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Shell Knob 7/27 and 7/28

Fished the Shell Knob area Saturday and Sunday.  Fished from 6:00-10:00 then 12:00-4:00 or so Saturday and 6:00-10:00 Sunday.

Catching was great as it seems the fish have really moved out into some of my favorite summer holes, with my favorite way to catch them.

Most came on a 3" swim bait, 1/4oz head or a 3/4 oz dixie jet.  Have a few on top and messed with some vertical spoon fish as well.

Numbers were just amazing Saturday but the short to keeper ratio was subpar. 

Most of these fish came on the main lake or the mouth of coves suspended down 20'-40'  overall depth didn't seem to matter but the depth of your bait is critical.

 

Sunday morning was one of those days, found a big group of fish at the mouth of a larger cove, they would surface chasing about 2 times an hour but stayed biting below the surface.

This school was a mix of Spots and some very nice LM's.  Counted down the spoon or swimmer to 30ft or so and hold on, i noticed when i would cast to the edge of the schooling fish and got the bait down below them i would get better fish, if one of the smaller spots didnt grab it first.

 

Coming down Thursday to Monday this week with a friend from up north, hope they are still biting!

 

LD Fisher, was that you coming up the Kings both Saturday and Sunday morning?  i really wanted to fish that point you were sitting on..... 😃 HAHA

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That is a nice report. A buddy and I were down there fishing all of last week also. We really struggled. Now, we dont get to fish Table Rock very often so it is a big learning curve for us. We realize we cant go down there and beat the bank. Especially this time of year. We went point hopping for the most part and focused on 25-30 fow. We threw our boxes at em! Jig, spoon, crankbait, top water, carolina rig, shakey head, ned and drop shots. No love. Now, we also only fished once in the early morning, 6 to 10, and i had 7 bass with a nice 3.2 smallie and missed another keeper. My buddy had 5. We are kinda on a vacation so we are up late at night enjoying ourselves. But we thought with the decent temps, 82-85, some cloud cover and a new moon it was time to go!! Very interesting reading 196Champ's report. I bought a new Lowrance Elite Ti and i am still trying to figure it out. I did find some fish on my screen that looked a lot like the screen shot he posted. 50 fow in the mouths of coves/cuts with fish suspended down around 25-30 feet. We counted down with our drop shots but didnt catch anything. But we didnt stay with it very long! In conclusion: 1) I HAVE TO learn this graph! 2) I HAVE TO learn how to fish for suspended bass down there. Thanks for the report 196Champ and the screenshot. And let me add that we still had a great time down there at that beautiful lake!!

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