Good Topwater Action

[Fishinbluedog]

Been good splash fishin for me last 2 weekends. Have been getting good fish on full size solid chrome spook. They were in the deep coves but now have ventured back out to the long points. Ring tossing the busting fish on top is tough but reminds me alot of fishing in the keys. Ive been setting up on the points and watching for the most active areas of bass busting shad. Then I target that area with casts in a circle of the action with the spook and bam. I pretty much keep on the troller and keep moving. average 2-3 good hookups per spot. Works for me. Last fri am was a lot of shorts in the schools with about had 3 good keepers out of 19 / 3 hours each day about 6-9:00 am

Then the next morn only 11 total with 8 keepers out of the bunch

And these were in the boat, I think I lost as many on the way back to he boat.

Smallies, and large mouth mainly

They were pounding the lure ferociously. had a double hookup on a real good smallie and her son, I actually think 4 fish hit this lure at the same time, first twitch in the start of walking it back to the boat.

Have hit them anywhere from the bank out to the middle of the channel in deep water.

seem to be all over and chasing 2-4 shad at a time .I think they are splitting ones off the balls.You can see them on the surface.

[gitnby]

Been good splash fishin for me last 2 weekends. Have been getting good fish on full size solid chrome spook. They were in the deep coves but now have ventured back out to the long points. Ring tossing the busting fish on top is tough but reminds me alot of fishing in the keys. Ive been setting up on the points and watching for the most active areas of bass busting shad. Then I target that area with casts in a circle of the action with the spook and bam. I pretty much keep on the troller and keep moving. average 2-3 good hookups per spot. Works for me. Last fri am was a lot of shorts in the schools with about had 3 good keepers out of 19 / 3 hours each day about 6-9:00 am

Then the next morn only 11 total with 8 keepers out of the bunch

And these were in the boat, I think I lost as many on the way back to he boat.

Smallies, and large mouth mainly

They were pounding the lure ferociously. had a double hookup on a real good smallie and her son, I actually think 4 fish hit this lure at the same time, first twitch in the start of walking it back to the boat.

Have hit them anywhere from the bank out to the middle of the channel in deep water.

seem to be all over and chasing 2-4 shad at a time.I think they are splitting ones off the balls. You can see them on the surface.

Yikes!

That's gotta be painful!

[magicwormman]

Good report!! It sounds like a good time to me. Maybe we can get some of the topwater action that we missed this spring. It's nice to see them agressive and catching two at a time.

[Guest Buck Creek Mike]

I just got back to KC from Table Rock, and had a great time and caught a few fish. I tried top water for a little bit, but after not getting any strikes I retired it pretty quickly. I had more success on bottom than top, so it was hard to work it for a long time while wondering how many I might be missing doing that. I never had 1 boil the whole time.

[Larry Eby]

I just got back to KC from Table Rock, and had a great time and caught a few fish. I tried top water for a little bit, but after not getting any strikes I retired it pretty quickly. I had more success on bottom than top, so it was hard to work it for a long time while wondering how many I might be missing doing that. I never had 1 boil the whole time.

Did you try any lipless cranks or spoons?

[Guest Buck Creek Mike]

Did you try any lipless cranks or spoons?

I never tried any lipless cranks, but I had a spoon ready in case I saw some topwater action, though I never caught anything on it. It is highly likely that I wasn't fishing in the right areas for a topwater bite at this time. I was at Big Cedar and mainly fished around there. Never got to fish as much as I would have liked either.

[Fishinbluedog]

Yikes!

That's gotta be painful!

Had to be very careful

[Hillbilly Deluxe]

I'm with you, Buck Creek Mike. I saw a few fish busting on top, but could not get the bite. I fished chunk rock banks around Indian Point and had good success catching spots, smallmouth and largemouth. I think if I would have worked a spook real early I could have had some success. Lost a very big fish in about 4 feet of water at the of Indian Point on a finesse worm. Scary big! Didn't want to come back to OP after that one.

[Bimmer]

Did you try any lipless cranks or spoons?

Where was this picture taken? I swear it looks exactly like the house in South Branson where I bought my StarCraft from earlier in the year. Fellas name was Brian R. Probably not but had to ask. He sold his boat to me so he could buy a pontoon since his family had gotten just a little bit bigger.