You might want to hire Bob Bennett for a day or 1/2 day trip. He is a guide on Stockton and a contributor to this forum. He could possibly make your maiden trip very good and put you on to where and how to do it.
http://fishstocktonlake.com/
They have been caught in Table Rock from time to time, but not often. One of the Fletchers caught on that was like 60# just a few years ago. A friend of mine caught one in Flat Creek many years ago.
I don't think so. An old road bed comes out of a pocket about where the 173 sign is on the map. It runs down the side and along the bluff right above Mash Hollow.
Wayne I think he is talking about the beginning of the big flat above Mash hollow where the channel takes a sharp hook. It is very shallow on the left all the way up to the old bridge, but that pt is an abrupt change where it jogs.
There used to be stripers down there when I was a kid. I guess they didn't reproduce and died out. For what it is worth, I was told that the current stripers were put in by the Arkansas DNR.
I either use anise of a homemade garlic which comes in spreading or dipping consistancies, but mostly nothing since I don't really think it matters except when those scaley things are really picky.
You might check the BPS outlet in Springfield. All of their returns are reconditioned by the guys at Marine Repair Center before they are sold. Sometimes they have really good deals.
As for the Gator mount, I have been using one since 02 and have no idea what you mean by slipping.