Welcome to Shell Knob at Table Rock Lake. The lake is receding at 927 ft and the surface temps are in the low 80’s.

  With the rains of this past Friday and Saturday, the lake level increased another two feet. It also was tough fishing Saturday night for the club I belong to, the Aurora Bass Houns, during our June tournament. With the cold front that moved in with the rain, the bite was real tough for most of us. For those that did catch fish, they managed to catch some nice bass. Big bass of the tournament was a largemouth that weighed in at 4 lb. 15 oz. caught by Rick Phipps. Most of the fish were caught on soft plastics.

  There is a top water bite early in the mornings between 5:00 and 6:30. After that, it is time to move to the points and bluff ends to try and get a bite or two with a jig or possibly a drop shot rig. Some anglers are having luck throwing a shakey head jig on the points rigged with a finesse worm. The bass on these points are being caught in 25-40 ft. Some suspended fish are being caught with drop shot rigs and spoons in 100 ft of water suspended near 25 ft. Some anglers use their electronics to see their bait on the graph and can actually tell when a fish is getting ready to bite. I plan on giving this some investigation as the summer goes on. I will report my findings at a later date.

Be safe out there and practice catch and release.