Allen R.

Does anyone know what the water temps and clarity are, I'm visiting home for the holidays and thought about visiting Pomme. Anyone been bass fishing lately?

My thought on that is the worm is probably the most versatile bait and can be fished any time of the year. I will say with all the rock banks on Stockton, I'd probably be throwing a jig more often right now, but once the fish pull out, I opt for a worm.

I think you can always catch them on points at Stockton. I fished this past Saturday, and it was tough, but caught most my fish on points in the clear stuff north of the twin bridges. There were several swimmers, but I've had a tough time getting any kind of a bottom bite for bass. It's been fun though catching them on the jerkbait, I finally have confidence in that bait, took me a while, haha.

I fished USA Bassin' as well, and yes, it was tough everywhere. I spent most of my time in the clearest stuff, and saw two 3lb smallies surface near my boat in 25 ft of water on two different spots. The fish in my area were just cruising around and weren't on the bottom. The only thing I could get bit on was a jerkbait. We managed to get 4 keepers, but it didn't come easily. Hopefully the rain will pick up, I'm still surprised the jig bite has been so off.

Nice. I went out today and fished all over the lake. I had a hard time getting away from the shorts though. I'm still baffled the AIA tournament had a weight of 27+ lbs. I fished several types of water, and never came into the big girls.

We'll be heading down from Kansas City. I have no choice but to come down this weekend. I'm with a group, so this isn't a "fishing trip", but I was going to try to get out for a while.

I will be coming down for the weekend to Eminence. I've never been down there or to the Current River. I would like to do some fishing. I will have my waders, fly rod, and spinning rod. Does anyone have any recommendations for access points? Would I be better served fishing for smallies (I love me some smallies) or trout right now. Any information would be helpful. We'll also be near the Jakcs Fork, would I be better off fishing there? I'm not asking for specific spots, just for some guidance for someone who's never seen the area to help get me started. Thanks.

I will be coming down for the weekend to Eminence. I've never been down there or to Jacks Fork. I would like to do some little fishing. I will have my waders, fly rod, and spinning rod. Does anyone have any recommendations for access points? Would I be better served fishing for smallies or trout right now. Any information would be helpful. We'll also be near the Current River, would I be better off fishing there? I'm not asking for specific spots, just for some guidance for someone who's never seen the area. Thanks.

Just wanted to thank everyone again for the information. We camped at Kyle's Landing and had a great time. The water was low there, not very floatable as noted, but deep enough to enjoy. We hiked on Indian Creek bed with a couple people we met and had a good time, though we had a hard time finding the trail to take us to the Eye of the Needle. We ended up floating lower river below Tyler Bend as recommended. The river was slow and enjoyable, and the fishing was actually pretty good over there (nothing big). We floated 4.5 miles starting at Spring Creek. On our way out, I stopped at Crooked Creek for an hour or so and caught a good amount of smallies on a tube. What a great creek, I'd love to fish that from a boat some time. Thanks again for the helpful information.

Thanks everyone for the info. My wife just informed me that there are black bears in that region, and she has a funny fixation/phobia of bears. Have any of you guys ever encountered a black bear down there? Are there any precautions that you guys take? I'm trying to convince her we still need to go down there because it sounds like it's very beautiful.

Thank you all for the responses, I appreciate it. So, are we crazy for camping out there this time of the year? I don't exactly want to put myself in a tic infestation. What's the water like below Tyler bend? Meaning, is it class I type water (like I said, we're newbs). And so it sounds like I might be better served fly fishing for trout vs. smallies (anything on a flyrod is fun). Any recommendations on an outfitter for the checking on the Tyler bend area? Thanks again for your help.

My wife and I will be making a trip to Eureka Springs next weekend. Prior to that we were wanting to camp for about 3 days. We were thinking about going to Kyles Landing. I've never been to the Buffalo, is it even floatable right now/this time of the year? We'd like to do some hiking, smallmouth fly fishing (if there is good water), and do a small float if possible. Any information about good fly fishing sections and floatable water would be very helpful. What is the water like on the river, we are not very experienced floaters (floated the Kings once, that's it), but are wanting to learn. Thanks.

Schockly32 (and anyone else requesting more information), I think you should try looking at reports from the past, you'll see exactly what you're requesting. http://www.google.com/#q=site%3Aozarkangle...;fp=Xmf0jJ9P_V0 Marty usually gives pretty solid information that is detailed just right. I've spent most of my life bass fishing (only 28 now), and for my birthday, my wife and I went bass fishing with Marty last fall. Both he and I caught some quality fish. My bass club just had a night tournament this past weekend, and well, here are the results (I'm Allen Riddle by the way): http://raytownbassclub.net/ I fished a lot of the spots that Marty showed me, on top of that, he showed me some places on my map. I understand your question, and you've made it very clear you were not trying to be a jerk or anything. I just wanted to post something about this to anyone still reading because Marty has put in a lot of time over the years on this forum and I would recommend any bass fisherman that would like to learn about Stockton to book a trip with him. I'll probably go out with him again sometime, it's fun to fish with fellow wormers, especially when they bring fried chicken on the boat.

