What To Bring To Table Rock?

[Tritonbass]

I've never been to Table Rock Lake, but will be making my first trip on April 4th and will be staying a week.

If you were to pack a single tackle bag of about 8 plano boxes, what would you put in it?? Colors? Baits? I won't ask for anyone's honey holes. I'm pretty good at reading maps and lakes so I'm sure I'll catch some fish, but a head start on what to throw would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot for any and all help.

Mike

[techo]

You might have better luck with responses in the Table Rock section, but I bet a bunch of guys will pitch in here anyway. It is a common thread this time of year.

It is going to be fun this year I think. I am not sure where you are coming from, how much time you are spending, where you are fishing and so on....but if you are going to spend the money to do a Table Rock trip...then a half day guide would be well worth the investment. Table Rock is a different beast and most tourney guys either love it or hate it! Most actually hate it.

What you are fishing for is kind of important too. When I take the kids or a friend and his kids I just like to catch fish and don't care about size much. You can catch a ton of little Kentuckys most anytime. When I fish by myself or with another guy who is looking for big ones then it is a pain to keep taking off the little Ks and we would fish a little different.

With all of that being said.

Stick baits will probably rule. Many discussions on color. I like shad colors because I try to match the bait. Hopefully Bill and the stickbait experts will pitch in on this part.

That early it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a white tube tied on, a white grub on a jig head, a top water (I hope) like a red fin or spook and I never ever ever go anywhere on Table Rock without an Eakins style jig with a double tailed grub on there. Two colors for the most part on Table Rock are green and brown. I think in the spring white isn't bad. Most use watermelon or pumpkin seed.

Year round the shaky head and the C-rigged fish doctor usually catch something. Same brown and green colors.

If you post where you are fishing at...on occasion I and others have actually PMed a few of our favorite spots for visitors not fishing tournaments.

[Tritonbass]

Well, I'm going down with a couple friends to a resort they have stayed in before... not really sure where it is honestly. I'll have to ask them... it's some creek arm but not sure of the name. We're coming from Michigan and staying a week.

[Tritonbass]

We're staying in the Little Aunts Creek section of the lake.

[techo]

We're staying in the Little Aunts Creek section of the lake.

Thats my area. No fish there!

Seriously you can fish from the bank practically!