focused fishing Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 Kimberling City Area: Despite the transition to a summer pattern, fish are still coming out of relatively shallow water. Good numbers of fish can be caught on split shot or Carolina rigged lizards, baby brush hogs and fish doctors in green pumpkin or watermelon / red from 8’ – 15’ early in the day. Jewel football and spider jigs will also produce in green pumpkin / green flash or PB&J both matched up with Jewel green pumpkin twin tail jig trailers in these areas. As the sun comes up you can follow the fish out into deeper water to 20’ – 30’ deep with these same patterns. The majority of the fish are still coming off of pea gravel and mixed gravel / rock points through out the mid lake area. James River: The James has really turned on this week, the stained water and abundance of shad have combined to move shallow fish shallow chasing shad. Flipping Chompers’ Ultra Tubes, Jewel J-Lock and Eakins Jigs around shoreline cover has been producing numbers and quality fish up the river. Main lake and secondary points in the mid lake continue to produce fish on Jewel football jigs and Carolina rigged lizards or brush hogs in green pumpkin or watermelon / red. The deep crankbait bite is starting to turn as well, DD-22’s, DD-16’s and Rapala DT-16’s in a variety of shad patterns have been producing fish on ledges and roll offs from the mid James to above Flat Creek. White River: Fishing on the White River has been very good over the past week, the top water bite has been very good early and late with spooks, sammys and red fins accounting for most of the fish. As the sun comes up the same gravel and mixed gravel / rock points will produce fish on Jewel Spider and football jigs in Green Pumpkin / green flash and PB&J or split shot and Carolina rigged lizards, brush hogs and fries in green pumpkin. While a few fish have begun to suspend deep off points the drop shot bite hasn’t been a reliable pattern yet. Up the Kings River the shallow bite continues to dominate; Jewel J-Lock jigs, Chompers Ultra Tubes and Texas rigged brush hogs flipped to shallow cover are producing numbers and quality. Dam Area: The fish on the lower end are still holding fairly shallow as well. Pea gravel and mixed gravel / rock main lake and secondary points are holding fish from 10’ – 20’ deep most of the day. Split shot rigged fries and fish doctors, shaky head worms and single tailed grubs are all still producing both quantity and quality. The top water bite is very strong early in the day; look for shad activity to clue you into the locations. Further up Long Creek the stained water is holding fish shallow, target shoreline cover with Jewel Eakins’ and J- Lock Jigs, Chompers Ultra Tubes and McCutchen Spinnerbaits. The shallow crankbait bite has started to turn on up Long Creek as well; RC 1.5 and 2.5 crankbaits fished around shallow wood cover will produce quality bites. Don’t Miss Tournament Fishing Radio on ESPN 1400 AM Springfield Mondays 5:30pm and Saturdays 5:00 am or on-line at www.espn1400.com www.focusedfishing.com Eric Prey Focused Fishing Guide Service http://focusedfishing.com Pro Staff For: Jewel Bait Company, Bass Pro Shops, Chompers, Branson.com, Branson Fishing TV, Tightlines UV, K.A.S.T.,
denjac Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 I too have had the same bite up the white. The top water bite for me has been slow at dawn. Had to wait em out for 30 - 45 minutes after breaking light for them to start and then it was good. The spook and sammy gave been better for me than the fin. I keep a baby spook tied on too for the white blowups. Yesterday morning when the front blew threw and the hurricane force winds started we went to the other side to get out of the wind.Was bobbing around in some timber when crack a tree 8 inches in diameter and twenty feet long broke off and hit me right on top of the head. I saw stars. Still have a goose egg. Think it was the fishing gods telling me to fish the timber which we did after the blow and took several nice fish off of the trees. Dennis Boothe Joplin Mo. For a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." ~ Winston Churchill ~
mclothier1 Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 Nice reports, Ill be down in a week to try it out myself. Think Ill stay away from the trees when its blowing though! lol
Gone Fishing Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 Denjac, I'd rather the fish gods call me up. We also were out there when the winds picked up. We left out at around 10:00am. We had a blast till then with 11 mixed keepers. Caught some nice smallies with one good black. Best 5 were around 17lbs. Not enough for a tourny win but a good few hours fishing any way.
denjac Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 Gone Fishing said: Best 5 were around 17lbs. Not enough for a tourny win but a good few hours fishing any way. I would say it would be enough this time if year. Nice smallie! Dennis Boothe Joplin Mo. For a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." ~ Winston Churchill ~
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