8 Fish / 6 different species in 2 hours

[Randy Moore]

My wife, son and I ventured out on Friday evening in uncertain weather conditions so stayed fairly close to where we keep our boat which is at Hideaway Marina near point 11.  In the space of two hours we caught 6 difference species of fish - smallmouth bass, Kentucky Bass, walleye, white bass, crappie and a huge drum.  All were caught using either a ned's rig or a swim bait.  The crappie and drum both hit a Keitech Swim Bait.  The drum hit the bait hard and after hook set I knew I was tied into something big as he stripped a lot of line from my spinning reel loaded with 8" monofilament.  It took at least 10 minutes to wear him out so we could get a peak at what was on the end of my line (pics attached).  I estimate the fish at somewhere between 30" and 36" long and at least 16" wide.  I would have liked to weigh him but had no good way to get him in the boat.  He floated on the surface for close to five minutes which allowed us to take a number of pictures and get the hook out of his mouth before he swam off.  Has anyone else ever caught one of these giants?  The white bass we caught was part of a group that surfaced near us schooling.  My wife hooked into one, that soon got off, when another grabbed her ned's rig.  It was an interesting evening to say the least.

[fshndoug]

nice spot

[dtrs5kprs]

That might be the first pic of a drum from TR I've seen in the 25 years I've been fishing here.

Honestly not sure whether to be excited, or horrified 😂.

Fun time though, I'm sure.

 

[techo]

Nice!  We are on the very long waiting list for a slip at Hideaway.  

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Ive never caught drum in TR.  Lots at Stockton and Pomme

[Quillback]

No drum for me either at TR, have caught a couple in Beaver and bunches over in OK, but no drum in TR.  

[merc1997 Bo]

12 hours ago, dtrs5kprs said:

That might be the first pic of a drum from TR I've seen in the 25 years I've been fishing here.

Honestly not sure whether to be excited, or horrified 😂.

Fun time though, I'm sure.

 

you do not catch them often as one does in grand, loz, or even bull shoals.  i've caught a few over the years out of table rock.  they are in the lake because you can hear them at night quite often.

bo

[Dutch]

I’ve only caught 1 from Table Rock.

 

 

[Randy Moore]

Thanks for the replies guys.  I just wondered whether it was a fluke or not.  We have been fishing in Table Rock for 10 years and this was a first for me.  And this is the strangest Spring I've ever seen.  I find the fish one outing and not a clue the next.  We never get skunked but tried and true locations are failing left and right.  Hopefully things get better before the lake gets overrun with jet skis and wake boats.