Bass Fishing Report Table Lake March 6Th. 2013

[Bill Babler]

Still thinking about those walleye up the White River and just cannot get my mind off of them. Launched at Eagle Rock at 6:30 and had to make a pit stop to check a location for Bass on the way up the river. First cast splashed down with the A-Rig at 6;45 and I had a 16 pound limit off one location with a 2 pound K thrown into the mix. Had one great 5 pounder on the same deal with the K. 3, three pound LM anchored the deal. Surface temp at the start was 41 degree and the air temp at 23. Ice froze in the guides till 10 AM.

Zoomed up the White to just down from Beaver Town and the White Office poontoon chugged up to just past me. I slowley jerked a stickbait for 2 hrs. and got a big ZIPPO. Buster has fished Bull the Last 3 days and he said the bite has really slowed down. I think in the 3 days he has only gotten 1 keeper eye.

About 10 AM I headed back to Eagle Rock and stopped at two locations and caught a short LM on each. Surface temp at Eagle Rock was 42 degree. Boat back on the trailer and headed for Long Creek. Had lunch with Becky and was on the water by Noon.

A-Riged 3 super locations and nothing. Started throwing a wart on some gravel pockets as the water in Long Creek was 46.7 degrees. It looked so good with just a slight chop on the water that I kept this deal up for about an hour, with nothing. I was just crawing it and really just pulling the wart and then picking up the slack by reeling back to a tight line so I could move it slowly.

With that nice chop and it was just a Krinkle, I started working some outside cedar trees with a jerk bait and did this another hour with nothing.

I had been up since 3;30 so this fat boy was starting to wear down a mite. Just had to throw the A-Rig another time or two and when to some deep bluffend stuff up past Big Cedar. First cast on the first location, a very nice 4 pounder. Went to another spot and caught a short. fished two more ends and nothing. I had, had a dose. Long day for 8 or 9 fish. The 4 pounder let me kick out my little K however and it would have been a pretty nice bag. I just cannot catch any numbers.

I have spoke to dozens of guys and no one as of now is catchin many K's. This is for sure holding the numbers down with only LM and a few Jaw's commin in. As soon as the K's get up and about the numbers will increase and the size will decrease. Surface temp in front of my house when I quit was 44 degree. Long Creek was by far the warmest water.

There are shad dying everywhere. I would think some would start coming thru Taney. Look out Brown Trout.

Good Luck

[Jerry Rapp]

a glove question Mr. Bill? What do you wear on your hands? I have yet to find anything good to keep my hands warm on cold days. I am good with everything else, but my fingers just go numb if it under 40.

[Bill Babler]

Jerry, usually I don't wear anything, but I just had to this morning. I have some pretty good very light fleece gloves with a thinselate liner that I wear on my right hand. My left I just had a skin tight Under Armor glove. I can feel the strike right through it when fishing a stickbait. I'm sure there are others that have a better Idea, as after the 1st. bitter cold hour I had them off except to drive the sled.

On a modified fishing report, my client for tomorrow is currently fishing a stickbait in the Kimberling City area. He started at 2 PM and has a nice limit and has lost 2 big fish and missed several others. Really he kicked my butt this afternoon. I think way to many dying shad in the dam area for me.

We are out of Baxter in the morning and I will see if I can get him on some up there.

Good Luck

[Phil Lilley]

Got to run h2o for us to see shad.

[Sore Thumbs]

Might be a silly question but, is fishing around a bunch of dying shad a good or a bad thing? I seem to think its bad cuz there is so much to choose for the Bass. What do you think guys?

[ten_scoach]

Bill,

Did you see or hear of any crappie coming out of long creek yet?

[riverfish]

thumbs, not silly but notice how bill said too many dying shad. when it first starts happening or just a few its always been pretty good for me kinda like a chum sort of thing but when hundred are dying they just get themseves gorged and wont feed

[Tfsh4bass]

Concerning gloves I have a pair of the neoprene Glacier gloves that are very good...I don't fish in them much but they are very tight fitting and warm.

Great report Bill!

My last 5 trips have been to Table Rock so I think I am headed to Bull or Norfork next.

[Guest]

This might seem stupid, but Ive got 4 pairs of wool fingerless gloves (the scratchy rough wool)

paid $8 for 4 sets of gloves, they've lasted 5 years.

I stick a set of them in my handwarmer pouch along with a small dish towel to dry my hands.

When I get wool gloves wet, I just toss them under the console and grab another dry pair.

This system has worked well for me.

I drive the boat with North Face ski gloves that grip the steering wheel 10x better than wool or fleece gloves.

[jeb]

Might be a silly question but, is fishing around a bunch of dying shad a good or a bad thing? I seem to think its bad cuz there is so much to choose for the Bass. What do you think guys?

My experience agrees with you. Fishing right in the area with the dying shad is low percentage. But sometimes you can find some bites a few 100 feet away on good cover/structure that may be in the area.