Topwater action is back!!

[LWW]

My favorite Table Rock action was in full swing last weekend. I haven't been able to get to the Rock all spring, but I was happy to find the topwater bite was warming up. I brought my new boat with me and the first cast at my honey hole near Lost Island near Shell Knob produced a nice 2lb LM, a great way to start a new relationship with my new boat. 25 fish later I found myself having to retire my favorite super spook becuase the fish have finally beat it up so bad it barely even floats anymore! Sunday was the most consistent day, the topwater bite lasted for me till 3:00pm when I had to pack up. Best of all, my girlfriend finally caught a Largemouth and can stop accusing me of stealing all of her fish.. and of course it was the biggest one we boated all day.

The pattern I found was happening all down the white river starting at Campbells point and extending all the way to Big M. Basically find any channel swing and fish the outer edge of timber that is along the bluffs. The fish were holding in the trees which were mostly in 30-50ft of water and killing the spook as it crossed over or around the deep trees.

LWW

[conman]

LWW,

What color Spook do you like? Were the fish hitting mostly on the kill?

Thanks

[LWW]

The Super Spook I'm retiring because the fish destroyed it was a called a Ghost pattern that was mostly white with some fish scales traced in black and a tiny hint of blue runing down its back. I have not been able to find the same color pattern since I bought it 4-5 years ago. The closet I found online was the "Blue Shore Shad" or the "Finish Blue Shad" color (both have more blue in them but they're close).

A chrome with a black back was what I replaced it with on Sunday and it was getting drilled to.

As for the bite, I was catching them all types of ways. Mostly on sunday as soon as I landed near or in the tree tops and jerked them a couple times they would fly up and smack em. Of course I caught several as they were feeding on bait fish and I was close enough to get my spook in on the action. Just needed to let it hit the water and work it back a few times and they'd drill it.

By the end of sunday though, it was every tree I hit on the outer edge of the timberline near a channel where I would get drilled.