Current Table Rock Lake Fishing Report June 28, 2012

[Bill Babler]

Table Rock is just now starting to show some wear and tear from a long Spring and really a Zero Winter season. Tournament weights are going down and the nunmber of fish being caught is also going down.

3 trips on Table Rock this week, fishing out of Kinberling City and Baxter, mid-lake. Surface temps in the 84 to 87 degree range and water clarity running about 8 to 10ft. Lake Levels at 912.4 and seem to be slightly dropping.

Depending on the day, and I cannot explain it the white bass can either be a great asset or a complete bust. For all species on the Rock, Power generation is right now not a must, but makes a total difference in both numbers and size of the fish we are catching.

1 day at the first of the week, we saw white's everywhere we went from Joe Bald to Campbell Point. They would hit a spoon most of the morning, thrown into the pack and slowly retreived. That is the only day they were up. Tuesday was fantastic Bass Fishing on the Rock. We had 28 fish with 12 very nice keeps. Mostly Jaw's, with a splattering of K's. Most all our fish came in 15 ft. on either shelf rock or interior secondary mix gravel and chunk rock points. We used what we are calling a Huleo- Hula gruib on a 3/8oz. FB head.

Yesterday we had a topwater bite early,waiting for the Whites to blow. We had 14 topwater fish but no quality. White bass did not come to the dance. Tried a little dropshotting, but the fish were completely off my 28' mark and most we found were suspended up at 20 over out to 45 on the flats. I believe Bill's clients did better, using crawlers, we were soft plastic users.

Ended yesterday morning with 20 fish but only 3 keeps, one being a solid 4 pound Jaw. Due to size of the group, it didn't seem very good, but it was action. On the water both days before 5 AM, and off before 10 AM. Lots and lots of X Boats on the water, beware.

[Quillback]

I have to think that next week that lake is going to be full of boats.

[Bill Babler]

Quill, I believe you are spot on. They seem to be really getting out early. Danger zone for sure is big East, West stretch between Big Creek and Baxter, There were about a dozen of them there this week, and you really had a hard time just staying in the boat. The waves would lift you completely off the seat while you were trying to fish. They are for one good thing keeping my carpet clean, as i have had at least a 1/2 dozen waves wash totally over the boat.

[Quillback]

I don't know how people can afford to gas those things up and run them up and down the lake all day.

[Champ188]

Good report, Bill. Thanks for keeping us up to date.

[Jeremy Rasnick]

Thats a great Meanmouth in the pic. I bet it pulled like a freight train.

[Feathers and Fins]

Bill, how deep is the thermocline sat up?

[Bill Babler]

I really cannot read it yet on my depth finder, but from all the activity in the 26 to 28 ft. range, I got a good idea, it might be right about there. Swimmers are telling me however it gets pretty cool a couple of feet under the surface. Inlaws were swimming at the Knob Yesterday and said it is durn cool, just below their feet.

I think a guy can catch as decent bag of fish if he or she just keep moving and don't stay anyplace to long. Have any of you noticed as soon as you pull on a new locaton, your first few casts usually get a good fish. You then fish and fish for another keep. Soon as you move it starts all over.

Lots of locations and a good one or two on each spot may be the answer

Good Luck

[Feathers and Fins]

Bill before my heart hick-up I was marking on Beaver a good thermo at 35fow... But the pattern your describe was spot on pull up to a spot get 2 maybe 4 fish at most then they were gone. After about an housr of that i flipped side scan on and found they went down from 2 to 6 fow to 2 to 25 fow.

[Bill Babler]

Sorry to hear about the ticker. Hope you are back on time with it. If I could catch 4 per location, I would be as happy as a toad in a grasshopper patch. More like one of two for me.

Table Rock Thermocline rarely gets to that point. I am sure there can be a stadification break at 36 ft. but for the most part here the first layer just about never gets below 26ft.

Right now I believe the top 3 ft. of Table Rock is about 85 degree, next 10 ft. is probably in the upper 70's and then the next 10 mid to low 70's. May be the same on down a way.

Taneycomo is runniing at 48.9 that would put that temperature of water on Table Rock at 160ft.