Table Rock Lake in Branson, MO Fishing Report
Capt. Eric Prey
March 7, 2011
Table Rock - Freshwater Fishing Report
Lake - Table Rock
3/7/11:
Kimberling City Area: It is as if someone threw a switch on Table Rock over the past week, large numbers of good fish moved to the bank in mass and began feeding shallow. Storm Wiggle Warts have been the bait of choice for most anglers, steep rocky banks that transition to gravel are the best areas. Position your boat eight to ten feet deep and make parallel casts maintaining bottom contact throughout the retrieve. Jewel Eakins jigs with J tail trailers are also effective particularly on sunny calm days. Back off of the same banks and fish the jig slowly along the bottom from five to fifteen feet.
James River: Run off from recent rains has the James River stained to dirty and has positioned fish shallow throughout the river. Much like the mid lake Storm Wiggle Warts are a dominate pattern on the James, steep chunk rock banks on the main lake and in large creek arms have been the best locations, work the bait parallel to the bank six to ten feet deep to be successful. As the water warm Chompers McCutchen spinner baits will become more and more important, a few fish have begun feed on a slow rolled spinner bait but the bit is unpredictable.
White River: Just like the fest of the lake the White river has seen good numbers of fish move toward the bank and start feeding over the past week. Steep banks fished parallel with a Wiggle Wart six to ten feet deep has been the dominate pattern throughout the river. Windy gravel flats are also producing well with a Chompers single tail grub on a quarter ounce head. Look for wind blown flats with shad on them to be the most productive.
Dam Area: Much like the rest of the lake fish have moved shallow on the lower end over the past week as well. The Wiggle Wart bite has been strong in larger creek arms in the dam area on windy or cloudy days and the Eakins jig bite is effective when it is calm and sunny. Staging fish can be found suspended and cruising over deep water on the lower end as well. These fish can be hard to target but are usually larger females that are beginning to feed more as the spawn approaches. Look for these fish to be around schools of shad on deep gravel flats, drop War Eagle spoons and ice jigs to them to draw strikes.
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