How Bout A Fishing Report?

[mbno]

Anyone been fishing?

[4fishys]

Anyone been fishing?

Not me, but I'd like to hear a report from you on your trips. What do you have to share?

[Jason Essary]

going tomorrow probably. I'll send any new findings I get.

[Bill Babler]

Fished the dam area on Monday for 5hrs. from about 10 to 3.

Worked bluffends and trasitions in 5 major cove arms with completely still flat water where ever I fished could not get one lick of breeze.

Nothing for about an hour, using first a Blue Bandit Spro suspending Jerkbait.

About Noon I switched to a Megabass GB Stain Reaction, and caught two K's in the 3.5 pound range on a Honey Hole transition back in Clevenger that I really like. Caught the fish back to back and the bite was just Mush. I had let the bait on both bites sit between 30 seconds and a minute. The first fish I had the line completely tight, and still didn't feel her till I started to twitch the bait and then it just felt heavy. The second fish was a very light tick.

No other bites the rest of the day.

Conditions were extremely calm water temps 42.3 at 10 AM and 43 at 3PM when I quit.

Visibility is an easy 15 ft. or more. Water is 5 ft. higher than it was last week and is rising as we speak. Really did not think dumping 7ft. out of Beaver would give us a 5 plus ft. rise. Really has dicked up a good thing. Get that level in the 908 to 910 level, and it is a jerkbait paradise. We were getting there at 912, before the Beaver flood.

Surface temps need to be just rising a couple of degree or two during the day, reguardless of how cold you start. If you can get a warm breeze on the water, sunshine and a nice chop, the fish will bite, reguardless of how cold it is to start the day. Just need the water warming throughout the day.

The water coming in from Beaver is extremely clear. This is not murky runoff it is clear White River water and the lake is staying very clear. If it were rain or runoff, I believe it would warm the lake a bit and be somewhat different in color and add a bit more character to the water.

Good Luck

[Jason Essary]

Great, tomorrow dont look so good....thanks Bill for the report. Always helpfull.

[techo]

Great, tomorrow dont look so good....thanks Bill for the report. Always helpfull.

On my brother! You know Table Rock is different everyday. If you catch them like crazy one day they do something else the next. I bet you do well!

[skeeter]

Here we go again ! Light freezing rain, sleet and a little snow this morning in Baxter area. Started down to the boat and couldn't even walk on the iced-over boards going out the ramp to the dock. Supposed to continue off and on through tomorrow (Friday) then more snow Sunday night and Monday. Darn that Groundhog !

[Bill Babler]

Yea Skeeter, this is kind of Bad News. We are doing a construction project in one of the guest rooms and have taken Becky's car out of the garage, so we can use the space. It is covered in Ice and the powerlines are getting coated. This did not happen last week. My deck is solid ice pellets, and it is even sticking to our large windows.

Seems now to be kind of a freezing mist. OH Boy!!!!!

[Flippin]

Bill

Thanks for the report. I have a hard time getting a tight line by reeling it in slack when I am jerkbait fishing. So I tried casting and moving the boat instead to get a tight line. Are you doing something similar or how are you getting a tight line?

I look forward to the seminar coming up because I have a lot to learn about this type of fishing.

[techo]

On my brother! You know Table Rock is different everyday. If you catch them like crazy one day they do something else the next. I bet you do well!

Could I have been anymore worng? Geesh!