4-3-14 Kings Report

[merc1997 Bo]

Hard to keep that spring bite in the Kings mum for very long. That river arm fishes very well but can fish very small at times. It's for that reason that I've pretty much quit fishing it in tournaments. You get half a dozen, maybe 8-9 derby boats up there, and you end up splitting up your fish to the point that no one gets paid. But, for fun fishing (especially during the week), that early spring bite up there is a hoot. Shallow power fishing can't be done just anywhere on The Rock.

you are dead on for tourney fishing. holmden and watson used to make it work some, but i don't know how many times kelly williamson went up there and got burned. i never did go to the kings for a tournament. in those smaller confines, boat traffic can really shut down the bite, and a lot of times, there just are not enough good ones up to share with others and do any good.

bo

[merc1997 Bo]

Bo, I was throwing that little A-bomber yesterday and my client handed me my you know what. We were fishing shallow and I had my boat turned at all times so he could cast in front of the boat and work in shallow. He was throwing an undisclosed wart pattern that I was sworn to keep to myself. I have never seen one like it. This guy was a super fisherman, just about as good a stick as there is fishing the rock. He had fished it 30 yrs. and just wanted to see another perspective. To tell you the truth I learned more than he did. All I was able to do was fish some locations from a different perspective than what he usually does.

Long story short, I went to the original V38 and was able to catch up somewhat, but that A-Bomber, really let me down. Not a bite or fish on two different colors. Switched to the wide wobble wart and the party commenced.

Being about as stubborn as a mule and thinking it really did not matter that if I got it in front of one he or she would eat it put me in the hole 7 to Zip. Don't get me wrong, I was tickled pink as punch he was hammering them. I just had to figure out what this old dum-dum was doing wrong. The V38 figured it out for me.

bill

that is why all of us should try other crank baits to see which wobble the bass are wanting on any particular day. another example is why one day the fish will not bite a jig with a rattle on it, and you can go back the next, with the exact same conditions, and you have to have a rattle on to catch a bass. guess that is why it is called fishing and not catching.

bo

[Bill Babler]

Ryan, Bo and Champ those are just great points on the Kings river. Ryan you have really helped me with your post, I know that fish are in continual movement this time of year and it is really timing, but golly durn when I go in that river and see 30 boats from Viola boat dock to the mouth scouring everything I just have a hard time putting down the troller. I just cannot do it. That river gets just as crowded as Long Creek maybe more so.

I don't remember the year, but It was early 90's It was the year of the wart on Table Rock. don't remember who won the top 150 event here but on that bluff bank before the big turn up to the blue hole there was at least 20 derby boats each day following each other down that mile long bluff throwing warts. They would just cycle and cycle. It was before the fish kill and that bank was simply loaded with LM.

Just goes to show that regardless of who is there, be patient and take your number.

I:m going out of Shell Knob in the morning, but will not be going in the river. To many fish on the main lake and not near the pro's.

[dtrs5kprs]

Fishing small is one of the reasons I don't fish up there much anymore. Used to spend most of my time from Viola to Ark, then got over it and embraced the clear water.