August 4Th. Fishing Report Blue Eye Missouri Table Rock Lake

[Bill Babler]

Great report and thanks for the detailed presentation part. I was there yesterday and saw the crazy boat traffic. We were house shopping so my boat was left behind. Looking forward to some fall fishing when we get the place bought (hopefully). Take care and good fishing.

Big C glad to have you on board and good luck with the house. Keep us informed and let us know about your fishing when you get your anchor set here on the Rock.

[Bill Babler]

Hopefully the gentleman will go home and chew on that for awhile and learn something ... most importantly, listen to the guide you hired to take you to the fish and help you catch them.

The average fisherman has no concept of the critical importance of the little bitty details when it comes to catching fish from highland reservoirs like Table Rock. I'm continually amazed at how much there is to learn, even after a lifetime of reasonably successful fishing for both pay and fun.

Congrats on a fine day, Bill. Glad to hear you finally found some of those big K's. I'm starting to really believe that these fish ... and some of our bigger LM, too ... are becoming more open water-oriented as the years go by.

James, you are absolutely right. I learn something new weather it be a location or a method on every trip to the lake. Today I learned about Zebco 33's and Ugly Sticks. "Just Kiddin, already knew that."

It was kind of funny, the gentleman made a point to say that equipment and baits did not matter, putting it in front of one that will eat it is the deal. He was very right and also very wrong. Clearly as his buddy pointed out by screaming " I got another one." What I have learned in 50 yrs. on the water is it is never one thing or one big thing, success is a multitude of small little things that creates a whole. Weather it be pieces of equipment and the way they are put together or how you fish a locations and the presentation and timing of your delivery. How you make adjustments to both weather and fishing conditions and probably one of the most important is your frame of mind. Knowing and believing is a huge part of success.

I have pointed this out many times here. If we as fishermen would just use one hour of our fishing time per outing to search out new locations and different presentations than what we are accustomed to we make ourselves better with each one of those days we spend on the water.

What is the old adage. If your stayin the same your fallin behind. I'm believing that one for sure.

Good Luck

[Guest big c]

Will do and thank you! We most llkely will end up buying at The Village on indian point. I have fished table rock for years and am truly amazed at the weatlh of information you and others share. And equally, how much there is for me to learn! If I could only nail down a slip and hoist....oh well get on the waiting list. Take care.

[abkeenan]

James, you are absolutely right. I learn something new weather it be a location or a method on every trip to the lake. Today I learned about Zebco 33's and Ugly Sticks. "Just Kiddin, already knew that."

It was kind of funny, the gentleman made a point to say that equipment and baits did not matter, putting it in front of one that will eat it is the deal. He was very right and also very wrong. Clearly as his buddy pointed out by screaming " I got another one." What I have learned in 50 yrs. on the water is it is never one thing or one big thing, success is a multitude of small little things that creates a whole. Weather it be pieces of equipment and the way they are put together or how you fish a locations and the presentation and timing of your delivery. How you make adjustments to both weather and fishing conditions and probably one of the most important is your frame of mind. Knowing and believing is a huge part of success.

I have pointed this out many times here. If we as fishermen would just use one hour of our fishing time per outing to search out new locations and different presentations than what we are accustomed to we make ourselves better with each one of those days we spend on the water.

What is the old adage. If you stayin the same your fallin behind. I'm believing that one for sure.

Good Luck

Good stuff Bill. Sorta like one of my favorite quotes: "If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking". - General George S. Patton

[rps]

Little things: good line, sharp hooks, depth, type of bottom, thermocline, water color, time of day, wind speed and direction, what a bite looks like and feels like and sometimes sounds like, bait speed or lack thereof, color, local forage, time of year, time of month, current or lack thereof, boat traffic or lack thereof, onandonandonandon. Guides process many factors to try and solve the equation. I do well, sometimes very well, but I will be blessed if I will take money to try to produce fish for others - especially when they add extra factors such as inappropriate equipment.

[Champ188]

Little things: good line, sharp hooks, depth, type of bottom, thermocline, water color, time of day, wind speed and direction, what a bite looks like and feels like and sometimes sounds like, bait speed or lack thereof, color, local forage, time of year, time of month, current or lack thereof, boat traffic or lack thereof, onandonandonandon. Guides process many factors to try and solve the equation. I do well, sometimes very well, but I will be blessed if I will take money to try to produce fish for others - especially when they add extra factors such as inappropriate equipment.

Only a lawyer could assemble a list that long ...

Seriously, that's a lot of factors, but every one is legitimate and worthy of consideration. Little things become big things when you're trying to consistently catch fish from clear waters like ours.

Stay vigilant.