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11/1/24
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
69°
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
1. Find the places with the most bait. 2. Find the places with the fish in the bait using side scan. 3. Drop the live sonar down and whack them.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
We won the Bass Pro Shops US Open National Amateur Team Championship and a million dollars on Table Rock Lake using forward facing sonar and a damiki rig style bait. First we graphed and found bait on the main lake using side scan, and or seeing birds diving. Once we found the bait we used the trolling motor and forward facing sonar to scan the area and locate the bass below the baitfish. Maintaining about 40-50' distance from these fish we pitched damiki rigs to them in order to catch the winning weight.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
56°
We caught them doing a lil bit of everything the other day. We found some under bait and caught them on a drop shot and damiki rig. We also went shallow on the windy points and caught several on a chatterbait and one good one on a glide. They are scattered out right now but if you can find the bait you can catch some fish and they seem willing to cooperate. Get out and enjoy what I think is the best time to be on The Rock. Will start booking a few trips for December if I can fit them in between tournaments and the holidays. SoMo Fish Co 417-838-3122
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
Finding a lot of fish backed off the bank right now, suspended over deep water. If there are standing trees in the area, they have been hanging out on the tops of those. If not, they have been chasing bait out in the main channels. There not super deep, maybe 15-30feet. Cast a small swimbait at them and reel it right above them to get them to chase up.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Shad
Fishing is extremely tough right now. To find your bigger baits, throw an A-rig on bluff walls with standing timber. Target the tops of the trees. If you want to just catch numbers and not worry about size, there is a good smallmouth bite in 20 feet of water on chunk rock banks throwing a PBJ jig. Rarely getting keepers doing this but can be fun to just catch fish.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Rip Rap
Majority of fish are suspended in deep water in 70-100 feet of water. You can target these fish using forward facing sonar and vertical jigging techniques. HOWEVER, if you want to do something different, there is a good smallmouth bite on a wiggle wart on pea gravel banks on the main lake. Retrieve at a medium speed in 10-12 feet of water.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Standing Timber
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
62°
Fishing the MLF Toyota Series Championship on thurs and Friday. I caught all my keepers which were mixed LM and spots and one 14 7/8” spot, on these 3 baits best one 3-06 came on the Spro RK, not in that exact color but Omnia doesn’t have the color I was throwing and that clear gill is close to it, the spinnerbait I caught the most on even though we didn’t have a ton of wind, some relating to the first drop off from the bank and other out deep suspending in standing timber, and a nice keeper spot on the morning dawn DS that was deeper in 25’ around the timber. Get out there and have some fun!