Well, I guess I'll answer my own question since nobody else was able to. My wife and I drove down to Pomme this morning from KC to enjoy a day on the water. We went way down the Pomme river and the lake appeared to be a couple feet high. We went probably a couple miles past the bridge (don't know the name of it). The water was very muddy with a lot of current. I've heard there are smallmouth on that river. I'm wondering how far down you have to go to get to where some smallmouth live and if it's possible without a jon boat. We had a nice time, wish it was warmer though. I fished for a little while in one of the creeks on the main lake for about 20 mins, and caught a load of largemouths, so that was a nice ending to the day. The water temp was mid 60's and it seemed like the fish had finished spawning.

I'm speaking about the river that actually flows into the lake (sorry, dunno if that is "above" or "below" the dam), so the river that's south of the lake, haha. Thanks.

How's the Pomme river looking right now? I was thinking about taking my wife down to Pomme to spend an afternoon on hanging out on the river and anjoying some scenery. The last time I went down the river, I went past the bridge and the water was crystal clear. I was also curious if there is smallmouth down that river and if so, how far down do you need to go. Thanks.

I think I've always heard that it was a good post spawn technique. I dunno if you count a Senko as a floating worm, but you can fish those from Spring on til the end of the season. I personally like to fish floating Zoom trickworms in weed beds in the summer. The way I fish mine is I cast it out and give it a couple of twitches and let it fall about 1 to 2 feet down then twitch it back to the top. I've also had some good success with fishing it on a spinning reel with a swivel and fishing it with an erratic jerking retrieve.

Hey everybody, I realize there is a wealth of information on these forums, but I leave today for Table Rock and just don't have time to research everything, but I and two buddies are heading down there for the weekend. I have fly fished twice and they have never. I am taking my boat with me to fish Table Rock. I was wandering if you guys had any tips or info as far as fishing out of a boat. Which boat ramp to use, where to go, etc. Also, I have waders but they do not. Would be best off fishing the trophy area instead of drifting? Any information or tips would be great. Thanks. By the way, are there smallmouth down there?

We floated the Kings River by the Kings River Outfitters in southern Berryville this past Sunday. It was my first float. There was a ton of rain from the storm on Friday night and Saturday day. We had a heck of a time controlling the canoe in certain currents. I'm just wandering if those conditions were kind of out of the ordinary for the Kings. Thanks.

Champ188, thanks for the info. I didn't get a chance to look at your response before we left. We got hammered by that storm, but stayed pretty dry. Dangerous being out in that lightening, but there were no 24/7 motels that I knew of. I was only able to fish for a couple hours on Sunday morning, the crew I was camping with just aren't fisherman like me. The two spots I fished was the western main point of the Bay Creek arm, and I also fished one of the points on up in the creek, next to a channel bend. I didn't catch anything. Dunno if I was too close or too far out on those points or what, I had my boat in about 30 feet of water casting a 1/2 oz. football jig in on the points probably landing in 15 ft or so of water. Next time I go up in September, I would like to get a guide so I can learn how to fish that lake, it definitely fishes differently than any lake I've been too. One more thing, I just wanted to say that I was impressed with the food in Shell Knob. We ate at an Italian deli that was very good, and a mom and pop restaurant over by the library. Both places were excellent and we had a great time, even with the rain. My canoeing skills on the Kings River was a different story!

Haha, thanks. Judging by the pig in your avatar I should be looking for some smallies eh. I'm not looking for specific spots or anything like that. I've actually gotten fairly decent at locating fish. I just always hear the stories of fishing deep and dropshotting on Table Rock, something I've never done.

I will be camping this weekend at Big Bay. I have never been to Table Rocks. I plan on buying a contour map tonight. Is there good bass fishing in that area? I don't really want to take my boat further than 10 miles away. Are bass in that area this time of the year? Thanks.

I keep telling my wife we need to call you whenever we camp down there! Now I've got hard evidence to state my case. Beautiful fish.

Has anybody fished for bass at Drake Harbor? I'm fishing in a tournament there later on this month. I've never fished there and have no idea what to expect. I can't really find any information about it online. Any info or tips would be appreciated. Thanks.

Did some capming at Stockton this past weekend, and went fishing all day on 9/9. The fish were biting very well. We camped at Orleans Trail so I fished the lower part of the lake, all the way to the 215 bridge. Heading south towards the 215 bridge, I fished the points, seondary points, and coves arallel to the right(west) of the island. An 8 feet diving crawdad colored crankbait was catching nice size smallies (2 lb). Later on in the day, I went under the 215 bridge and I was throwing a 7 inch motor oil worm. The bass were hitting it on the drop at about 10 to 15 ft. I made about 3 passes around the column (last column on the far east side of the bridge) I was fishing and I'm convinced I could have just sat there all day getting hits. I caught my biggest bass on the rock bank near the column I was fishing.