Loving And Dishman, Blow Up The Rock

[Bill Babler]

My reply, was more of a question, than a comment. I'm 56 yrs. old and have guided and fished Bull and Table Rock since the early 70's. I just have never see a school of Largemouth Bass 80ft. long with over 400 head swimming around. Just have never or know of no one that ever had until your post.

I have however on 100's of times seen gizzard shad this time of the year swimming in the exact schools with such numbers so I of course presume from what I know and my experence that perhaps you mistook what you saw. My apology.

If Rangerman and Pierce are also seeing schools of hundreds and hundreds of Bass, I guess I just have not had that pleasure yet. I will continue to look.

People are not calling you a liar or even being critical, they are just stating what they know thru their lives and what they have seen and are seeing now. No one has seen schools that I know of of 100's upon 100's of bass in March.

They are just giving as I did an alternate veiw. Everyone was very respectful. When you put something like that on a public forum, you are going to get some attention.

Thanks for your reports.

[Tfsh4bass]

I know year before last I saw a ton of those 4-6in bass at Bull...groups of 25+ just swimming around and chasing my bait in every cove. I couldn't believe how many little bass I saw and I told my buddy the lake was going to be unbelievable in a few years.

Off topic story but the one of the strangest things I have ever seen on Table Rock. I was fishing in the Fall several years ago throwing a wart when I hooked up with a fish. He was fighting strange and I wasn't really sure what I had when all of a sudden this huge dark mass came up...I am not kidding when I say there were somewhere around 50 2.5 to 3.5lb smallmouth all grouped up around the one I had on the wart. Craziest thing I ever seen and after I got him in I fired back in for 15 minutes and didn't catch another. I have caught plenty of schoolers but this was a big black ball of bass all rising to the top together.