August 9Th. 2012 Table Rock Lake Current Fishing Report

[Bill Babler]

White River Outfitters Guide Service;

Table Rock Lake Stats:

Level 909.8

Clarity Lake wide 15' visibility

Surface Temp 87

Got a real good prespective of the Rock the past 3 days and have been on the majority of the White River section. I'll Start with the report from Table Rock Dam to Point 9

Early seems to be the best as usual. Been starting at 0600. Some of the guides are finding a topwater bite early in the vicinity of the State Park, but this area has been crowded so I have been fishing from Combs Ferry up the White River.

Fish for me have been on the steeper bluffends and chunky Knarley points. Both suspended and on the bottom in the 28' to 42' range. We have been catching some thumper Jaw's and some very nice 17 inch K's. Crawlers and that expensive Yamamoto 4" purple cuttail have been by far the best with the spoon a close third. We are catching most of the Walleye on the spoon. I am really sold on the Cabelas Real Image and I put a No. 4 Diiachi Death trap on it. It gives them a real nice Ouchie.

Point 9 to Mouth of the Kings;

This lake section has been as good as any on the Rock and it usually is from July thru October. Lots of Humps and deep runnouts and channel swings. Most are holding fish. Depth in this lake section has been in and around to 30' to 38' range and the best bite here is on crawlers, nothing else is coming close. These fish have had lots of play, and if it ain't wigglin they are not having it so much. Lots of guide activity here for that reason they are biting.

This section has also produced the most Walleye of any for the past few weeks, and also just about the best catfish bite we have had here in a few years. Not uncommon for these guides and their clients to catch 1/2 dozen kitty's up to 15 pounds per day. Nothing special, just dangling crawlers for K's.

Note to RPS ( You have my persmission to expand your comfort zone, and move down the lake. Might me a good time next week with school starting everywhere and the majority of the wake boats off the lake during the week.) This area is a ski zone and usually will rattle your guts out if out past 7 or 8 in the AM. Not so much starting next week. Rick Lisek had 3 big keeper walleye this morning and 2 others get off at the boat, so they are doing very well here.

Kings River to Rock Creek on the White River

Best topwater action the past week, but they are picky. Threadfin shad are about the size of a dime so you got to thing small or for that matter just drop a crawler of a jigging spoon thru them for better success than the top. Walleye here have been on the steeper stuff, most usually located just to the insides of the major lake bluffend cove mouths. 26' to 36'. I think the Walleye bite for me has slowed down, but the K bite was good today. Started out on Viney Creek and had 1 on a Swimmer and we missed 1/2 dozen. Denny and Champ 188 waved us in on some schooling fish and we caught 2 here both on a grub. Moved to Emerald beach and caught 3 on a crawler. Moved on down the White and caught 5 on a spoon and 3 on a crawler on a little flatter stuff in the 28' to 36' range and then caught 2 on seperate bluffendds. Crawler.

Fished 3 docks and caught 1 off one and 2 off the other 2 on a spoon and Yamamoto cuttail.

Had noticed some fish working a long flat that we pasted earlier in the morning. I had something in mind and blew them off. Back to the old addage, "Neve leave Fish to Find Fish" Noticed some fish still working that runnout and hit the jackpot. Used over 2 dozen crawlers here and caught about 24 on the combination of the spoon-cuttail and the crawler. These were quite abit shallower. Most in the under 25' range. Also caught a huge Gill here and would just guess the flat would be a bonanza for the cricket man.

Called it quits at 01030.

Good Luck

[rps]

I thank you, again, for the completeness of your information. I also appreciate your willingness to let me inch a little past Rock Creek. The bluff/run out just downstram from Viney Creek point is calling to me. Any farther than that means I have to pull the boat out and trailer. My tin boat and 75 hp can only go so far and so fast.

I just ordered War Eagle spoons which come with Gamakatsu EWG trebles - so of course Cabelas put theirs on sale at a price where you can afford to replace with Daiichi Death Traps. Story of my life. Hope the pattern holds through the weekend - my last before I am again a working man.

[Bill Babler]

RPS funny you mentioned that nice bluffend at Viney. couple of nice pieces of brush on it and I always hit it when I'm in the area, which is quite a bit. I have caught as many Walleye there as any place. Most on a stickbait early in the year." January and February." On that nice transition.

You need to petition the school district for an after the holiday start. Always hate it when you go back to work as the info from God's country seems to get pretty slim.

Have you thought about another retirement. Really, fishing everyday year round is pretty fun and for sure there are no irate parents to deal with.

Just Sayin!

[techo]

No room on his interests for another retirement!

[rps]

For you guests and new members, you need to read and pay attention to Bill's reports. This morning was tough. I only caught one.

27 inches, 7 pounds

[Cblaine]

RPS and Bill - Would you mind sharing what color/size spoons you prefer? Looking to pick up a few and give them a try. Thought the Shad and Glow (RealImage) looked like they may be the ticket.

[rps]

In an earlier post, Bill said white so I used white nail polish to make my silvers into white. I had only one 3/4 ounce earlier this week - that is my prefered weight - but it sleeps with the fishes now. Today I made do with a 1/2 ounce. The spoons I have on order are 7/8 ounce.

[Quillback]

Thanks for the heads up on the sale on Cabelas Real Image spoons, $1.99 is a good price. The hooks on them aren't that bad, not as good as Daichis, but not bad for a $1.99 spoon.

[Bill Babler]

I have yet to find a better spoon than the Real Image. The one with the Chartruse back and pearl belly is just off the chart. Quill you are right the hook is OK to Good, but if you put a Death Trap on there, something is going to bleed. Maybe you if your not carefull. Ask my old Champion 200 Pro Elite. Those hooks will grab a seat like a Pro Basketball player after a groupy.

[abkeenan]

Bill,

I know you are a fan of the daiichi death trap. I have those on some of my baits when I replaced the stock trebles on baits 2-3 years ago and they are good but I switched to Owner hooks now almost exclusively with some Gammy's here an there for EWG hooks for grubs, brushhogs and worms. But I think Owner makes the best hooks on the market IMO. I use the Owner Stinger trebles (ST-41 2x strong) on my cranks, etc and talk about sharp....wow. I now will not buy any other brand of hook after using them. They are hands down the sharpest hooks I have ever seen. I have some Trokar hooks that I got for free on a promo they were running on their website and they are awesome hooks as well and just as good. SUPER SHARP just a little too pricy for me. Next time you are at BPS maybe pick up a pack of some Owner's and see if you don't agree. Worth a look for sure.