dwiebenga

I am a weekend warrior as well. I have been with Bill on 3 occasions, and it has totally increased my production on TR. Then, I can not say enough about this forum. It is a gold mine of information. Listen to these guys and gals, they know their stuff. Here is my basic set up for the year on Table Rock... Spring: Jerkbait, grub, white fluke, shakey head, spinnerbait, jig Summer: jig, topwater, dropshot Fall: jig, topwater, wart, drop shot, spinnerbait I spend the majority of my time around Shell Knob. I am not a pro by any means, but I have been able to catch fish pretty regularly. Good luck, and as they say the best advise is ..."Go do it!" Dave

If the wind blows....put your head down...pick up a blade....and have at it! I did really well in the wind on the blade

Bill, I had my better bites on the shakey head near smaller docks and/or larger chunk rock. Topwater was better in the smaller cuts and near the docks too. I did not catch too many fish just throwing parallel to the bank. I was looking for activity then throwing a long cast. Some fair fish and many little tikes. Dave

Spent the last few days between Big Creek and Pt. 22 and had pretty good lucky chasing bass. Overall, landed about 50 fish, but keepers were limited (maybe 8 the entire weekend). I was able to find a decent topwater bite from 6-7:30am on Super Spooks and LC Wake Baits. Then, went with a 1/8-3/16 oz shakey head with a Zoom Shakey Worm (Green Weenie or Watermelon Red). Smacked a nice 4lber on the worm on Saturday. When the wind came up, put my head down and through the blade until my arm fell off. NOTE: if you have a light boat like mine, buy a drift sock and it will slow you down big time. Back to the story! I threw it at every piece of cover in 1-6 feet of water. I caught pretty good numbers, but again not many keepers. Overall, it was a great trip. I only saw one bedding fish, and he ran away, but I was not interested except watching. The water color went from fairly clear to tan near the Kings River. Dave

Okay...I hit the lakes here in Jackson County, but I also hit Table Rock 2 or 3 times per year

Where are you in KC? I am in Lee's Summit

I caught one years ago off my Grandmother's dock. They are very odd looking.

Great Post Bill!

Is anyone throwing a stick right now? Gonna be down in the Dam area soon, and my A-Rig rod is in Shell Knob and won't be there til April

Excellent information!

I am unable to attend. Is anyone planning to record and post here on the forum? It would be great!

Fantastic! Always excited when Fed EX or UPS does not break one!!! Enjoy!

How many strands do you all have on a typical FB Jig or Eakins Jig? Do you trim or completely remove some of the guard? Thanks dave

Lowered the Price to $120

Bumped...I added an Angler of the Year rod too

That is a great fish! What colors did you purchase?

SOLD and Thank you

I am parting with a NEW with Tags Falcon Lowrider Eakins Jig Rod. I aready have one of these rods and they are great! LFC-5-1610 6'10 MH 10-20lbs 3/16-5/8 Retails at $149. I will ship it to your door for $110.

I am parting with two of my Falcon Lowriders inorder to invest in a Flippin' Stick. SOLD SOLD SOLD LFC-5-17 ($80 to your door) SOLD MH 7' 10-20lbs 1/4 to 3/4 Mark Davis Angler of the Year SOLD LFC-5-168 MH 6'8 10-20 1/4-3/4 Rods are in great shape. No cracks in apoxy and all original eyes. $130 shipped to your door. Remember I am paying $25 to ship as well!

The McStick is a great producer. Caught close to 40 fish on one in 2010 in the Shell Knob area! On my local lake, I have caught 2 bass over 5lbs on it this past Spring. To be honest, I think it is more location, location, location; then weather and retrieve. Dave

I wish I was there!!

I agree with Champ.

The blade was best on Sat and Sun. Friday and Monday had little wind, and I lost my bite in my areas around Shell Knob. I was to stubborn to put any real time into a jig or shaky head. Probably a poor decision on my part, but oh well. That is life

I threw the War Eagle 3/8 oz double willow with purple and white (Purple Shad).

Champ, Thanks! I took your advise and just committed to it. The strikes were jarring too, and that made it even more fun. The 4lb LM about tore the rod out of my hand!