Sample Kansas City Star Table Rock Fishing Report

[Bill Babler]

Happy Valentines Day All.  Here is a sample of what I have been doing with the KC Star for the past 10 yrs.  I try to share current weekly information that is as accurate as possible but use as much responsibility and respect to all the wonderful posters and guides here and not put people on their locations.

Current Fishing Report for 2-12-2017

Surface temp lake wide are ranging from 47 to 53 degree with as usual some of the river arms a bit warmer than main lake.  Visibility is normal with much of Table Rock in the 10' to 15' visibility range, with a lake level of 906.5

Dam area has been the slowest bite on the lake but there are some smallmouth being taken on suspending jerkbaits and Spro Rock Crawlers, on gravel and windy chunk rock banks.  Long Creek area is fishing fair to good for crappie with most being caught on silver and black swimming minnows off the flat mud banks, in 8 to 15 feet of water.

Kimberling City to Cape Fair to Shell Knob has perhaps been as good as any lake section with most fish coming on suspended stickbaits on wind blow banks.  Upper River sections in the James and Kings are also producing at a fair rate with crayfish color crankbaits in 5 to 15 feet of water.

Upper White River is seeing the bass taking tubes, small jigs and ned rigs in 12 to 25 feet off the runnouts and long points.

White Bass are also beginning to show up in the river systems with the majority still holding in the deeper channel bends and off the mud flats.  Use sonar and jigging spoons to find and catch the early whites.

If this is to much info for you all please let me know.  I am just trying to establish a good starting point for our visitors without giving away the farm.  We of course love everyone that spends time and money to come here to enjoy themselves.

Good Luck

[Paco]

EXCELLENT!!!     Keep up the good work...Thanks for all your input....You give us a starting point.  THANKS AGAIN...

[Quillback]

Good stuff Bill, I think that is a great report that certainly gives someone making the trek from the KC area some good info on what to think about doing. 

[big c]

Very well written and informative! Thats what i would hope to find when looking/reading a fishing repot. Give folks a solid general idea of what's going on. It always feels good to get that kind of info then refine it to your style, maybe mix iy it slightly,  etc and catch fish. My thoughts anyway.

[rps]

what he ^ said

[AAD]

Wish we had that good of a report in the STL Post Dispatch...

 

Very informative and well written.

[Smalls21]

excellent as always Bill!!

[m&m]

Bill, excellent information. Very accurate and consistent with the reports we read on this forum. Thank you

Mike

[Smithvillesteve]

Excellent report Mr. Babler. Let me ask you this. The KC Star will not report all of that info. Why? Too long for them? As a reader of the KC Star and an avid fishing report reader on Thursdays I wish they would report all of that info!!!! Anyway, I hope you will report as detailed a fishing report on here every week!! Is that asking too much?:)

[Sore Thumbs]

Perfect. Covers all sections of the lake and examples of what's been working. Only thing better would be you catching the fish for them. Good job.