Missouri Lakes Fishing Report

Lake - Table Rock 04/19/06:

Phillip Stone pgstone200@yahoo.com wrote:

The bass fishing is hot right now in the Cricket Creek and Long Creek arms of the lake. The bass are moving up shallow to spawn as the water temps. are getting in the upper 60's to low 70's. I have been catching most of my fish on a green craw colored wiggle wart in 4-6ft. of water.

On windy days, the best bet is a double willow leaf spinnerbait in the same areas. Target the steeper banks with cover such as laydowns next to spawning coves. In the dam area of Table Rock several bass are on the beds right now back in the spawning coves. I have seen several bass in the 5lb and up range already on the beds. Now is an excellent time to try your luck because the water is clear enough to see down to 8-10ft.

The crappie fishing is awsome as well right now. They are moving up in large numbers to spawn in Cricket and Long Creek. You can catch numbers of males up shallow in 2-6ft. of water using a swimming minnow or live minnows, but for the bigger females, pull out off the bank and fish any structure like standing timber or brush piles with the same baits