Return to The Rock

[Champ188]

Donna and I haven't been to Table Rock since May for a variety of reasons, but we ventured back up Saturday. Got off to a slow start so didn't arrive until 12:30 but got in a good 4 hours of fishing.

Stayed within 3-4 miles of Big M and found the fish biting pretty well despite the post-front conditions. Having a brisk north wind made it cold but certainly didn't hurt the bite any.

Found the fish to be very main-lake oriented but not necessarily deep. Caught them from 5 to 35 feet, mostly on transition areas and points. Crank baits, jerk bait, Ned and finesse jig all produced.

Ended the 4-hour outing with 16 total and five decent keepers. Good mix of LM and spots, along with one meanmouth. Never scored a brown fish, so we missed the TR slam.

All in all, a cold but good afternoon on the water. 

[Quillback]

Good deal, glad to hear you got out.  

[Guest]

i have a retired buddy that lives at emerald beach and he told me that he could not find any shad bunched in that area.  so, you have proved they have scattered and one had better spend their time in that area searching for a shallower bite.  pretty good four hour trip.

bo

[abkeenan]

Glad to see you and Donna back at it.

[Champ188]

On 11/24/2019 at 6:12 PM, merc1997 said:

i have a retired buddy that lives at emerald beach and he told me that he could not find any shad bunched in that area.  so, you have proved they have scattered and one had better spend their time in that area searching for a shallower bite.  pretty good four hour trip.

bo

Bo, would you believe we spent half an hour in the immediate vicinity of "a certain unimproved ramp" and could not even get bit? It was the only place I stopped in 4 hours that didn't produce a single fish. I can usually poke around there and find at least a couple of those big thumper spots on that place. 

[Guest]

i think the "locals" keep them cleaned out😄.

bo

[Champ188]

Lots of people fish that bluff end but most that I see don’t follow it on out properly into the lake. 

[Guest]

way back years ago, there was a patch of trees out from where the ramp is, that we used to just tie up to and catch a ton of bass (limits), and never untie all day or night.  those were the days.  but, now days even if you had spot lock, it would not ever happen like it was back then.

bo