Best Tackle For Table Rock

[fozzype]

If you where starting a new tackle box just for fishing bass (year round) on Table Rock. What whould be you top selection of lures (size, color, brand, etc.) I have to be tight with my cash cause I have two lil ones and don't want to waste cash on unneccessary tackle.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Don't go too cheap on rods and especially the reels. A cheap real just won't last very long. In spinning I like the shimano and flueger supreme, In baitcaister stick with the revo or curado. The extreme rods are good for the money if you find them on sale, and I use several for "moving" baits. If I were 100% honest, I can't tell a huge difference between them and my Falcon's or St.Croixs. Just get a good medium spinning rod(6-6 or longer) and a medium heavy casting (6-10 or longer) and you can fish about anything.

As for the lures there are two basic categories for me on the rock: warm weather night time fishing and day time fishing. While some colors and baits overlap depending on the conditions, the night and day colors are different for me:

Daytime:

shaky heads - 1/8th ounce

Jigs 3/4 and 1/2 in Missouri Craw and PB/Jelley

A few McSticks

Wiggle Warts (Crawfish and Perch Patterns)

White and Blue or Silver 1/2 to 3/4 Spinner Baits

Spook and Chug Bug

Texas Rig Stuff

Shexy Shad DD-22

Plastics:

Green Pumpkin is my main daylight color with a little watermelon

Centipedes

Chigger Craw

Sweet Beaver

10" Power Worm

Tubes

Brush Hog (4")

At night I usually fish the same baits but only in a lot of Black Neon with Red and Blue flake.

Everybody has thier own strenghts, but I probably fish what is on the list above over 90% of the time. I should probably also say I dont fish for a lot of deep suspending fish unless that is the only way I can catch them. (I know shame on me for not talking about spoons or grubs on this forum)

Brett

[dwiebenga]

Here is my list of goodies for this year...

Zoom finesse worms (watermelon-red)

1/8 and 3/16 tru tungsten ikey heads

Zoom cenipede (watermelon-red)

3/8 oz egg sinker and barrel swivel

Wiggle Warts (any craw pattern)

War Eagle Spinner baits (white purple--silver-gold blades)

Super Spooks

LC Wake Baits 2.5

1/2 and 5/8 oz Football Jigs (PBJ and Watermelon Candy)--matching trailer

white Zoom Fluke

Drop Shot gear (Meatheads and Chompers)

That should cover it for me....I always bring more...not sure why?

[rps]

I have a very high confidence level in black worms, jigs, and spinner baits. I tend to use them, yes even on TR, during low light and no light. My father showed me how to jig and eel fish on Bull Shoals in the late 50's and early 60's. He did it using a black jig with a black eel. Guess you could say I inherited this preference. I do know they work.

Does anyone still use the Uncle Josh pork rind frogs and eels?

[Guest csfishinfool]

4 Inch Red Plum Chompers Drop Shot Worm. Fished on whatever you want. Only cost about 4 dollers a pack and they eat it year round!!! I know the guides know all about this color!!!

[Wayne SW/MO]

I would trade the Spooks for Sammy's. one black, one shad. I would also add a 210 Wart. Lots of jigs, lots.

[Sam]

How come nobody's including Senko/Kinami 5" worms, green pumpkin color, rigged wacky-style on a Kahle circle hook? Those were a big new deal 5 or 6 years ago, and now you never hear about them. I catch more big bass on those than any other way. Those never hurt a bass for c/r either - just a good solid hookset through the jaw.

[Wayne SW/MO]

I don't know Sam, maybe the expense, they are fragile. I've done about as well on the Chomper and they're cheaper and tougher.

[techo]

I don't know Sam, maybe the expense, they are fragile. I've done about as well on the Chomper and they're cheaper and tougher.

I concur! I use mostly Kinami and Yamamoto plastics, but have plenty of BPS XPS and Chompers too. I think the BPS and Chompers are a bit more durable. Chompers are a good in between plastic in my opinion. Good action and durability. So many choices so little time and money!

[Gary Lange]

Seems like the BPS Stick-o's hold up better then the Yamamoto Senko's also. That was the way I saw it fishing them up north on the rivers and down here on the lake.