Weekend Report

[Illini Fisher]

Came down for the weekend from Chicago and caught numbers but couldn't seem to find the bigger fish. Overall for the weekend, me and two others caught over 100 fish with only 4 keepers. We had a bunch of 14 1/2 but couldn't get the bigger fish. It was better catching numbers than nothing at all. We used 4inch smoke grubs with 1/4oz heads and redfins on main lake points around Kimberling City the entire weekend. Amazed at how clear the water was and the amount of submerged timber. Was supposed to fish with Bill Beck Friday but he advised it would not be a good trip with the huge gusts of wind. Instead he came over and marked up a map, tuned lures, and told us exactly what to do and ended up putting us on fish. Couldn't thank him more. Highly recommend fishing with Bill Beck if you get a chance.