Table Rock Lake, Big Cedar Area Tips

[WookieeJedi]

My big fish was a 4-pound SM, he may have been a little bigger than that, but with no scale, I guesstimated him at 4 even. The biggest SM I had before that was a little over 3 from the Buffalo River. Not a monster, but something of a milestone for me anyway. I got some decent spots out of there too. Only one spot was over 3, but none of them was under 1. Looking at the map of the lake, it looks like it could be a killer place for spots.

So many things went wrong (for fishing) on this trip. I forgot to pack my LJ Hotlips cranks, I left the anchor at home, and wound up forgetting half the grubs I intended to take with me. The rod that wound up catching the most with is a light Mitchell Avocet combo I brought along for my kids to fish for trout.

I gotta give credit to y'all, though. You pointed me in the right direction. I need to head over to OzarkAnglers and express some gratitude as well. Without the good intel I gathered beforehand, I would have just been another Billy Bob Bankbeater out beatin' the bank. Y'all deserve a big hand-clap!

[eyedabassman]

My big fish was a 4-pound SM, he may have been a little bigger than that, but with no scale, I guesstimated him at 4 even. The biggest SM I had before that was a little over 3 from the Buffalo River. Not a monster, but something of a milestone for me anyway. I got some decent spots out of there too. Only one spot was over 3, but none of them was under 1. Looking at the map of the lake, it looks like it could be a killer place for spots.

So many things went wrong (for fishing) on this trip. I forgot to pack my LJ Hotlips cranks, I left the anchor at home, and wound up forgetting half the grubs I intended to take with me. The rod that wound up catching the most with is a light Mitchell Avocet combo I brought along for my kids to fish for trout.

I gotta give credit to y'all, though. You pointed me in the right direction. I need to head over to OzarkAnglers and express some gratitude as well. Without the good intel I gathered beforehand, I would have just been another Billy Bob Bankbeater out beatin' the bank. Y'all deserve a big hand-clap!

Did the Pete Wenners video help?

[WookieeJedi]

The videos helped a lot, he talks mostly about largemouth, since that is his main business, but he gives out the most vital information for all fishermen right up front. Water clarity and color, water temperature, and lake level. Between his reports and OzarkAnglers resources on the lake, I was able to pick out a few good places ahead of time.

One of the best links for TR IMHO: http://newmdcgis.mdc.mo.gov/tablerock/

They have some angler-embellished topo maps available on there too. Sit down with a cup of coffee, those maps, and the ghost of Buck Perry. It was time well-spent.

[eyedabassman]

The videos helped a lot, he talks mostly about largemouth, since that is his main business, but he gives out the most vital information for all fishermen right up front. Water clarity and color, water temperature, and lake level. Between his reports and OzarkAnglers resources on the lake, I was able to pick out a few good places ahead of time.

One of the best links for TR IMHO: http://newmdcgis.mdc.mo.gov/tablerock/

They have some angler-embellished topo maps available on there too. Sit down with a cup of coffee, those maps, and the ghost of Buck Perry. It was time well-spent.

Good deal, I was happy to help.

["BRB"]

Sounds Luke a good trip I need to head up there to fish it.

[retsgm]

was there last week when the wind was blowing KVD 2.5 in sassy shad from the state park up to Indian point in peA gravel or small chunk rock when calm used a sinko in greenpumpkin with red specks on a carolina rig.

[WookieeJedi]

How did you fare up by Indian Point? A guy on the lake told me about a couple of good areas there, but I had already paddled far enough for one day, and I was catching fish where I sat. Next trip up, I might get my wife to drop me off near there, and then paddle back.

[Quillback]

My buddy and I fished the White river arm near Big M yesterday, took us a few hours to figure things out, but we finally came up with a pattern of c-rigging small craws (Zoom Spped craws and Ragetail baby craws) - same pattern Wookie was using - on long gravelly points, well actually only 2 points, we ended up boating 40 bass, mostly spots, with a few SM's, Meanmouth and LM's. No bigguns however, all in the 12-14" range, still a lot of fun on light tackle, those spots can pull!

Funny thing was the fish we caught were spitting up small shad, but they liked those craws.

Not a tournament winning pattern, but if you're fun fishing it's a hoot!