is TR a productive walleye lake???

[polock]

just wondering when i come over in mid feb if the walleye are biting and how to fish for them on the lake?? i troll for them in 8-12' of water on the current and catch a lot of em..

[denjac]

I would drag a night crawler off points in 30- 40 ft of water, on Stockton Lake. My opinion is you would be wasting your time to fish just for Walleye on TR.

[Steve Smith]

Table Rock is not really known for it's walleye fishing, but it has a fair population of legal eye's. Walleye right now should start their spawning runs up the rivers through February and sometimes as late as March. I would drift horney head suckers or some other large live minnow bait in the river channels in Roaring or Kings. Back when I could handle the cold, I'd take my boat up river until I hit the first impassable shoal and drift back out staying in the main channel.

[Bill Babler]

I have started seeing some rigs parked on the bluff's just before you get to the Kings River Bridge on 86. All most all with Arkansas tags. Most of these guys are fishing the last deep hole at the bend just before the river goes into Arkansas. They are for the most part tightline fishing creek chubs.

Low light conditions are by far the best bet. Most fishing is usually from 2am until 8am and from 7pm until midnight.

If you wish to fish from a boat you can lanch at Happy Hollow and work your way up stream. Fish the last bluffend before the bridge and the flat between the bluff and the bridge going up stream on your right.

Last year drifting gold fish and shiners, as chubs are really had to come by, below the riffle after the bluff caught quite a few walleye.

Outside of the naturals suspending stickbaits are by far your best bets, with clown or a gold sided full size rogue working well.

The hole just above the bridge is also a very good spot for live bait presentations.

Motor oil and redfleck swimming minnows on a 1/4 oz jig head will also get some attention from the walleye and the crappie and whites will also be attreacted to these offerings.

You really have only about 6 weeks up there as about the second week of March, they are for the most part spawned out and leaving.

This is your best bet on Table Rock, Roaring River also holds a catchable run of walleye, but not to the extent of the Kings.

Bull Shoals is much better. I'm heading over there tomorrow and give it a whirl, will post on the Bull Shoals sight on how we did.