Friday Quick Table Rock Lake Fishing Report

[Bill Babler]

Table Rock Lake Fishing Report 2-24-14 current fishing report White River Outfitters Guide Service

Had call after call this week for both the CPA and upcoming BFL, so I pretty much told everything I knew, which was not a whole bunch.

Met my client Friday morning at the Viola ramp and he was having some very back stomach cramps and just could not go, so I decided to see what I could stir up.

Started with the floater in the Kings and had to break Ice to get out of there. Nothing on the float-n-fly.

Decided to throw a stickbait as it was early and Pete said from his report that he was getting bit up the White River early on a stickbait. Threw it about 2 hrs. on some of my best sticker stuff up there and Nada.

Little breeze was kicking up and the sun hitting one of my favorite transition banks so I tossed a football jig abit and caught 2 nice LM downstream from the Shell Knob Bridge. Thought it was looking up so I threw it another hour with nothing.

Had to suck up my pride and start throwing the A-Rig. It was 11:30 and I pulled on a bank up the white I had been catching them on. In the next hour and a half, I caught 9 really nice keepers on it no shorts.

This got me thinking that since I did not have a trip I would maybe enter the CPA derby. Hated to fish full bore for 2 full days, but If I could catch them I would.

Ran to Harrison and back in record speed and was throwing a B00-Rig by 3:15 threw it till 5:30 without a single bite on the same stuff I had been throwing the A-Rig.

Pretty down, I repacked up the A-Rig and caught a keeper on the second cast. Threw it 5 more times and caught a nother keeper.

Put everything up and headed home thinking how much I sucked not to be able to catch anything except on the Rig.

Total for the day was 13 fish, all keepers with 11 of them on the Rig and the two early fish on the FB-Jig.

Talked to Tim Sainato and told him my locations and what I had been catching them on. He had 4 the fish day I think and a couple the second day, all on a jig. He did however catch 4 keeper walleye the first day and 3 keeper walleye the second day on that same FB-Jig.

Go figure. Kudo's to those folks that were able to catch them this weekend, it was just a bugger out there.

Good Luck

[Old plug]

I have never used a A rig someone told me it is not all that good up here. I have though about it but when i watch people who are using it there seems to be a lot of resistance when reeling it. that would not work for me very long.

[Bill Babler]

Plug, Champ and I were talking about that yesterday. I cannot throw it without it hurting me. At the end of the day, my left shoulder has "Hot Needles going thru it."

It is a full body workout, and maybe that is a good thing.

They completely hammer them on Lake O with the A-Rig.

[Old plug]

You guys be careful about that Bill . Believe me I have had a few surgery experiences and there is nothing and I mean nothing like when the surgeons mess with the bones. I have had torn rotary cuffs in both shoulders. The left one has never been worked on. I have done the rehab on it myself much to the surprise of the bone Dr. But last summer I injured it three times. I think what you got maybe is early arthritis that in turn makes it a lot easier to tear a rotary cuff. I would avoid the A rig as soon as the shouldef starts bothering you. But I know you guys won't. Fisherman never seem to have enough sence to slow down. I have not learned it myself and I am in my mid 70s. Mine got so bad last summer I had to hold my left arm against my side to even cast with the little light spinning rod I was using. The boating of those little 12 inch kentuckies I was fishing for was a painful experience. I finially threw in the towel at the start of October.

I have twin downriggers and two grandkids I am think about trolling the a rig. I think the extra drag would add to the trill of catching the fishfor them . I myself would not like the drag of the rig confusing the fight of the fish.

[Bill Babler]

Are you going to use the Grandkids as baits on the A-Rig?

[Old plug]

It depends on their behavior.

[Jerry Rapp]

It depends on their behavior.

LOL!

[powerdive]

Uh-oh, saw the "W" word again. rps, are you out there?

They'll probably be in midsummer pattern by the time school lets out for you this year.

[mjk86]

walleyes on a football Jig huh? That is something I would never have thought of!

[powerdive]

walleyes on a football Jig huh? That is something I would never have thought of!

Bass guys think of them as different lures (tubes, shaky heads, football heads, grubs, etc.--even Ned rigs and Texas rigs), but a jig is a jig. And walleyes love jigs.