Ultimate Challenge

[frankie2969]

Well we back, Didn't fair too well. Weather change had something to do with the fishing I believe. We only had 2, both Spots about 17". Didn't win the boat either. But, we had fun. Took till noon Sunday for us to figure something out. We didn't get a chance to pre-fish. For us the fish were on the flatter banks with wind blowing across them. Boat sitting 15ish feet throwing to 5ish. had to work it painfully slow. The other bite we found was burning spinner bait again on flatter banks with wind. Had to put TM close to hi and cover water. Fish all day for 5 or 6 bites. we chose poorly I guess

[STLbassbuster]

I will add my report as I also fished this event. Saturday I had a total of 7 bites, 4 LM keepers, one 14.5” smallmouth, and two missed opportunities. My 4 weighed 9.02 all on a bigger football jig 1/2 oz. Short pockets on the main lake in the KC to dam area. Steeper shelf rock near docks. I felt good going into day two but just could not get bit on the bigger jig. It took until the afternoon to figure out a little something and that was replicating Bill Bablers advice. Boat in 20ft, wind blown gravel banks with mixed chunk rock. Picked up a finesse jig and within 20 minutes got a good thump. A nice brown fish that jumped, pulled, and as I had him close to the boat just came unbuttoned. Consistency is something I need to work on at Table Rock. I learn more from each trip. Thank you Bill and to the rest of the people that take the time to share advise here.

[frankie2969]

Interesting, we couldn’t get anything going on steeper banks. Threw a big jig and a peewee jig for a couple of hours, nothing.  We dragged ‘em and hopped ‘em and. Nothing on jigs.