Advise

[Teddy]

Mr Babler, I am confused by what you are saying.

Your quotes:

'When you come to Table Rock you come to TRY and catch fish. Take the best information available and develop patterns from it and feel durn good when you put one in the boat.'

'Jim had a good day, boating 16 spotted bass mostly in the 14 to 16 inch range with 3 of them just being toads. .... Total for us for the day was 32 fish counting the 3 late ones I caught'

32 bass with half as keeper and 3 that were toads.

I may not have your skills, I was just wanting help in having a day similar to the slow day you had on the 30th.

With Respect,

Teddy

[Bill Babler]

My apologies Teddy, I thought you said you were only wanting to fish within 5 miles of Kimberling City and that you wanted your wife to catch lots of fish and you to target Big Fish. My mistake.

Table Rock is a very hard mistress. It should be fair to middlin when you and the wife are here. Still what you may consider a large amount of fish or a big fish is your perspective.

I put on about 30 boat miles on each of those trips. Lots and lots of moving and running. Both days I had fishermen that stood the entire time, had fished Table Rock for years and could throw a jig or grub in a bucket at 30 yrds.

Attention to detail and fishing locations that are that day holding fish is quite challenging, not to mention bass fishing trips on Table Rock are pretty much like work.

I wish you and yours the very best and as stated please follow the forum for current patters that would apply to Kimberling City at the time you are there.

Tournament results here are not what the common person is achieving. Yes it is easy to look at the top 5 or 10 persons in the results but then look down the line at what they are catching in the rear of the field. I believe in the last BFL about half that field skunked.

I guess what I'm trying to say come with modest expectations and then surprise yourself and have a great trip. Anytime I catch a 4 pound plus fish on this lake I am more than a happy camper. Anytime we put 30 fish in the boat in a day it is a special day.

Enjoy beautiful Table Rock lake with the idea you got to catch one before you catch the second.

Good Luck

[Teddy]

Thank you for your insights!!!!

[Teddy]

After seeing the elites number I think that the Cape Fair tourney is BS. Guess I should be happy to boat a few. I did not realize how tough TableRock is. Will be there in 5 days.

[dtrs5kprs]

After seeing the elites number I think that the Cape Fair tourney is BS. Guess I should be happy to boat a few. I did not realize how tough TableRock is. Will be there in 5 days.

Teddy...that is just the thing about Table Rock. Lots of fish, lots of good ones, but she can be really cranky and mean. She replaces the spot in your heart held by all the psycho ex-girlfriends from high school or college. Drives you crazy, but you can't stay away.

When things are working it is not a big deal to get to 10#-12# on 5 fish, just like lots of good sticks did today, but is a lot harder to jump up from there. Takes a couple of good ones, or just an outstanding average size. Tough to do. This lake will send you home with your tail tucked as often as not. Has that in common with most highland lakes.

Good news is it should not be worse in five days. Much better to hear folks complain about too many fish at weigh in than too few. We've lived through that in recent memory at TR as well.

[Bill Babler]

Teddy, kind of like Dave said, and I do apologize if I conveyed my message in a poor manner. The Cape Fair derby and the charity deal on Saturday are not normal results here. This winter the results in all the big derbys here if you look close and yes there were some tremendous bags, were caught by a very select few and their names popped up week after week.

I love this lake with all my heart. It is my life out side of my family it pays my bills and provides me with joy and constant entertainment. It also even fishing close to 300 days a year for the past 30 yrs. KIcks my tail so bad its like I have never fished here some days.

There is several rules on Table Rock. 1st and foremost you had better fish where the fish are biting. When you posted you would only go 5 miles that 99.9 percent of the time is a deal breaker. Did you hear Mark Davis say today for his second place bag he drove 100 boat miles? Did you hear Double E say he ran 66 gallons of gas thru this Nitro/Merc. That engine is friggin stingy so you had better believe he put 100 plus miles on it today.

Hear is the deal. You don't make the rules or say what you want to do here. You do exactly what the fish want or you go home pretty sad.

You saw today how many of those guys the best in the world caught big fish. About 1/2 a handful out of 106 of the best of the best. That is why I posted a 4 pounder always makes me smile.

As for the numbers you get a clear slick, high pressure week with blue/bird weather and you will not think much of this pond even in April. You almost always need a condition to catch them on the Rock and it is known as one of the best foul weather lakes in the world. You get a overcast windy raw day, with surf pounding the shore and you had best hold onto your rod really tight as they are gona try and take it away from you especially around Kimberling if those big brown fish get going.

You saw a few brown fish today but not many. What did that tell you? It told me the boys were running. 20-30-40-50 miles one way.

You stay with this deal and we'll get ya bit, but as I said before you got to catch the first one, and you may have to take a ride to do it.

Welcome and good luck

[Champ188]

Teddy, those weights out of Cape Fair are legit. But they caught em on A-rigs, which are not allowed in the BASS Elite Series or the FLW Tour. Come on down. You'll be able to catch a few fish. Maybe more. And you'll enjoy some of the finest scenery to be had in the world. Literally.

[dtrs5kprs]

And learn to love the equalizers...wind, light line, and the Ned Rig. Bluebird days no longer scare me. They may be tough, but not impossible.

[Codywskeeter1521]

Teddy, those weights out of Cape Fair are legit. But they caught em on A-rigs, which are not allowed in the BASS Elite Series or the FLW Tour. Come on down. You'll be able to catch a few fish. Maybe more. And you'll enjoy

some of the finest scenery to be had in the world. Literally.

champ very well put..