Short Report

[bluebasser86]

The wife and I were on Table Rock Sunday afternoon through Tuesday afternoon this past week. We camped at Aunt's Creek for the first night then stayed at a place in Branson Monday night. Fishing was pretty good around Aunt's Creek. We fished for about 2 hours Sunday night and I got on a pretty decent worm bite on any standing tree or laydown I could find and a couple in bushes. I had a fat 15" spot, 16" largemouth, then an 18" largemouth that was 3 even off the same tree.

Capped off the evening and a small limit with one of the best colored largemouths I've ever seen. Thought it was a spot or meanie at first but after checking the tongue and the jawline it was indeed a largemouth, also off the worm.

Next morning they were eating a Super spook Jr everywhere in shallow water and continued to eat up right up until we left at noon. It was a blast watching them in a couple feet of water come shooting out of the bushes to hit my bait. No monsters but another small limit of fish. You can tell how high the sun was in this picture and they were still eating it good.

The dam was tough. One skinny 20" fish on a H20 walking bait was the only one even worth mentioning.

[Quillback]

Very nice, thanks for the report!

[Pepe]

Nice fish. Thanks for sharing.

[abkeenan]

Nice report and nice fish. Could that fish be a LM/KY hybrid by any chance? I have never heard of that but if a smallie and a KY can get together I don't see why a LM and KY couldn't do that same? It looks too much like a KY in the pic to be a full LM I think but I am no biologist. Thanks for posting. That skinny 20" LM come off the south side of point 2 by any chance?

[bluebasser86]

Nice report and nice fish. Could that fish be a LM/KY hybrid by any chance? I have never heard of that but if a smallie and a KY can get together I don't see why a LM and KY couldn't do that same? It looks too much like a KY in the pic to be a full LM I think but I am no biologist. Thanks for posting. That skinny 20" LM come off the south side of point 2 by any chance?

I thought that myself but had never heard of it happening. After looking around a little I did find that on occasion they may hybridize. I have no idea how you could tell other than DNA testing the fish though. It certainly looked like it could be a mix of both.

I'm not familiar enough with the lake to know what mile marker I was near. It was the point almost straight to the south of the State Park Ramp and the Branson Belle is moored behind me in the picture. It was actually off the backside of one of the docks, holding just below the cable.

[abkeenan]

I thought that myself but had never heard of it happening. After looking around a little I did find that on occasion they may hybridize. I have no idea how you could tell other than DNA testing the fish though. It certainly looked like it could be a mix of both.

I'm not familiar enough with the lake to know what mile marker I was near. It was the point almost straight to the south of the State Park Ramp and the Branson Belle is moored behind me in the picture. It was actually off the backside of one of the docks, holding just below the cable.

I know right where that is then. Always fish around that dock because its 50 yards from that deep bluff wall, and has a string of cedars running from that bluff end on the point running all the way past those 3 docks (I believe that is how many are on that one bank) headed to the back of the cove. Good spot.

[hknfsh]

Nice pics....sounds like good fishin' for end of August ! Most of your fish shallow when throwing something besides topwater ? What was your best bait ?

[bluebasser86]

Nice pics....sounds like good fishin' for end of August ! Most of your fish shallow when throwing something besides topwater ? What was your best bait ?

All my fish were shallow for Table Rock in August. I think most of them were in less than 25' of water with lots of my keepers coming out of the back of small pockets in just a couple feet of water. The first night a Zoom Mag II worm in plum apple was best. Next morning a bone colored super spook jr was doing the trick along with a couple more on the worm.