Table Rock Guide Service Fishing Report

[Bill Beck]

Lake Level: 903.2

Normal Pool: 915.0

Water Temp: 43-46 degrees

White River Area

The bass are shallow for this time of year. Kentucky bass and smallmouth bass are on main lake gravel points from 10 to 20 feet deep. They can be caught swimming gray grubs and on stick baits, especially on windy day. Also try throwing a 1/4 oz. Jig. Largemouth bass are on bluff ends and cedar cuts off the main lake and will take stick baits. some big largemouths are being caught in the creek arms around cedar trees.

Crappie are going good in the Kings River and Lower White in creeks around pole timber anywhere from 6 to 15 feet deep on minnows and crappie jigs.

Mid Lake-Kimberling City Area

A lot of the bass are moving back into the creeks following the shad schools. They can be caught on gray grubs, tube baits in white or shad patterns and jigging spoons in 35-45 feet deep. Some fish are still on the main lake flats and points 35-55 feet deep and can be caught vertical fishing gray grubs, tube baits and spoons. On windy days, bass can be caught on crawfish pattern wiggle warts on gravel and ledgy banks. Some fish are also being caught on 5/16 Eakins jigs in brown and purple or peanut butter and jelly on the bluff ends and under boat docks 10 -30 feet deep. I'm starting to catch some fish on bluff ends and pole timber points on stick baits. On windy day or early in the morning, alot of fish are on gravel points 10 to 20 feet deep and can be caught swimming a grub and on stickbaits.

Crappie are being caught under docks and on pole timber 15-25 feet deep with small grubs or 16th and 18th oz. crappie jigs and roadrunners in white or gray colors.

Lower End-darn Area

Bass are moving back into the creeks. They can be caught around 35-45 feet deep vertical fishing a gray grub, tube baits in white or shad patterns and jigging spoons. There are still some fish on the main lake flats and points about 35-55 feet deep and can be caught with the gray grubs, tube baits and spoons. Try throwing a crawfish pattern wiggle wart on gravel or ledgy banks on windy days. You can also try the 5/16 Eakins brown and purple or peanut butter and jelly jigs on the bluff ends and under docks 10-30 feet deep. I'm also starting to catch fish on stick baits on bluff ends and pole timber points. On windy days or early in the morning, alot of fish are on main lake gravel points in 10 to 20 feet of water and can be caught swimming a grub and on stickbaits

Crappie are biting consistently in the Long Creek area on small grubs or 16th and 18th oz. crappie jigs and roadrunners in white or gray colors on bluffs with pole timber and are suspended 10-20 feet deep. Around Cricket Creek the crappie are shallower in 6-10 feet on bluffs and pole timber pockets.

Upper End-James River

Bass are being caught 30-40 feet deep on flats near the mouths of creeks using white jigging spoons, white tube baits or gray grubs. On windy days, some fish can be caught paralleling bluffs with wiggle warts in crawfish patterns. I'm starting to catch some fish on bluff ends and pole timber points on stick baits.

Crappie fishing is real good with minnows and crappie tubes or jigs from Virgin Bluff on up into the James River in the creeks around pole timber about 8-15 feet deep.

Lake Taneycomo

Trout fishing is very good in the trophy area and also below Fall Creek dock. In the trophy area from Fall Creek to the darn, the trout size seems to be improving with the cooler weather. I'm catching some nice rainbows and a few browns on a small Rapala in the morning and also swimming a white 1/16 ounce jig. The trout in the trophy area will also take pink or green micro jigs under a float and a zebra midge has also been very good. Below the trophy are from Fall Creek down, the trout are biting very good on night crawlers or power baits. In the early morning you can catch them swimming a 1/16 ounce jig or little Cleo spoon.

[hoover25]

Hey Bill!!

Its Christian.....say hi to my uncle for me!

By the sound of your report, I am going to have to de-winterise my boat and get out there.

-Tight Lines

[Bill Beck]

You winterize your boat????? Why would a person do such a crazy thing!

[TeamKingTuckey]

Hey guys, I haven’t been after the crappie in a couple weeks because of school, but the reports look good. I was wondering how long this crappie action is going to last. Will it last into middle of February? Because my buddy is coming back from Iraq and he wants me to take him, so I was hoping they were still going to be biting.

[Jrasnick]

  TeamKingTuckey said:

Hey guys, I haven’t been after the crappie in a couple weeks because of school, but the reports look good. I was wondering how long this crappie action is going to last. Will it last into middle of February? Because my buddy is coming back from Iraq and he wants me to take him, so I was hoping they were still going to be biting.

It has been an amazing year. It will last well into february as well as march and april. It has only just begun. I went out on the water saturday moning in the rain and fished near yocum and long. Water was turned over and fishing was awful.

[TeamKingTuckey]

Yea, I noticed the water was pretty dirty today when I went out, only caught 5 in a couple hours. Is this Jeremy Rasnick? Its Levi, but anyway Ill cya out there on the water sometime.