Table Rock Lake Fishing Report

[Bill Babler]

March 20, 2010 First day of Spring

Here is what I know from being out everyday this last week and speaking to guides on every area of the Lake.

Cricket Creek/ Long Creek to Point 5.

Youcum Creek, Long Creek, Cricket Creek.

Surface temp 46 to 50

Crappie Fair on Swimming minnows off the flats staging in 12 to 20 ft.

White Bass Main Creek Channels up and down Spoons and Swimming Minnows, hit and miss.

Bass, Fair on Suspending Stickbaits, Good on Jigs and Grubs.

Point 5 to Point 19 on the White River

All Species Poor

Surface Temps 44 to 48

Extremely Clear

James River

Point 9 to Point 15

Surface Temp 50

Spoonbill good to fair

Crappie Fair

White Bass Fair

Bass Stickbait Fair Bass on 1/4 oz Jig head with a 4 or 5 inch grub, swimming on bluffends and thru pole timber good.

Upper James River

Surface temp 51

White Bass In and Out with some very good fishing, and then some very dry periods

Walleye fair to good. Same as the Whites Jigs, Crankbaits, spoons, grubs, swimming minnows.

Point 19 to point 22 on the White River

Surface temp 47

Bass Fair on suspending Stickbaits on transitions and bluffends.

Extremely Clear Visibility to 20 ft.

Kings River

Surface temp 47 to 51

Crappie Good in cedars and brush piles

Bass Good on bluffends timbered points and transitions. Stickbait

Royal Point to Arkansas Line Good to Fair on Jigs and Crankbaits in the more stained water

White Bass Poor to Fair depending on weather

White River Point 22 to Eagle Rock

Surface Temp 47

Walleye Good to Excellent off the gravel Flats and transitins on suspending stickbaits

Bass Fishing Good Stickbaits and grubs on Transitions and channel swings

White Bass and Crappie in the creeks and Roaring River Good on swimming minnows jigs and spoons

Gin Clear visibility to 20 ft.

Eagle Rock to Beavertown

Surface Temp 49

Bass Fishing Good to very good on Stickbaits Jigs, on transitions and windblown banks.

Huge numbes of buck LM are up and moving.

With the weather moving in and the changes we about to have, who knows. Back to 60 degrees next week and here we go again

[denjac]

Some ice and small flurries in Joplin as we speak. Calling for 4-8 inches.

[Jason Essary]

Wow Bill, no gps coordinates? Thanks as always for the wonderful report.

[Champ188]

10 inches on the ground in Bella Vista this Sunday morning.