Missouri Lakes Fishing Report

Lake - Table Rock 03/13/05:

Kimberling City Area: Still a good jig bite in the mid lake area, concentrate on transition areas and channels swings toward the back of the creeks with an Eakins' jig in PB&J with a cinnamon purple Yamamoto twin tail grub. There are a few fish being caught on pea gravel with 4" salt and pepper Yamamoto grubs right now but the bite is too unpredictable to rely on. If you have a little wind the wiggle wart bite is still pretty good as well, work the bait from 3' - 8' deep on chunk rock points and banks.

James River: The James is still producing some of the biggest fish right now, look for fish to be on transition northern channel swing banks. Best baits are a brown craw wiggle wart fished from 2' - 6' deep or an Eakins jig in brown / purple flash with a green pumpkin Yamamoto twin tail for a trailer. Work an area once with the wiggle wart and then fish the same bank again with the Eakins' jig.

White River: The White and Kings rivers don't seem to be getting the boat traffic that the James river is getting. The same basic patterns are working here as in the rest of the lake, look for fish to be on transition areas of chunk rock to gravel, the presence of wind makes a huge difference and will help the bite on a wiggle wart or a Lucky Craft pointer. Best colors are phantom green and natural green craw in the wiggle wart and nishiki or chartreuse shad in the pointer.

Dam Area: The dam area continues to produce some really good smallmouth right now, look for most of the fish to be on chunk rock points and channel swing banks with larger rock present. Throw wiggle warts and Lucky Craft pointer 78's with natural colors getting more bites than bright ones. There are a few fish being caught swimming Yamamoto 4" single tail grubs on pea gravel right now when the wind is blowing, try from 6' - 15' and keep the bait close to the bottom.