upper kings river area need help

[stryker]

We are going on vacation next week and we are staying in the upper kings river area above Viola. Never been there before. Can anyone help.

[dtrs5kprs]

Should be a little brown jig bite, possibly some carolina fish on the inside gravel turns on the river. Water color and conditions might be dicey with the rains. Usually some topwater fish working shad up and down the river channel.

Have not been up there since week after Easter, but that is about how I would start.

[stryker]

thanks for the info. Would it be better to go toward Viola or even closer to Shell Knob instead of up in the river?

[dtrs5kprs]

Depends on what you like to do. There are some good rig places betwen Viola and the White, also good topwater that direction. Around 39 and the island is usually good for topwater. Farther up the river should be more of a jig or flip bite, maybe some square bill fishing.