June 2Nd Lampe Missouri Table Rock Lake Fishing Report

[Bill Babler]

Current Table Rock Lake Fishing Report White River Outfitters Guide Service 6-2-14

Started the day at 0545 with Bob Peterson from Austin Texacus. Pretty much pelting down rain and with the wind the waves were rocking the big Phoenix some, but what was really a Rockin was the big fish.

Going to say this was my best Table Rock day of the year for not only numbers, that were just silly, but size. Usually with me, the size does not matter as much as just the sheer catchin. Today we had both.

I'm throwing the biggest Swimbait that Keitech makes with a big Piccaso head and a 4/0 hook. Bait is close to 8.5 inches long, and on our first stop, a bluffend that breaks around a flat gravel point. We have shallow gravel with waves and wind howling in on it and the boat is setting in 190 ft. of water. Yes, you read the depth right. How could this be better?

On the first cast of the day we both set sail heaving these big swimmers toward the gravel. I told Bob to let it hit the bottom and then pull wind it back to the boat. Told him not to set the hook but let the fish ride the big bait and just sweep back and wind in. This did not happen as the baits that were thrown into 10' of water never got near the bottom before we were both doing battle.

Bob's first fish was the biggest K I have had this year, a sow with full belly and full of eggs. She was as clean as a new born. I had a Jaw on that was easy 4 pounds. We had 7 lbs in the boat on the first two tosses. It did not end here with the rain and elements beating us up, it was only the beginning. We fished 6 locations in 6 hrs. and caught 8 to 12 fish off each. Only had 4 short fish all day. It was just toad after toad.

We would pull up with the waves pounding in, most times boat was in 20 to 30 ft. except for the bluffend to start, but we could catch 1 or two on the swimmer and then we would put it down and throw the wobblehead. They were just choking it down. I fish every day and could not keep it out of their craws. They were simply inhaling it. We had at least a dozen doubles on keeps, sometimes it would be a jaw and a LM and sometimes it would be two K's. It was just beserk.

Our last location, the sun came out and the wind died as I was pulling up to it. We made 3 casts each and did not have a fish, and I told Bob, "they moved." We had been throwing into 6 to 12 ft. and winding it in. Lots of times there were on it before it ever hit the bottom, they were catching it. I told Bob to reel in we are going to reposition. I swung the boat around on this long gravel runnout and put us in 25'. I said throw parallel to the bank, we are going to fish the 20' to 30' range. We made a long throw each to that depth and as soon as the heads hit the bottom, it was on again. I had a 4.5 pound LM and Bob had a great keeper K. We took off the double and we threw back. I snagged a 4 pound Jaw, just a beautiful almost green/black fish and Bob caught a great 3.5 pound LM.

Wow, the hits just kept on commin. Our best 5 were 18 to 19 pounds with so many in the 2.5 to 3.5 pound class it was just silly.

Fighting wind waves and rain, the camera stayed in my pocket, but you get the picture. The fish today looked as good as they have prior to the spawn and they are gaining weight and coloring up nicely. They were just chucked full of crawfish. My boat is an orange mess. They would jump and just sling crawdads out their mouths everywhere.

What a morning on Table Rock Lake.

[Quillback]

Excellent, glad to hear you got into them!

[jmes]

Great report, nice to hear you guys had a good day and catching some big O fish

[OldMillRoad]

What a difference a little wind and weather makes! Great day Bill. My son and I fished Friday thru Saturday. Friday you could get bit on everything you threw, Saturday the only thing we could get them to eat was a shakey head, I threw a swimbait everywhere and they just wouldn't eat it. Fished the Mill Creek night derby Saturday night and the biggun's turned on pretty good. We lost 4 good fish at the boat, and managed enough to squeak out 6th place, our biggest was 5.56.. They kept us on our toes, but we caught a bunch of fish.

[dtrs5kprs]

Sounds like a classically miserable fantastic Table Rock day.

[Bill Babler]

Perfect. Little Ned had to stay in the box today. His mom said the weather was to bad for him to go out.

Old Mill, how in the heck did you boys lose all those big fish? If you were using a big 6 to 10 inch swimmer I understand. I just hate to lose the rascules that are hard to find once I got a poke at them.

Please tell me you were not shoving your rod tips in the water to try and keep them down. Ya did good on that 5 and a halfer though. 6th. Ain't bad.

[merc1997 Bo]

really nice trip, but there again, it appears that not all have spawned. it truly has been a different year. i am guessing there will two different patterns going on this moon.

bo

[AAD]

Sounds awesome.

As I sit at my desk at work, 19 days from our week long trip to TRL, I am hoping the good bite will continue thru that timeframe. Already daydreaming of where we will start each morning.....

Loved the report....

[Bill Babler]

really nice trip, but there again, it appears that not all have spawned. it truly has been a different year. i am guessing there will two different patterns going on this moon.

bo

Bo, we had at the minimum a dozen fat female K's that were up to18" that were as clean as if they had just been unwrapped. Fat and full of eggs and crawfish. The LM and the Jaw's were spawned out and gaining back weight and looking great.

I have been catching smallmouth on TR that have just looked terrible in comparison to the ones we have caught the last week or so on Bull. Those Bull Shoals fish are thick thru the back and all have full bellies. Today that is what our smallmouth looked like here.

You know what I mean, just one of those old nasty Small Jaw days today and it was really on.

[cbass12]

Sounds awesome.

As I sit at my desk at work, 19 days from our week long trip to TRL, I am hoping the good bite will continue thru that timeframe. Already daydreaming of where we will start each morning.....

Loved the report....

We leave the same day for our week at Mill Creek Resort. Not as much fishing for me since I'll be with the family but I'll get out enough. Here's to praying it stays this way for a few weeks.