What’s on that graph? Fishing graphs are absolutely amazing pieces of hardware. Think about the abuse these things take. You would never leave an Ipad sitting outside in the temperature extremes you do with your fish finder. Much less strap it to the extreme environment of a boat going down the lake at 70 + mph. Takes a licken….
A Secret Smile: Live worms a hidden secret? A Secret Smile: Spent a week in the lovely state of Missouri on one of my favorites, Table Rock Lake.
This lake has been a gentle giant and full of bounty for our yearly family reunion. This year was no different.
Within minutes of launching my boat at the Shell Knob Bridge I had begun the onslaught. Only took 30 minutes and I had 20 fish in my boat using a live worms drop-shotted around the pylons.
Early Fall Bass Fishing – Perry Lake Game Plan This weekend’s tournament takes place about 20 miles north of Topeka, Kansas, on Perry Lake. It’s only my second time on this lake—the first was last weekend when I spent about four hours scouting. Right now, Perry is 4 feet above normal pool due to downstream flooding.
Conditions & Strategy The water has been high for a while, and there are no plans to release it soon.
Fish Finders Don’t Lie Fish Finders Don’t Lie: Brent Ehrler’s Winning Tactics - In-Fisherman: After reading the piece about Brent Ehrler’s win at Table Rock Lake, I wanted to share this video about trusting your electronics. The quality and sensitivity of of today’s sonar is outstanding. Truly, we need to trust what it’s telling us. Anglers often purchase a high dollar device only to end up using it as a depth gauge.
The G. Loomis NRX 803S JWR drop shot rod and the NRX 852S JWR have been awesome additions to my arsenal.
Both have enough flex in the tip and the right parabolic bend to launch light drop shot rigs into the wind when it’s needed but these are drop shot specific rods.
Weightless Worms They are not the best for ned rigs or shaky heads. Grab a Mossyback or something else for that presentation that needs a hookset.
Where to Start: Wow! Where do you start ? Figuring out where to start can send a lump to our stomachs some days. That can be the first feeling that comes over a person when they encounter a lake the size of Table Rock.
Table Rock Lake Shell Knob Bridge
Billions of gallons of water for those green ghost to hide in. Even if you have been to the lake 50 or 1000 times before, you still have to answer that question.