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Bass Fishing Quiz

August 01, 2011

Bass Fishing Quiz

It’s been hot and dry in this part of the world, and the water temps on Table Rock Lake are in the 80- to 90-degree range. If it stays this way, the Bass Fishing disciple of the TOC Finals just may be the toughest nut to crack for the competitors. It’s one of the early events and there is always a big shift in the standings when the chunkin’ and a windin’ segment is over.

The local I lean on for Bass Fishing recon is Drew Simon, a TOC Finalist in 2007, and a bass fanatic. Just got off the phone with him and while conditions make it seem like a big stringer would be hard to come by, Drew said that local tournament fisherman have been bringing in nice fish consistently. You got to work hard for ‘em, but it is happening.

Long, rolling points in 18 to 30 feet of water and deep treetops have been the consistent fish producers lately. Making it happen early is key, for the bigger fish especially.

The tournament for our game starts at 7:30 a.m. and they’re finished at 10:30. Two in a boat and they both handle the front of the boat 1 ½ hours. Whoever is in front decides where they fish.

With temps like this, our anglers are not bringing the fish back to be weighed. They measure them in the boat, and we go by total length. A lot less stress on the bass, but does play a little factor in strategy.

Question: With the info provided, and only the info provided, give your strategy for the three hours of bass fishing. Some detail is great; if you say “fish deep and slow” only, don’t count on the swag.

Swag: Yamaha is providing the prize, and they always give great, useful stuff. Love Yamaha.

Guest Judge: Asked Drew Simon to come in and pick the winner. He has been on the collegiate tour for a few years, fishes Table Rock more than anyone else I know, and is Finals alum. Pretty sure he can handle this.

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from craigbrymer wrote 40 weeks 4 days ago

Early, drag a carolina rig with green pumpkin baby brush hog along the tops of deep points, working from 15' down to 25-30'. Try dragging it off the sides of the point if the action is slow. Later, use a drop shot rig over deep treetops where you can find them or else drop shot under any boat docks you find over deep water. For the boat docks try various depths. You might find fish suspended at 15' or they could be 30+. A roboworm or finesse worm in purple or red would work nicely for this.

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from Tom Cooprider wrote 40 weeks 3 days ago

Since I'm not a local and don't know where the tree tops are I'm going to do a map recon and make a plan where I can hit as many points with nice drops in the 15 to 30 ft range as possible. I'm going to fish a PB&J football jig with a watermelon red candy crawl trailer. If it's hot and still with no wind and bright skies I'm going to fish a 4 inch lizard, watermelon red candy or green pumpkin candy carolina rigged with a 30 inch leader. This is deadly on finicky fish. If the wind is blowing I'm going to fish a sexy shad crank bait on the wind blown points. If you follow these paterns you are sure to do well during the tournament....... Trust me...

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from hctapluos wrote 40 weeks 3 days ago

Like Coop, map recon is important. You WON'T have time to play pac-man on the graphs. I would try to key in on points that are associated with shallow flats that drop off relatively quick. The focus here is to measure 5 fish and not target the lunkers. I would start fishing these points with a 1/2-3/4 oz Eakins jig in Missouri Craw,PB&J,Brown/Purple flash with various soft plastic trailers. My other rod will have a topwater plug-Yo-zuri banana boat, Sammy, or Zara Spook. (By the time you tie one on it will be too late). As I fish the jig in deeper water I'm constantly scanning the shallower water for fish busting top early in the morning. This can be a quick way to get a couple of fish on the board as they are busting bait until the bright sun gets up and they head to deeper water. I definitely would run a crankbait along these points should conditions suggest-like wind and water chop.

