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Lake - Table Rock

8/8/10:

KimberlingCity Area: All patterns remained consistent over the past week; there is still a good deep bite, football jigs and Carolina rigs are producing and the dock bite has been very effective. Deep fish are holding around twenty five to forty feet deep on flat and in deep trees, Chompers or ROBO drop shot worms will work for these fish. On days when the Corps is running current the bite seems to be better on flats near brush or rock cover and when the water is shut off it is better in the tree tops. Jewel football jigs and Carolina rigged brush hogs have been very effective in rock or brush piles on flats and points; look for isolated cover twenty five to thirty five feet deep to be the most effective. Several better fish have been suspending under docks through the heat of the day, half ounce spoons pitched to shady areas around the dock corners will draw strikes.

James River: Summer patterns continue to dominate the James River; deep crankbaits, Jewel football jigs and Carolina rigs are still the moat productive options. Look for gravel roll off points and the ends of channel swings to out produce other areas, any isolated rock or wood cover should be fished thoroughly. Chartreuse and lavender shad DD 22, DT 20 or Fat Free shad crankbaits fished in and around this cover will produce, make casts from a variety of angles until you find the angle that draws strikes. These same areas will produce with a brown and purple Jewel football jig or green pumpkin brush hog on a Carolina rig, work both baits through the cover and down the ledge paying close attention when the bait falls off the ledge.

White River: The White River remains the most diverse fishery on the lake; from Baxter to above Shell knob the deep bite remains the most effective way to produce numbers of fish, look for isolated brush or rock piles on gravel flats and points from twenty five to forty feet deep and work Chompers or ROBO drop shot worms in and around the cover. Trees topping out in the same depth range will produce as well. Jewel football and spider jigs in green pumpkin green flash used on drop off and roll off points from Baxter to Eagle Rock have been producing good fish and quality. Ten and twelve inch worms have been working in the Kings River; look for brush piles and tree rows fifteen to twenty five feet deep to be the most productive.

Dam Area: White bass fishing has picked up over the last week, schools of hungry white bass have been forcing shad to the surface early in the day making them easy to find. Look for schooling fish and throw small topwaters and spoons into the school. Spotted bass have been holding in and around deep tree tops, much like the rest of the lake the best depth range is twenty five to forty feet deep. Plum Chompers drop shot worms or MMIII ROBO worms have been the best colors. Further up Long Creek look for gravel roll offs and channel swing banks to be the most productive areas; Jewel Football jigs and deep crankbaits are producing most of the fish.

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Lake – Taneycomo

8/8/10

The Corps has been running a small amount of water in the morning and picking up generation in the after noon to meet power needs. The jig bite has been very good before generation picks up, olive, sculpin and ginger jigs worked erratically will produce numbers and quality around cover. Micro sculpin or white jigs fished below an indicator have been the top bait in the trophy area through Fall Creek.  Once the generation picks up drift rigs with Gulp or Power bait eggs and inflated crawlers have been the best option.

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