Heading Up On Tuesday -- Where To Start?

[sixstring531]

My father is coming down from StL on Tuesday to do some bass fishing with me on Stockton. We've fished it together before and done well, but with the weather being a tad awkward the past few days, I thought I'd seek some starting point advice.

Tuesday is supposed to be high of 75 with no wind and we're looking for 45 degree banks and pea-gravel. Where would you start? We've thought of Master's, Crabtree Cove, Ruark.....we're just not sure where we want to start the day. We can obviously move around, but would love some opinions from the Stockton veterans.

So where are (or where should) the bass be right now? It's a 6 hour round trip for him and I'd love to make it worthwhile. I'm sure the water will be up and a touch muddy too from the rain - so any advice would be much welcomed!

Thanks in advance!

[sixstring531]

122(3) views and no suggestions! I think we've settled on Mutton Creek to put in. We're are in search of the 45 degree bank and pea gravel. If you know where it lives in this lake, let me know.

Happy fishing, fellas!

[zarraspook]

Most of the people on this board have got burned on giving advice on where to fish on a given day.....When the requestor blanked , they blamed the advice....

If I was going to put in at Mutton creek , I would go around to Chicken Rock.. as you go into the cove - on your left is a steep bank that turns into a "pea gravel" type of bank that runs back to shore line brush...

NO GRANTEES... Just an suggestion !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sixstring531]

Don't worry, I won't blame anyone if the fishing isn't that great. It's fishing for pete's sake; sometimes you catch a ton, sometimes a few, sometimes they're big, sometimes they're small....it takes work and is unpredictable.

Thanks for the tip! I will most certainly be throwing a Super Spook in the morning.

[sixstring531]

Where in the world is chicken rock?

[straw hat]

Head south from Mutton Creek. Pass under the Y highway bridge and go south (do not turn right and go under the other bridge). After passing under the Y bridge go about 1 mile or slightly more and on the left you will see a section of bluff on the left with a big rock that the kids jump off of in the summer and go swimming. If things don't pan out in that cove then you might consider going about another mile and a half or so to the south and enter Birch Branch Cove. A lot of good pea gravel banks in that cove, good timber and laydowns for the bass to spawn under. The back of that cove can be real good this time of year. With the high bright blue skies tomorrow they may drop back off hte back into some of that heavier cover during the day. You might try jigs in some of that heavier stuff. Good luck.