Current Fishing Report Table Rock Lake

[Bill Babler]

Table Rock Lake Report April 21st. 2011

Shell Knob to Eagle Rock Upper White River

Water temps at 61 degrees and very clear. Lauched at Viney and fished from there to Roaring River, hitting bluffends early yesterday morning with Richard Long. We topwatered most of the ends and timbered secondary points in the creeks and major coves, for at least an hour and a half, with very limited success. Run and gun, throwing across the point maybe 4 throws each and then going on. Did have one monster blow up off Owl Creek, but no hookup.

Moved back into several rock/gravel spawing pockets and saw lots of beds but nobody to home. Moved into the back guts of the pockets and starting throwing at wood and it kind of got started. 5 nice keeps, all LM off the wood, and another dozen shorts, mostly K's. Fin.

Headed back down stream and started hitting flats and major spawing pockets after the topwater eaters quit. Really just a zoo up there with numbers, but little of no quality at all. Probably 70 shorts and a dzn. keeps, with the best 5 of the day at 13.5.

Lots and lots of spawned out K's. Red flat bellies and broomed off tails.

Kimberling City and Lower James

Water temps at 62 degree clear. Fished out of Kimberling Monday and Tuesday. Monday was a very good day on a Fin and also swimming a 4 in. smoke pepper grub. Dennis and Larry caught at least 20 fish each and both weighed in 4 keeps each on their little derby. Beck had a better day with

his guys weighing in 5 each. He had 11 keeps and I had 8. Again, no size. My best fish around 3 pounds and his at 3.7. Lots of great fishing and topwater action however.

Tuesday in the wind was another situation alltogether. We only had 9 total fish with one squeeker keep jaw. My guys were out of the boat on a full day trip by 12:30, just flat beat to pieces. Dennis, mentioned to me he did not want to go into the main channel, as he was scared shirtless. Easy 4 ft. water at Kimberling City. I was completely worn to the ground after fighting it for 6 hrs. Just about as tierd as I have ever been after a day of fishing. Beck told me he was completely beat to the ground. Fishing should not be that hard.

Dam area from LongCreek to Cow Creek Today.

Water temps ranging from 57 to 58.1 on the winder banks. Water Very Clear. Fished today with Ranger Pro Janet Parker {janetparkerfishing.com} Janet is currently 6 th. in the Central division standing. She is the first lady with two top ten finishing in a row, and is trying to achieve a top 5 yearly standing to put her on the elite circuit. She fished last night with Pete Weeners and they had 8 keeps mostly Jaws in the dam area, So we hit it again today, to try and define her some spots. They are fishing out of State Park.

Janet is a very good and very patient fisherwoman. We worked it hard today and it again was very breezy. 10 keepers probably 14 pounds of Jaws and several spawned out K's, and several staging K's full of eggs. In this wind the topwater bite was off quick. 1 Jaw our best fish of the day came on top. Seconday pole timbered point. From then on, we mostly tried to stay in the boat and keep it in calm water. Had lots of competition hiding just like us but found her several good locations, where we could have caught bigger numbers but left them alone. The dam area Jaw bite is really turned on. Spoke to the clan, most all members were out today reporting similar results from point 9 to Longcreek.