Owl Creek to Beaver town

So we ran real quick to a walleye gitn spot and first drop with a spoon I caught a 25.5", and that was it lol. After that the lightning ran us of. I don't like taking chances with my boys in the boat. So back to the cabin for grilled burgers and brats.

Thst evening we went back out around 430 and ran down to beaver town just to take a look. We made it to the bridge and the current was pretty strong and the water temp was 52 degrees! Obviously beaver was getting rid of some water. We took a few pics and ran down stream a little, maybe a mile to where the channel cuts back across to the west side. We tried flipping bushes in this area on both sides of the creek with no luck really. 75 degrees here. Then off to the MO/ARK line and fished more bushes. Water temp was 82 degrees here. So that's a 30 degree swing! Again little action but a few and my son caught one on a spook. This was on the flat pocket on the west side right at the line with the long point with bushes. I expected them to be there with the current etc but nope. With all the trash in the water I decided to head back before it got dark and hit the walleye spot again. Nothing. In a few weeks I think they'll be there.

Sunday we got out again later than I wanted at 7 but it was plenty foggy so it didn't matter I guess. I started with a Ned at the mouth of a pocket and no luck. When the fog lifted I ran just past roaring river to flip bushes because I freakin like flipping bushes ok! And I'm hard headed. There were fish schooling here but they were up and down so quick it was difficult to get on them. Anyway into the bushes I went and started catching fish finally. It wasn't until I started pitching back in the deeper harder to get to thicker stuff that I started getting bit. The thicker and darker shaded the better, so be brave about it and use good line. I lost a good one way back in it on an actual willow tree. That fish was buried and in the darkest place it could be and was my biggest bite all weekend. I pulled it over quite a bit but then it came of on a limb that surprised me but that part of this type of fishing. It still stung though lol. One thing I learned is I really need to go down the lake marking legitimate willow trees. There is tons and tons of buck brush but few willows comparatively. I'm sure it gets better further down lake. For some reason I've just never put a whole lot of time on it at Table Rock.

Anyway I noticed the traffic picking up so I went up the creek and caught several on a shad colored h20 square bill. The bigger sized one. I actually caught two at once which was pretty cool. They even had a third following them. While in the creek I started pitching isolated lay downs and they were loaded! I caught 5-6 of a single tree.

After this it was getting hot and my wife was getting uncomfortable. When we hit main lake it was insane with traffic and stupidity. Jet skies slowing down in front of me without even knowing I was around, a pontoon turning right while pulling a kid in front of me. I was gonna hit the walleye spot one last time but I was a nervous wreck and just wanted to get my family off the water. I was welcomed to a teenager sun bathing on the courtesy dock with her top undone, people drinking wading around the ramp so I couldn't even beach the boat. Finally we told my boys to close their eyes and I went to the dock and the girl that thought she was blessing the world got an earful. I'll have to pick and choose when I use the ramp I guess.

Anyway despite that it was a great weekend. I wish I could have had a more productive Saturday but there's little I can do about the weather.

The smaller fish was 14.75". Sorry I'm not better looking.