Brand New to Forum - Never caught over 3-lbs at The Rock

[dirtyeggroll]

Hi All,

Been lurking around a little while. I grew up in Joplin, MO and fished Table Rock a dozen or so times. I now live in Omaha, NE but still have family down toward Table Rock. In the last year or so I've really got excited about bass fishing and have been down to Table Rock fishing with my dad a handful of times. We have only fished around the Shell Knob area, spending most of our time in Big Creek and where Mill's Creek meets the main lake. We never seem to catch anything but 1-2 lbers. Looking through this forum its reassuring that there are some nice fish in the lake! I'm hoping I can learn how to catch a 4+ every now and then.

I fish with a club out of Omaha and we had our first tournament of 2018 March 24/25th at Table Rock.

Here's a video of 3 out of the 5 I caught the entire day, we were fishing near Mill's Creek: 

Fish #1: Jig; Strike King Andy Montgomery Skipping Jig Blue Craw with Strike King Rage Bug Okeechobee Blu as trailer.

Fish #2 and #3: Alabama Rig; Yum Flashmob Jr. Top two swivels removed and replaced with CPS springs. Z-man MinnowS Pearl as teaser baits. Bottom 3 swivels replaced with split rings and swimbait heads attached with Z-man HeadlockZ 1/8 oz. Two outside Zman MinnowZ Pearl and following bait Strike King 2.75" Rage Swimmer in Sexy Shad.

I fished a Curve 55 as well almost all day and didn't get a bite on it. My total of 5 fish weighed 7 lbs 15 oz.

The boater I was with caught fish on:

(4 spots) Strike King 2.75" Rage Swimmer in smoke (on rock ledge banks)

(2 LMB) Zman TRD PB&J on a ned head (under a dock)

(2 spots) Double Colorado Spinnerbait Chartreuse (on gravel banks with trees)

(1) Spro Rock Crawler Red Craw (on slow sloping a gravel/rock bank) Boater best 6 fish weighed 10 lbs 1 oz.

He repeated the same pattern the following day March 25th and weighed 6 fish (our club weighs 6 fish) at 11 lbs 4 oz. With 10-1 the first day and 11-4 the second day, he got first for our two-day tournament (only 6 anglers).

[dblades]

I have a pontoon docked in Mill Creek, please don't be abusing my pets.

[Ellros]

Welcome to the forum.   I'm also from Omaha, but have been living on the Rock helping with family for a couple years now.  Table Rock is a great lake to fish.  But it does take a bit of a different mindset and technique than the lakes around Omaha.

[Sprint21fter]

That area of the lake produces some big stringers throughout the year. Keep plugging away and you will find success. 

[Champ188]

Welcome to the forum and pay attention to what's said here. Lots of good advice and very little BS. 

[Bill Babler]

Welcome and nice report and video   You can tell your buddy running the boat fishes by himself a lot. Looks like you pretty much had to throw over his head to hit the water 

One little bow point out and you both have a good shot on those locations however you looked like you were more than holding your own 

Thanks again for the Report

[dirtyeggroll]

1 hour ago, Bill Babler said:

Welcome and nice report and video   You can tell your buddy running the boat fishes by himself a lot. Looks like you pretty much had to throw over his head to hit the water 

One little bow point out and you both have a good shot on those locations however you looked like you were more than holding your own 

Thanks again for the Report

He actually does a really good job of making sure I get a good shot at or keeping the boat parallel (vs. nose in) to whatever location we are fishing and even backs into docks sometimes so I can get a chance to get a good roll-cast to skip up under docks without worrying about having to working around the console. The two instances shown in the video where I cast around him were times when he was turning the boat around.

[m&m]

On 3/26/2018 at 10:34 AM, dirtyeggroll said:

Hi All,

Been lurking around a little while. I grew up in Joplin, MO and fished Table Rock a dozen or so times. I now live in Omaha, NE but still have family down toward Table Rock. In the last year or so I've really got excited about bass fishing and have been down to Table Rock fishing with my dad a handful of times. We have only fished around the Shell Knob area, spending most of our time in Big Creek and where Mill's Creek meets the main lake. We never seem to catch anything but 1-2 lbers. Looking through this forum its reassuring that there are some nice fish in the lake! I'm hoping I can learn how to catch a 4+ every now and then.

I fish with a club out of Omaha and we had our first tournament of 2018 March 24/25th at Table Rock.

Here's a video of 3 out of the 5 I caught the entire day, we were fishing near Mill's Creek: 

Fish #1: Jig; Strike King Andy Montgomery Skipping Jig Blue Craw with Strike King Rage Bug Okeechobee Blu as trailer.

Fish #2 and #3: Alabama Rig; Yum Flashmob Jr. Top two swivels removed and replaced with CPS springs. Z-man MinnowS Pearl as teaser baits. Bottom 3 swivels replaced with split rings and swimbait heads attached with Z-man HeadlockZ 1/8 oz. Two outside Zman MinnowZ Pearl and following bait Strike King 2.75" Rage Swimmer in Sexy Shad.

I fished a Curve 55 as well almost all day and didn't get a bite on it. My total of 5 fish weighed 7 lbs 15 oz.

The boater I was with caught fish on:

(4 spots) Strike King 2.75" Rage Swimmer in smoke (on rock ledge banks)

(2 LMB) Zman TRD PB&J on a ned head (under a dock)

(2 spots) Double Colorado Spinnerbait Chartreuse (on gravel banks with trees)

(1) Spro Rock Crawler Red Craw (on slow sloping a gravel/rock bank) Boater best 6 fish weighed 10 lbs 1 oz.

He repeated the same pattern the following day March 25th and weighed 6 fish (our club weighs 6 fish) at 11 lbs 4 oz. With 10-1 the first day and 11-4 the second day, he got first for our two-day tournament (only 6 anglers).

Dirtyeggroll, sounds like you guys determined the fish were on a full tackle box pattern. Reach in the tackle box and pick something to throw. 

Mike

[dirtyeggroll]

22 hours ago, m&m said:

Dirtyeggroll, sounds like you guys determined the fish were on a full tackle box pattern. Reach in the tackle box and pick something to throw. 

Mike

Considering the wind did a 180 on us and the water was almost chocolate milk up in Big Creek and nearly gin clear a couple points down from Mills creek, it made sense at the time.