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The wife and I are taking a "Happy Retirement" vacation from the military to the Table Rock/Branson area 13-19 October.

We are bringing the Harley up for a ride day in the mountains and the kayak for a couple days of fishing.

We are staying at the Bluegreen Vacations Paradise Point Resort in Hollister. From maps seen here it looks like it is on Clevenger Cove. I saw the map with fish attractors and topography but was looking for some tips and tricks on what to use and how if possible.

As I want the wife to enjoy the fishing too I don't care what species. I have caught about all I have read Table Rock has before but we don't have walleye or much smallmouth fishing around here so those would be nice. If she caught a 6" bluegill every 15 minutes she'd be tickled pink! I have to admit I would be too!

Any help would be greatly appreciated. If anyone who kayaks that would like to join us would be even better!

Thanks,

Tom

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No need to ever leave Clevenger. I run a long ways sometimes to fish that area. Pay attention to the docks. Best ones will have 10-30 feet of water under them. Eakins finesse jig in 5/16-ounce, peanut butter & jelly color or green/orange are hard to beat down there. Use a Zoom Lil Critter craw trailer in green pumpkin and pinch off a couple of riings before threading it on. Also fish around the points from the bank out to 25-30 feet.

Good luck and enjoy.

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X 2 on everything Champ said. You won't need to leave Clevenger. Plenty of places to hit in there and will be nicely protected in there for your kayak fishing. Might give the "ned rig" a try as it seems it is still getting a lot of bites and it is a multi-species bait. Sounds like that is the end goal...any fish...lots of them....= ned rig.

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If you and your wife are looking for multi species and lots of bites it's really hard to beat Bobby Garland swimming minnows rigged on 1/16 or 1/8oz. jigheads w/ small light wire hooks fished on light line w/ spinning gear.

Before he passed Bobby and I fished together now and then, and I sold thousands of his minnows for him.

His plastics (now made by Gene Larew) are the "go to " baits for most panfish anglers in Stone,Taney, and Ozark counties, but they will catch bass and other species too.

Jig them under the boat vertically or cast and reel slowly.

good luck

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If you and your wife are looking for multi species and lots of bites it's really hard to beat Bobby Garland swimming minnows rigged on 1/16 or 1/8oz. jigheads w/ small light wire hooks fished on light line w/ spinning gear. Before he passed Bobby and I fished together now and then, and I sold thousands of his minnows for him. His plastics (now made by Gene Larew) are the "go to " bait for most panfish anglers in Stone,Taney, and Ozark counties, but they will catch just about anything.

Very good advice here.

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South side of Clevenger, multi-points & docks hold fish year-round. Also swimming minnow/grub or finesse worm (shakey head, n*d rig, splitshot) will do the trick for number of bites or multi-species. Watch for topwater. Best of luck.

"Water is the driving force of all Nature."  -Leonardo da Vinci
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It won't be that far from the James river and the smallmouth fishing fom your kayaks. There is an outfitter in Galena and in Hootentown that will probably help you shuttle if you want to do a float. Fall can be very productive on the rivers, if you can get pass the leaves.

Today's release is tomorrows gift to another fisherman.

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Thanks for all this great advice!

I hate to say I don't know what a Ned rig is though. Same as an Alabama rig?

And is there a good tackle store in the area I can get all the mentioned baits at? I don't think my local Cabelas, Gander Mountain, or BPS will have much smallmouth or walleye stuff.

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Thanks for all this great advice!

I hate to say I don't know what a Ned rig is though. Same as an Alabama rig?

And is there a good tackle store in the area I can get all the mentioned baits at? I don't think my local Cabelas, Gander Mountain, or BPS will have much smallmouth or walleye stuff.

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Ned rig is much simpler, smaller and easier to fish.

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Half a Zinker, on 1/8-1/16 ounce mushroom head jighead; 6-8 pound flurorcabon, green pumpkin or PB&J in color. Cast it out, let it sit. Or cast it out and slow roll it, ticking the bottom.

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Try a search for it here on the boards and there should be lotsa great info and pix. It's the kinda bait that'll surprise yah.........tiny bait, with plenty of big fish potential.

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