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from Drew Simon wrote 39 weeks 1 day ago

Craigbryme you hit it right on the head. If you will send your info to John@blue3productions.com he will get you set up

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from scott72058 wrote 25 weeks 6 days ago

i fished a tournament there two weeks ago and won with 5 weighing 14.5 and if i was you id throw a topwater(small yellow magic popper) first thing in the morning over the deep tree tops. dont give up too early on the topwater bite, it will happen.. after that dies i would drop shot a 4in robo worm in almost any color beside the tree tops. maybe for some bigger fish use a 7/16 oz eakins jig(pumpkin chart) with a zoom chunk trailor (pumpkin) around deep rock points for a big bite. keep the top water by you and LINE SIZE IS VERY IMPORTANT.. Keep 10lb florocarbon on baitcasters and 8lb mono on your spinning reel for your topwater and drop shot.. do this right and you will win trust me...scott72058@yahoo.com.. let me know what you think and email me with any ?s, i did just win $5000 there two weeks ago

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from Davidkingsbury wrote 6 weeks 4 days ago

Use a bottom lure that has bright colors and a weed guarded hook and cast it out on the farthest side and work your way back to the boat by reeling the line in slowly but stop every now and again until u get the lure back to the boat

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from craigbrymer wrote 40 weeks 4 days ago

Early, drag a carolina rig with green pumpkin baby brush hog along the tops of deep points, working from 15' down to 25-30'. Try dragging it off the sides of the point if the action is slow. Later, use a drop shot rig over deep treetops where you can find them or else drop shot under any boat docks you find over deep water. For the boat docks try various depths. You might find fish suspended at 15' or they could be 30+. A roboworm or finesse worm in purple or red would work nicely for this.

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from Tom Cooprider wrote 40 weeks 3 days ago

Since I'm not a local and don't know where the tree tops are I'm going to do a map recon and make a plan where I can hit as many points with nice drops in the 15 to 30 ft range as possible. I'm going to fish a PB&J football jig with a watermelon red candy crawl trailer. If it's hot and still with no wind and bright skies I'm going to fish a 4 inch lizard, watermelon red candy or green pumpkin candy carolina rigged with a 30 inch leader. This is deadly on finicky fish. If the wind is blowing I'm going to fish a sexy shad crank bait on the wind blown points. If you follow these paterns you are sure to do well during the tournament....... Trust me...

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from hctapluos wrote 40 weeks 3 days ago

Like Coop, map recon is important. You WON'T have time to play pac-man on the graphs. I would try to key in on points that are associated with shallow flats that drop off relatively quick. The focus here is to measure 5 fish and not target the lunkers. I would start fishing these points with a 1/2-3/4 oz Eakins jig in Missouri Craw,PB&J,Brown/Purple flash with various soft plastic trailers. My other rod will have a topwater plug-Yo-zuri banana boat, Sammy, or Zara Spook. (By the time you tie one on it will be too late). As I fish the jig in deeper water I'm constantly scanning the shallower water for fish busting top early in the morning. This can be a quick way to get a couple of fish on the board as they are busting bait until the bright sun gets up and they head to deeper water. I definitely would run a crankbait along these points should conditions suggest-like wind and water chop.

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from Drew Simon wrote 39 weeks 1 day ago

Craigbryme you hit it right on the head. If you will send your info to John@blue3productions.com he will get you set up

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from scott72058 wrote 25 weeks 6 days ago

i fished a tournament there two weeks ago and won with 5 weighing 14.5 and if i was you id throw a topwater(small yellow magic popper) first thing in the morning over the deep tree tops. dont give up too early on the topwater bite, it will happen.. after that dies i would drop shot a 4in robo worm in almost any color beside the tree tops. maybe for some bigger fish use a 7/16 oz eakins jig(pumpkin chart) with a zoom chunk trailor (pumpkin) around deep rock points for a big bite. keep the top water by you and LINE SIZE IS VERY IMPORTANT.. Keep 10lb florocarbon on baitcasters and 8lb mono on your spinning reel for your topwater and drop shot.. do this right and you will win trust me...scott72058@yahoo.com.. let me know what you think and email me with any ?s, i did just win $5000 there two weeks ago

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from Davidkingsbury wrote 6 weeks 4 days ago

Use a bottom lure that has bright colors and a weed guarded hook and cast it out on the farthest side and work your way back to the boat by reeling the line in slowly but stop every now and again until u get the lure back to the boat

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