Table Rock Lake Fishing Report June 7Th. 2010

[Bill Babler]

Buster and I picked up clients at Big Cedar at 6:30 this AM and went on a mad dash to see if we could find some schooling white bass. NODAA Nice cloud cover,but maybe just abit to much breeze for where we were lookin.

Went to work with Greg and Nick with the Yellow Magic, and had several very nice topwater fish, including the 3 pound Meaner that Greg wrestled to the boat. This fish jumped 4 times and just put on a show, pulling drag.

Could not get any looks or swirls on a fin. Just about had a dose of it, but I keep dragging it out for no aparant reason.

Caught several jig fish in, I'm going to say about 15ft. seems the moss is almost gone. Still abit here and there,but the lake is much more fishable.

When to the dropshot using a combination of crawlers and Chompers brown purple Lamb. Really didn't matter, they both worked. Had 17 very nice fish on the shot, fishing flat gravel main lake points in the 32 foot range. Not lots of fish per location, and we caught everyone I saw, and none I didn't.

Greg caught this nice 3.5 K on a shot at 40 ft. on the bottom, our deepest fish.

Nick's nice K came in about that 32 ft. range, on the bottom. I just saw it lift up and told him to drop, and Wham!

Some of the crazest weather and cloud cover I have ever seen. Lots of pictures on the news this evening, and here is another couple

[Mart]

Bill,

You are an inspiration to me! You put those guys on some nice KY's.

I have been down at our place on the week for the last week and have tried to get a couple of hours of intense fishing in almost every morning before the family woke up. On the water by 5:15 and off at 8:00 AM.

It seems that the white bass schools have been getting harder to find. We went from every line in the water getting bit right off my dock (you know where it was cause I saw several guides there including Don House and Eric Prey) to an occasional white while working the points. Are we done with the massive feeding for the season or is this just a lull in the action?

I have been able to call up some nice LM, SJ, and KYs working main lake points and secondary points with the Super Spook Jr and Sammy 85 every morning. No nonstop action, but a slow and steady bite if I kept my head down and kept working it. Usually between 2 and 4 black bass with 1 to 5 whites mixed in.

This morning past the 86 bridge I actually had my first double. A barely keeper KY smashed the Sammy and while bringing him in another, about the same size, tried to take the bait from his friend's mouth and hooked himself. So I had two keeper bass on, one on each treble. I was slow with the net and the newcomer shook the hook alongside the boat. Landed the first bass only. It was a wild experience.

[Gone Fishing]

There were alot of whites schooling on top in the back of old 86 cove on Sunday morning. I was fishing for big-uns but I could not help throwing in there and having some fun.

[hdsixhundred]

Hey bill Where are y'all fishing research gravel flats at? I am around kimberling city area with no depth fonder and we are trying to get some bass on smell drop shots. We are having good luck around docks injustice a silver spoon and in small cove with aspook.caught 2 decent 2lbers this morning but not much else yet. Sorry for typos I'm on the water from my phone. Thathanks on advance!

[gitnby]

Hey bill Where are y'all fishing research gravel flats at? I am around kimberling city area with no depth fonder and we are trying to get some bass on smell drop shots. We are having good luck around docks injustice a silver spoon and in small cove with aspook.caught 2 decent 2lbers this morning but not much else yet. Sorry for typos I'm on the water from my phone. Thathanks on advance!

We caught quite a few yesterday on the gravel flat just West of the 13 bridge on the South bank at Wilderness Point.

South of the docks down to the next point. Eakins and FB jigs in 12-25' and dropshot out to 40'. Mixed bag of smallies and K's.

No monsters, but solid action with several keepers.

If it's bright and sunny, those docks can hold some good fish, too!

[techo]

Hey bill Where are y'all fishing research gravel flats at? I am around kimberling city area with no depth fonder and we are trying to get some bass on smell drop shots. We are having good luck around docks injustice a silver spoon and in small cove with aspook.caught 2 decent 2lbers this morning but not much else yet. Sorry for typos I'm on the water from my phone. Thathanks on advance!

Schooners would be a good area to look. Go past the big docks and look for some sloping gravel points to your left.

[dtrs5kprs]

Schooners would be a good area to look. Go past the big docks and look for some sloping gravel points to your left.

Ok Tim, now I know how you feel about Aunts

[hdsixhundred]

Perfect, thanks for the spots guys. Definitely going to be checking those out tomorrow. Im not used to fishing bottem on a drop or a carolina rig so it takes some getting used to but I feel like im never on the bottem until i get hooked on a log haha. Thanks again.

[techo]

Ok Tim, now I know how you feel about Aunts

Sorry! I hate giving out specific points and usually PM that kind of info. That particular spot isn't much of a secret though. If there were sloping gravel points in Aunt's Creek I would mention it. Maybe not!

[Bill Babler]

Guys thanks for the great responses.

Try and make a couple of point here that might help. Most of the guides now are just digging ditches. By that I mean working hard to keep their clients on fish. Whites early are there and gone. One day up Long Creek, next day in the North Pocket at 86. Next day at Emerald Point. Next day at State Part or Point 2. We will look for them for a while, but on a 4 hr. trip, we cannot "Dilly Dalley." It is hard to get folks out when they should be. Most trips will just not start before 6;30 or 7 AM. If we get lucky we can get a group out at 5 AM and that makes it so much easier. Topwater is by far better on Chugers and Splashers. Spook Jr. Sammy, Yellow Magic, Chugbug, or any of the slow stay in one place movers are absolutely head and tails above the wakers right now.

Topwater bite,is just slower than it should be. As was pointed out, by working at it hitting each point and working it with some precision, you will get a bite or two on most locations. Especially if you are the first flogger of the day.

Right now the topwater will produce more Jaw's and LM than K's. The K's are just not coming up so activly as their other cousins. Of course as soon as I say this it will be all K's.

Jig bite is being slow to come on. Buster told me yesterday, he cannot understand it. He says when the water hits 80 the SMJ's usually eat that pbj to their A--. Have caught several on sloping 45 degree chunk rock banks, with a little wind. It is for sure not going strong yet. Bide my words, these Smallmouth are going to be on that jig in a matter of days or hours. Then it will be for sure on. Throw it 16 to 32 on the gentle sloping stuff, and drag it like a rig on the flat gravel, same depth.

Drag bite at the dam is really pretty fair, as most of the moss is gone. Look 12 to 30 of the flats and points, with the 4 inch slimer of your choice.

Spoon bite if good in and around the deeper docks, and cables. My choice is a 1/2 of white spoon, but the chrome will catch them also. Not a bad idea to fish the shallows of the docks with the jig, and move out to the front, pitching the spoon.

Dropshot is different all over the lake, but for sure can catch fish. Dam to Baxter area, start at 26 ft. early and they will just keep getting deeper by the minute. Most end up by 10 AM at about 40 to 42 with some shallower in the brush piles if you can find them. Those MDC piles might really be the ticket. I am using Chompers brown purple lam. right now, and the plum is also very good. I believe it is producing as well as either crawlers or the Yamamoto's on our current fish.

Don't know if this helps. Good Luck out there.