Shell Knob Quickie 7-23-14

[Bill Babler]

Hit the water at 0530 with Jerry and Warren out of the Knob. Beck had been up there yesterday and had a great day. Fishing deep brush and trees. His fish were suspended in the 35' to 45' range.

He gave me the GPS cords of a couple of new trees he had found and off we went. Pretty good buddy I'd say. He also said that on that hot bright day there had been quite a bit of topwater but he had youngsters and was fishing up and down.

Caught 10 off his GPS trees, all pretty nice Shell Knob K's. Maybe 2 keeps but all, right at that 15" mark. Saw some on top, and they seemed to be good ones, but were just to scattered to fish properly. Most chasing over the main channel in 100' plus. Just singles for the most part.

Ran a main lake hump and caught 4 solid Keeps in 37' on the bottom. Thet flat hump was just covered with bait and it seemed I had to be just away from it for them to take the drop-shot.

Moved on up the White River and ended up on a long runnout below Big M. Caught 12 here just nice Shell Knob fish. These were bottom dwellers in the 35' to the deepest at 47'. again a lot of bait but if we were near it you would not get bit. Did not see any fish in the deep bait balls, in, below, or above.

Was a huge amount of chasing up there but again singles. They would follow the fin or what ever topwater we threw and be just below it. At one point Warren had about a dozen all very nice K

's swarming his fin, but none would commit.

Warren had the best day with 20 fish, Jerry had 4 and I had 2 on a spoon. My spoon fish were really topwater as I flung it at far off chasers and they nabbed it. Think it is probably time to have the Little George Rocket flyer in the boat at all times as you can throw it from here to Bentonville.

Not the day my buddy had yesterday, but pretty good July fishing. We only saw 4 wake boats and 1 other fishing boat all morning. Whoo! Hooo!

[Quillback]

That's a great day, congrats!

[gatorbitu]

Very nice! Congrats

[5bites]

Like!

[jmes]

Great Day

Great report

[rps]

End of July and no thermocline. That makes it really hard. Sounds to me like it is time to drop shot and spoon after the early top "bite."

[*T*]

Bill, Didn't know you worked that little george bite. One of my favorites is 1/4 oz silver hammered with hook upgrade. Can be hot for numbers and size, long casts, quick to the bottom bite also.

[champ198]

Bill, I'm pretty good friends with those youngsters that Beck had out yesterday. They live just around the corner from me up here in KC. The older of the two boys, around 15, is just flat ate up with fishing. He knocks on my door a couple times a week to see if I can come out and play (translate: talk fishing). My garage is basically a giant tackle store and he usually heads home with a few goodies each time he visits. I take him out to our local lakes whenever I can. I've sung the praises of Table Rock Lake to him many times, and I'm just tickled that he and his brother were lucky enough to have a great outing with. Mr. Beck. I received several frantic and excited texts yesterday regarding his fantastic morning on Table Rock Lake, and I couldn't have been more thrilled. When he told me the guides name was Bill Beck, I let him know that he fished with one of the best. These two young men really needed a beautiful day on your beautiful lake as they tragically lost their father to a sudden and unexpected illness in February of this year. In fact, they found their father at home after he had passed. They are strong young men that are holding their heads up high and demonstrating enormous courage during and incredibly difficult time.

If you get the chance, please tell Mr. Beck that he put smiles on their faces that will last a long time. What a special day.

[JimmyBaja]

Bill, I'm pretty good friends with those youngsters that Beck had out yesterday. They live just around the corner from me up here in KC. The older of the two boys, around 15, is just flat ate up with fishing. He knocks on my door a couple times a week to see if I can come out and play (translate: talk fishing). My garage is basically a giant tackle store and he usually heads home with a few goodies each time he visits. I take him out to our local lakes whenever I can. I've sung the praises of Table Rock Lake to him many times, and I'm just tickled that he and his brother were lucky enough to have a great outing with. Mr. Beck. I received several frantic and excited texts yesterday regarding his fantastic morning on Table Rock Lake, and I couldn't have been more thrilled. When he told me the guides name was Bill Beck, I let him know that he fished with one of the best. These two young men really needed a beautiful day on your beautiful lake as they tragically lost their father to a sudden and unexpected illness in February of this year. In fact, they found their father at home after he had passed. They are strong young men that are holding their heads up high and demonstrating enormous courage during and incredibly difficult time.

If you get the chance, please tell Mr. Beck that he put smiles on their faces that will last a long time. What a special day.

How cool is that! You're post is uplifting.

As Paul Harvey would say... "and now, you know the rest of the story"

[Champ188]

Bill, I'm pretty good friends with those youngsters that Beck had out yesterday. They live just around the corner from me up here in KC. The older of the two boys, around 15, is just flat ate up with fishing. He knocks on my door a couple times a week to see if I can come out and play (translate: talk fishing). My garage is basically a giant tackle store and he usually heads home with a few goodies each time he visits. I take him out to our local lakes whenever I can. I've sung the praises of Table Rock Lake to him many times, and I'm just tickled that he and his brother were lucky enough to have a great outing with. Mr. Beck. I received several frantic and excited texts yesterday regarding his fantastic morning on Table Rock Lake, and I couldn't have been more thrilled. When he told me the guides name was Bill Beck, I let him know that he fished with one of the best. These two young men really needed a beautiful day on your beautiful lake as they tragically lost their father to a sudden and unexpected illness in February of this year. In fact, they found their father at home after he had passed. They are strong young men that are holding their heads up high and demonstrating enormous courage during and incredibly difficult time.

If you get the chance, please tell Mr. Beck that he put smiles on their faces that will last a long time. What a special day.

That is the good stuff. Thank YOU, Champ 198, for being a friend and role model for these boys. Society hasn't entirely lost its bearings.