Welcome to Shell Knob at Table Rock Lake. The lake is receding at 914 ft and the surface temps are in the low to mid 40’s.

     Tournament season began on Table Rock this past week with the FLW tour kicking off their season on Wednesday March 6. The first two days of the tournament saw temperatures in the low to mid 20’s. The tournament launched each day from state park near Branson.

     From the comfort of my nice warm living room I watched each of the first 2 days as 40 or more boats came blasting by to fish this end of the lake for a chance to win $100,000.

     The leader after day two was Brent Ehrler from Redlands, California with a two day total weighing over 38 pounds. On the Co-angler side, Shane Melton from Greentown Indiana was leading with just over 20 pounds of bass.

    Different techniques are being used to catch these fish. The leader on day one had said that he was using a spoon in deep trees to catch over 18 pounds. While others were throwing jerk baits and it was even mentioned that a few were throwing wiggle warts. 

   Be safe out there and practice catch and release whenever possible

 

Dennis has been fishing bass tournaments since 2001 and is sponsored by Tournament Force Tackle Systems www.tfbass.com. He is also a member of the Aurora Bass Houns.