Baxter to Kings River Part 2

[Bill Babler]

Hit the water this morning with Lance and Nick from Bentonville.  Swell father and son team, and both could handle a rod.  Launched at 5:45 off H hwy. and headed for Campbell Pt. as there had been a quick early topwater deal going on up there.

I had a great topwater bite just out on the White out of Baxter, but it TOTALLY  dried up.  I mean gone.  Don't know how it could have gone so flat so fast but last weekend killed it.  I'm guessing the shad moved but there are still some I can see if I get there at the crack.  Just nothing eating them.

Anyway it started like it has been this last week, i or 2 at a location and then might as well move no matter what   First 3 locations we had a total of 6 fish, then I hit on a drop shot deal in about 18' up near the 39 bridge and we caught 6 more including a super walleye about 4 lbs.  Caught all the fish on a shad shape worm. everyone of them in 18/22 feet, and I will  point out that the water is pretty cloudy the closer you get to the Kings.  It is also totally full of debris and man you have to be careful.  I bumped pretty hard at least 3 or 4 times., enough to fill my speed odometer with wood that I had to drill out when I got home.  At least no wake boats in the home of the Table Rock Lake wake boat.

Caught 3 at the mouth of the Kings, one on a surge shad and the others on the shad shape worm.

Don't know what happened but at 0800 as we were headed back toward Baxter I saw a main lake flat point that when we went up had two boats on it.  The boats were gone and the wind was blowing a chop right in on it.  I wheeled in and at this point I will tell you as I've said in  prior times, its better to be lucky than good.

Simply saying, It was on.   As I pulled in I saw a feed, and Lance chunked a surge shad up there and it was engulfed.  Nick tossed the 2.8 Keitech and he also was hooked up.  This went on for close to an hour and the numbers were silly.  It was the Wolf Pack I had not been able to find.  Largemouth and K's and even some more walleye on the swimbait.  At least a dozen keeps up to 3.55 pounds.  Funny thing only 1 jaw and he was a squirt.  Did see one Big, Big smallmouth feed twice but he was always just out of range.  We had at least 4 doubles. and at one point had a straight Redfin laying in the water behind the boat while I was retying a swimbait and it got blasted just sitting there. 

Nick led the way with the 4 lb. walleye the 3.55 LM and another 2.85 LM.  Great day for Dad and Son.

Good Luck