Table Rock Lake Fishing Report

Lake Level: 916.1

Normal Pool: 915.00'

Water Temp: 74-76 degrees



White River Area
Early mornings or on cloudy days, Cordell Redfins and Zara Spooks are producing nice fish on pole timber points and bluff ends. On calm days with alot of sun and fishing is tough, swim grubs and swimming minnows in shad colors on the bluff ends and deep points. Jewel Finesse head jigs in peanut butter and jelly and brown and purple in 5-15 feet deep is working best for bass around the mouths of creeks and channel swing banks. Split shot rigs with french fry worms in green pumpkin and pumpkin seed on gravel points and pockets, 5 to 15 feet deep are producing numbers of bass. Bass are starting to get on early summer patterns. Try drop shot rigs in 24 to 28 foot range on the main lake points.

Mid Lake-Kimberling City Area
Early mornings or on cloudy days, Cordell Redfins and Zara Spooks are producing nice fish on pole timber points and bluff ends. On calm days with alot of sun and fishing is tough, swim grubs and swimming minnows in shad colors on the bluff ends and deep points. Jewel Finesse head jigs in peanut butter and jelly and brown and purple in 5-15 feet deep is working best for bass around the mouths of creeks and channel swing banks. Split shot rigs with french fry worms in green pumpkin and pumpkin seed on gravel points and pockets, 5 to 15 feet deep are producing numbers of bass. Bass are starting to get on early summer patterns. Try drop shot rigs in 24 to 28 foot range on the main lake points.

Lower End-Dam Area
Early mornings or on cloudy days, Cordell Redfins and Zara Spooks are producing nice fish on pole timber points and bluff ends. On calm days with alot of sun and fishing is tough, swim grubs and swimming minnows in shad colors on the bluff ends and deep points. Jewel Finesse head jigs in peanut butter and jelly and brown and purple in 5-15 feet deep is working best for bass around the mouths of creeks and channel swing banks. Split shot rigs with french fry worms in green pumpkin and pumpkin seed on gravel points and pockets, 5 to 15 feet deep are producing numbers of bass. Bass are starting to get on early summer patterns. Try drop shot rigs in 24 to 28 foot range on the main lake points.

Upper End-James River
Jewel Football head jigs in peanut butter and jelly and brown and purple in 10-25 feet deep is working best for bass. Carolina rigged centipedes and brush hogs are working well fished 10-20 feet deep on main lake flat points. On windy days use a shad colored crank bait on chunk rock banks, main river flats around shad.

Crappie
Crappies fishing has slowed, but some Crappie are still being caught on minnows and jigs. Some are still as deep as 5-15 feet in pole timber and on channel banks.

Lake Taneycomo

Trout
I'm catching some nice rainbows and a few browns on a small Rapala in the morning and also swimming a white 1/16 ounce jig. The trout in the trophy area will also take pink or green micro jigs under a float and a zebra midge has also been very good. Below the trophy are from Fall Creek down, the trout are biting very good on night crawlers or power baits. In the early morning you can catch them swimming a 1/16 ounce jig or little Cleo spoon, in line spinners are also good in the mornings.




Bill Beck
19 Schooner Creek Rd.
Kimberling City, MO 65686
417-739-3066
www.tablerockguideservice.com