About to Break Loose. 3-11-19

I might have missed it in one of your guys reports but any clue what its doing around Indian point and up Aunts area.

I will be down around Indian point area next weekend for 4 days

At this point I'm going to say Indian Point from point 5 to point 2 will be better than good.  With surface temps coming up we are probably seeing the last of the dying shad.  Don't know about Aunts but it is getting to be that time of the year.  You can start with a swimbait or an underspin and it they want it slower, go to the jerk city.

Good Luck

 

4 hours ago, Quillback said:

Those are some great fish!  All the shad must be down lake, I hardly see any up the White.

Very true. I was up the white all weekend and saw a handful of dying shad. Lower end and the dying shad were everywhere below the mouth of the James.

Bob Tyndall wrote a series of articles for Bassmaster magizine back in the 90's called seasonal patterns. Sping, summer, fall, winter. His fall or winter article describes how to catch the deep vertical fish especially on long gravel points. I hired him as a guide a few decades back for post spawn red fin and flutter spoon techniques. Before Dick Collier moved to Springfield, I enteracted with him on the lake several times. He has paid his dues looking for and catching deep fish. Dick may not even know if his equipment works in water less than 30 feet.

Just from what I'm already hearing from today the major shad kill is from point 9 to point 6 with the largest kill from point 7 to Spring Branch.  I"m guessing after this weekend there will be no sign of it.

Surface temps are going to really jump.

Looks like a race track in front of the Lodge this morning.  Rain is not stopping these guys.

Long Creek is really stained but Phil Stone has had a fantastic Jerk Bait bite up there this past couple of weeks, so no "stone" as to speak will be left unturned.

 

Both Bob and Dick would say you are sight fishing at depths of 30' and under.  Bob loved to fish at night, really reminded me of Bo.  When he was guiding you could always find his boat by a cloud of Blue Cigarette smoke hovering over it.   He loved to drag a jig.  Probably invented jig dragging strolling.

He told a good client of mine one day after catching a 10 pounder on a flutter spoon fishing in front of the client.  "Yep it was fun but you can't fish good enough to do it."  Larry laughed out loud and said "Bob, I know your right."

Thanks for sharing that story. I loved it. I have been fishing for about 10 years on Beaver and I have yet to find a money spot like that. One of these days it will happen. 

What Kind of rubber things are on your trebles?  (edit) **Nevermind I can see what it is now.

 

 

great report thanks for sharing,     yes, its gonna get busier

19 hours ago, Bill Babler said:

Table Rock Lake Kimberling City 3-11-19 Report

 

Launched at Cow this morning to a cloudy grey sunrise with surface temps at 42.7.  Boated down to White's Branch to see if I could catch any of these big A-rig fish that are showing up in the tournaments.  From Schooner Creek to Cow Creek the lake is full of dying shad and gulls.  Thousands of dying shad and enough gulls to scoop them up.  I will tell you, if you see this Run.  Don't even drop the trolling motor, cause they ain't havin it.  You have to get away from those shad to get bit.

 

I fished for 3 hours right in the middle of it and got ZERO BITES.

At 10 o'clock I came to my senses and got away from this buffet and it got good.  Surface temps were like a Rocket Ship today and were on the rise, big time.  Even with that the fish wanted it slower than slow.  They ate a stick bait on flat water and another deal.

 

I put a total of only 7 fish in the boat but they were all solid keeps and lost one around 8 lbs. at the boat.  As a matter a fact she hit the side of the boat twice but when your using a 15' 4 lb. leader and are by yourself its hard to capture those biggens.  After the crazyness I put her through she just decided to dive down and wrap me in a tree and be done with that foolishness.

 

Word on the lake today was the A-rig was just not working, it had to be slow.  Bottom Ok on the Ned, but not quality fish.  Jerkbait in the trees and the floater were on them and they were all good.

Surface them at 2 PM when I pulled was 48.1 at Cow Creek with gin clear water.  Visibility in that area is 15' on the white spoon test.

 

Just about to get good, these fish are starting to stage on channel swings and spawning cove mouths.

Good Luck

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Leave a few swimmin' around without sore jaws, will ya William?  We'll be down one month from today!

Somebody needs to put this post in the hall of fame. A guy can learn, laugh, and remember old friends on this one. Thanks