Table Rock Lake Branson Mo. Current Fishing Report April 7Th. 2011

[Bill Babler]

Been gone a couple of days to Lake of Oz. Did ok for me up there with about 18 pounds a day. Know for a fact that will only get me a "Hardy Handshake and a Thanks for the Contribution, this weekend." Fun anyway.

Beck and I have 3 Full days the next few on the Rock, and it started for me pretty slow. Messed with the floater for an hour or two, but the stagers have moved up so it is going on the rack for this year.

Ended up with a great day with about 30 fish, 15 keeps and a couple in the 5 pound range. Best 5 at 17 pounds. Best fish came on a Spro Blue Bandit Sticker. Second Big Bass on a Chompers 4 in smoke pepper grub.

Most of our fish came on gravel in 16 to 28 ft. with the boat in about 30. You needed a transition, and where the channel went to gravel or bluff to chunk you would get bit.

Caught fish today on the gurb, Green pumpkin fish dr. Jig, and Sticker.

Water temps in the KImberling City to Point 16 area were 48.8 to start and warmed to 54 at 3 PM. Best bite for us was in the afternoon when the wind and cloud cover arrived.

As this water warms, these fish will move up and back during the day. Lots of fish staging off the spawing flats in that 20 ft. range. When you start seeing fish you are in the right place.

Scott and Dave did a great job cranking them in. Hope I can keep them on them for the next couple of days.

Good Luck

[Berk]

Great report - I hope it stays that way next week. Good luck at LOZ this weekend and we'll see you Monday.

[dtrs5kprs]

Awesome news. Lets just hope it keeps up. You should start taking fish pics with just sky in the background .