Table Rock Map - Owl Creek to Carter

[rps]

Owl Creek to Cedar

1 At the mouth of Owl Creek, on the upstream side, the corner is a bluff very popular with the big boat crowd. When the boats are not there, that point is an excellent vertical spoon place for walleye and bass. The center of the creek is covered with submerged tree in which both bass and walleye suspend. Early morning top waters in the middle of the creek may sound odd, but I have caught them that way more than once. Good springtime wart area.

2 Along this bank you will find a series of small sandy humps that are almost points. Most have brush upon them. Early morning top water area for all three bass species. During the day, the bass tend to suspend out on the roll off into the channel.

3 At the entrance to Rock Creek, you will find the Devil’s Backbone. Fools will speed across it near the visible point. Do not do it! The very long point runs nearly to the other side and bends to the southeast. On the lake side some trees are submerged. Once the point begins to bend the point is mostly sand and gravel. Both bass and walleye will be on this point every day. Nightcrawler harness and trolled cranks will cover territory and be effective despite hang ups. Vertical jig spoons at the drop off where the point begins. On the Rock Creek side drop shot the submerged trees. The first 100 yards down the steep bank headed to Big M will also hold fish at times.

4 This area does not look like much, but I always check it. At different times, I have found small schools of bass susceptible to swim baits and shaky heads.

5 Big M has a camp area above the cove with the ramp. At 925 and above, I have had success with the picnic table pattern.

6 Viney Creek holds fish year-round. I found almost every technique could be effective here contingent on seasonal patterns.

7. Emerald Beach has a long and broad flat that slowly deepens until it hits the channel. I stroll a jig and craw here until I locate the depth. Then I focus on that depth across the flat.

8. Cedar and Carter creeks are bass spawning areas.

While I have fished other downstream areas of the lake, I had to do so carefully to avoid Babler’s wrath.

[Biglerma]

Thanks for these posts RPS.  Appreciate your valuable knowledge!

-Mark

[Champ188]

If you don't know Randy, you can't imagine the real value of this post. You couldn't beat that kind of info out of FFS with a sledgehammer. 

I don't know how many years he was here, but Randy worked harder than anyone --- even the guides --- at learning to catch Table Rock walleye. Day after day, through the hot summer months, he'd pull deep trolling lures for them. I do recall that mph was extremely important to him. 

Randy also caught a bunch of bass at times. He was especially handy with a topwater bait by Norman called a Top Dollar. He sent me a couple that are custom painted long ago and I cherish them. In fact, Randy, I tied one on in a Wounded Warriors benefit derby on Beaver a few weeks ago.  

Thank you for unselfishly posting this information. Big of you to do so. 

[rps]

You are welcome.