Missouri: Possible Record Striper: The MDC is confirming the catch. Cunningham weighed the fish on certified scales at the MDC hatchery below Table Rock Dam at about 7:30 that morning.

Aug 24, 2011.

It weighed 60.55 pounds and was just over 47 inches long.

Big fish like big baits: Table Rock Lake is known for its spotted bass population as well as the quality largemouth and some giant smallmouth that show up from time to time. I’ve caught the biggest spotted bass of my life fishing there. As well as some picture worthy smallmouth. This is shaping up to be a great tournament with the largemouth bass on fire right now.

Big fish like big baits: Home of the Professional Anglers Association

Shinichi Fukae wrecks his boat: Professional bass fisherman, Shinichi Fukae and his cameraman were injured Sunday afternoon

June 22, 2011.

Paris Post-Intelligencer Shinichi Fukae wrecks his ride

Shinichi Fukae tournament boat crashed into a concrete pillar of the Ned McWherter Bridge at Paris Landing State Park.

The cameraman, Robert Gulley of Tupelo, Miss., was seriously injured. He is suffering what appeared to be broken ribs, and cuts and bruises on his face, according the wildlife officer with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

The G. Loomis NRX 803S JWR drop shot rod and the NRX 852S JWR  have been awesome additions to my arsenal.

Both have enough flex in the tip and the right parabolic bend to launch light drop shot rigs into the wind when it’s needed but these are drop shot specific rods.

Weightless Worms

They are not the best for ned rigs or shaky heads. Grab a Mossyback or something else for that presentation that needs a hookset. These rods take surges of a fish very well, absorbs the shock immensely well.

Where to Start: Wow! Where do you start ?

Figuring out where to start can send a lump to our stomachs some days. That can be the first feeling that comes over a person when they encounter a lake the size of Table Rock.

Billions of gallons of water for those green ghost to hide in.  Even if you have been to the lake 50 or 1000 times before,   you still have to answer that question.