Fishin Report

[getfished]

Went out of Mill creek this morning with Steve Dickey at 8:30. We fished until 5:30. We fished secondary steep points and some chunk rock with jerkbaits. We caught em on 3 different kinds of jerkbaits. 24 degrees this morning. Chilly! 10 K's, 4 largies, 2 smalljaws. Best 5 would push 15lbs. 7 were keepers.

[techo]

Wow! That is a long day in those temps. I love fishng, but not that much. Did you see any other boats? Those pics almost make me want to go though.

[abkeenan]

Nice fish getfished. What kind of jerkbaits and colors did you use and what was your speed or cadence on the retrieve if you dont mind sharing. Might come down there in a few weeks to check on the house, dock and get a line or two wet while im down there.

-Brett

[getfished]

Nice fish getfished. What kind of jerkbaits and colors did you use and what was your speed or cadence on the retrieve if you dont mind sharing. Might come down there in a few weeks to check on the house, dock and get a line or two wet while im down there.

-Brett

Brett, It was cloudy most of the time so we fished baits with a matte Table Rock shad pattern. After the cast we sweep our rod to get the bait to dive on down to the depth. After that it was pretty simple. We would give the rod 2 jerks moving the rod about 2ft on the first jerk immediately folled by a second jerk which is actually more of a twitch about 6 inches. When we paused in the cadence before taking up the slack the pause was fairly short, about 3 or 4 seconds. The water was about 47 degrees and on Tuesday the fish seemed active. On Wednesday it was a completely different story. I think the fish were on the bottom for the most part and we had trouble getting feeding fish located. We fished a different part of the lake on Wednesday but the same type of places. Occasionally my partner would spot fish on his graph in about 25-30 water and he got 3 Keeper K's on a chartreuse slab knocker of 3/4 oz. We fished banks with ledge rock that went deep pretty quick and banks with basketball size chunk rock. Our best action was on these type banks located not on the lake, not in the creeks, but in the hollows. Good luck and don't forget to keep a change of clothes in the boat this time of year and make sure to let someone have a fairly good idea of what part of the lake you will be in.

[Gone Fishing]

Brrrrr. Bet that coffee tucked in the seat sure tasted good.

[motoman]

Man, you guys are brave! I LOVE to fish; but now that we have little ones, they zap most of my drive and energy. Making it very tough to get out on the water in those conditions. Nice report though, thanks for the details; and great pix!

[troutgnat]

Man, you guys are brave! I LOVE to fish; but now that we have little ones, they zap most of my drive and energy. Making it very tough to get out on the water in those conditions. Nice report though, thanks for the details; and great pix!

Getfished,

Congrats on a great day. One question here! Define Hollow, I've never heard of this terminology before when it comes to a lake. Thanks.

[getfished]

Getfished,

Congrats on a great day. One question here! Define Hollow, I've never heard of this terminology before when it comes to a lake. Thanks.

It seems we used to have a glossary of terms on here somewhere. I was hoping to find it but I could not. If you look at a good map of Table Rock you will see many locations named as a "hollow". These are locations where the lake has backed up into a hilly draw that doesn't really have a creek in it. They tend to be steep sided and uniform on both sides tapering to the center. That's about as good as I can describe them. Maybe someone local to the area "hint,hint" will come on here and help give you a better answer.

[Troy Gregg]

It seems we used to have a glossary of terms on here somewhere. I was hoping to find it but I could not. If you look at a good map of Table Rock you will see many locations named as a "hollow". These are locations where the lake has backed up into a hilly draw that doesn't really have a creek in it. They tend to be steep sided and uniform on both sides tapering to the center. That's about as good as I can describe them. Maybe someone local to the area "hint,hint" will come on here and help give you a better answer.

The Glossary of Terms is under Trav's blog... speaking of Trav he hasn't been around much.

Hollow... or Holler' as it is known by the locals is exactly as you stated Getfished.

The ozarkipedia as Trav intended

http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=15060&st=0&p=91617&#entry91617

[Spinnaker]

Getfished and Steve: You guys are something! I guess if I lived down there I would learn to fish in cold weather. Right now I am trying to stay warm and dreaming about a spring trip.