Loving And Dishman, Blow Up The Rock

[Bill Babler]

Long Time Table Rock Lake Guide Buster Loving and his Co-Angler Partner Greg Dishman, Seign the Rock for a CPA Derby winning limit of 5 bass weighing 28.6 pounds.

Earlier this season we have seen six fish limits up to 31 pounds, but this is perhaps the biggest 5 fish limit the Rock has seen in the modern bass fishing era.

This unbelieveable stringer was anchored by a complete Monster 9.17 pound LM. That means the other 4 keeps were ONLY 5 POUNDERS.

Reality really struck when it was announced it was the second big bass. If that is not a kick in and around the knee cap I have never heard of one. A 9.35 pounder was also weighed in with another over 9 pounds. I believe there were also 6 more over 8. I'm Giddy.

Second place was a 5 fish limit of 25 pounds and then it went to 22 pounds.

All the big bags came on the A-Rig.

For the winning bag, Loving and Dishman fished a deep transition timbered bank leading into a spawning pocket.

Buster reported they had between 20 and 22 keepers in a morning bite and culled 4 pound fish on a routine basis.

In the Limit were 2 magnificent Jaws, both pushing the 5 pound mark.

Scott Pauley Long time professional angler reported close to 50 keeper bass in the 3 days he fished the Rock. All coming off transitons leading into spawning pockets, All Scotts fish came on a Wart in under 10 ft. of water.

Buster and his 9.17 pound Table Rock Lake LM Bass

Way to go boys.

[Chunk Rock]

Great job. Hope this bite continues till i can get there in april...

[jmes]

Phenomial Fishing, Great job, It's amazing how the Rock continues to produce quality fish

Who know maybe it will be 30lbs plus someday

[edyer]

Two over 9 and six over 8 pounds? Incredible. Great bag guys! The Rock is as good as I've seen in many years. Anybody heard of a 10 pounder caught yet this year?

[edyer]

I reread the post. Three over 9 Pounds!

[jeb]

Wow. I wish some of that kind of fishing would find it's way upstrearm and over the top of the dam into Beaver.

Incredible stringer of fish.

[Tfsh4bass]

Great bags of fish! Makes me glad I don't fish tournaments anymore so I don't have to throw the umbrella with hooks...that thing can catch the heck out of fish though. I remember a Heartland several years ago where Rick Holmgren brought in 5 that weighed 28lbs...his big fish was 7lbs. Another bag from the memory bank was in the CP tournament where some guys caught 6 that weighed 29lbs and 5 of their 6 were smallmouth. These bags are awesome and great to see the Rock shine.

[Stump bumper]

Has it just been a great year for bass growth or is it the A-rig that is finding the big fish? If it is about the A-rig I wonder what a 5 bait A-rig could mean?

Any word on what part of the lake gave up all the 9 pounders?

[Martin]

Unbelieveable catches and REALLY fantastic BIG bass'.........Giddy times 2

[Bill Babler]

Great bags of fish! Makes me glad I don't fish tournaments anymore so I don't have to throw the umbrella with hooks...that thing can catch the heck out of fish though. I remember a Heartland several years ago where Rick Holmgren brought in 5 that weighed 28lbs...his big fish was 7lbs. Another bag from the memory bank was in the CP tournament where some guys caught 6 that weighed 29lbs and 5 of their 6 were smallmouth. These bags are awesome and great to see the Rock shine.

Ya,Great Point. I could not find the 29 lbs. on a CP, but Jerry McCuchen and Sonny Chapin caught 5 close to 28 in a Red Man in the late 90's along with Rick, priior to the fish kill. Nothing that big since. Rick caught his big bag at Baxter on a Norman Flake custom painted sticker by Tim Hughes, and Sonny and Jerry swam a grub in deep trees on channel swings, for their monsters. Buster pretty much did the same yesterday as Sonny and Jerry, only he was throwing a school of grubs.

Good Luck

These fish really started to big up last year. Both myself and Beck had fish over 9 pounds. I had my personal best at 9.6 pounds.

We had 70 fish over 5 pounds last year. The A-Rig is for sure catching bigger fish however. Last year the majority of our big fish came on a bit smaller bait.