesterday was a good example. I’m looking for a few bigger fish than I’m currently catching on channel swings,  so I started checking deep trees, docks and conservation piles  
The fish were set up so differently than I had ever seen.  Piles, multiple limbed cedars held crappie and gills.  The gills were in the piles or inside the limbs of the cedars and the crappie were sitting directly on top, or on the up stream top sides of the cover.
If crappie or gills were present there were no bass  You saw my pictures of the gills Becky caught a couple of weeks ago, these were just as big as those.  Caught 4 on an A-rig  
Caught 6 crappie, they were just giants also on an A-rig.  Most all at 15’ to 22’ suspended over depth. 
Bass were on either pole timber or sparsely limbed big trees, locked right on the limbs or trunks at that same 15’ to 22’ range over depth. 
You could count everyone of them on LiveScope and if there were multiple fish they would bite. If they were singles nada. 

I had never seen this type of separation between the species before or how different they were relating to structure. 
As far as the docks, there were smaller gills stacked under the docks I checked. Not many crappie and very few bass.
The bass mostly were suspended on the dock anchor cables and again if there were just one or two they had no appetite. If there were several I could trick one or two. 
They were not schooled on the cable they were stair stepped along it 
No biggins but I learn something new every time I turn on the LiveScope. 

 

 

 

You could take all I know about fishing Table Rock, put it in a 1 gallon milk jug and still have room for the gallon of milk. 
Yesterday was a good example. I’m looking for a few bigger fish than I’m currently catching on channel swings,  so I started checking deep trees, docks and conservation piles  
The fish were set up so differently than I had ever seen.  Piles, multiple limbed cedars held crappie and gills.  The gills were in the piles or inside the limbs of the cedars and the crappie were sitting directly on top, or on the up stream top sides of the cover.
If crappie or gills were present there were no bass  You saw my pictures of the gills Becky caught a couple of weeks ago, these were just as big as those.  Caught 4 on an A-rig  
Caught 6 crappie, they were just giants also on an A-rig.  Most all at 15’ to 22’ suspended over depth. 
Bass were on either pole timber or sparsely limbed big trees, locked right on the limbs or trunks at that same 15’ to 22’ range over depth. 
You could count everyone of them on LiveScope and if there were multiple fish they would bite. If they were singles nada. 

I had never seen this type of separation between the species before or how different they were relating to structure. 
As far as the docks, there were smaller gills stacked under the docks I checked. Not many crappie and very few bass.
The bass mostly were suspended on the dock anchor cables and again if there were just one or two they had no appetite. If there were several I could trick one or two. 
They were not schooled on the cable they were stair stepped along it 
No biggins but I learn something new every time I turn on the LiveScope.