Table Rock Lake?

[Hitch]

Headed to Tablr Rock in a 3 weeks and staying at Big Cedar Lodge and was trying to get some info about the lake.Just patterns and colors for this time of the year.Any help would be great.

Thanks.

[jb_adams]

I'm headed there myself in a few weeks (Table Rock that is).  You'll LOVE Big Cedar!  My wife and I stay there every winter for our anniversary and we are hooked on it!  Great place and it's all for the outdoorsman.

Anyway....

My home lake is Beaver Lake in NW Arkansas which flows into Table Rock.  Two totally different lakes but similar patterns.  JIGS are always good on Table Rock.  It's known for it.  Here's what's going on at Beaver right now.  Maybe some of that will transfer to Table Rock.

Currently, the water level at Beaver has dropped about 6ft within the last month bringing the water level back close to normal pool level.  It's been high since the spring.  This is two years in a row which has created a great shad population and fatter fish.  Since the White flows into Table Rock, the water level has affected Table Rock as well.  Expect water level drops there as well which exposes a lot of brush piles, etc.

The water temp at Beaver varies from mid 70's on the upper river end (South) and up to low 80's near the dam (North).  The colder the water temp, the more active the fish.  Right now, t-rigs, crankbaits, jigs, the occassional spinnerbait, and some topwater action has been pretty good but should improve over the next few weeks.

We are getting a good bit of rainy weather here right now and that should help drop the water temp down a bit and once the front moves through, the fishing should pickup a lot on topwater early and late.

I've always heard that weightless flukes, football jigs on chunk rock and points, finesse jigs near docks, laydowns, etc. are always good on Table Rock.  Try a t-rig lizard and centepede worm.  Believe it or not, the Zoom centepede in Junebug is my favorite for muddy water or gin-clear water.  They just love to eat that little worm.

Good luck and enjoy Big Cedar!  It's a beautiful place! ;D

[KC Hooligan]

Was there 1st of August. I had good luck with topwaters (popn r's) between 5AM and 9AM. I headed out of Big Cedars cove, then left (SW) under the highway bridge and fished the shore running southeast (just past the big white building with a dock- Italian restaurant I believe). There are a lot of extremely deep or extremely shallow points around there, so I stuck to that one shoreline. Nice row of cedars to target.

[srv1990]

PM sent (yesterday, actually).