Bass

Catching the Triple Crown of bass would make a great story and great memory. Spring on Table Rock Lake is prime time to make it happen. Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass will all be spawning and can be taken in the same areas and on the same lures. Suspending stickbaits will catch smallmouth and spotted bass along ledge rocks and largemouth from bluff ends. Running swimbaits next to hardwood trees along points also produces all three species. https://mdc.mo.gov/fishing/fishing-prospects/areas/table-rock-lake

Walleye

You don’t have to go north to catch walleye and that’s a story too. Bull Shoals Lake has a great walleye population. In the spring they will make spawning runs up major creek arms and stack up in deep pools and channel bends. Best baits are suspending jerkbaits, single tailed grubs and small crankbaits.

https://mdc.mo.gov/fishing/fishing-prospects/areas/bull-shoals-lake

Trout

Lake Taneycomo is a great destination for brown trout and rainbow trout during the spring season. You might even catch the next world record brown trout and that would really make a good story. Many believe it will come from these waters. There are many rules and regulations about where you can fish and what you can use.  https://mdc.mo.gov/fishing/fishing-prospects/areas/lake-taneycomo.

Check out https://www.explorebranson.com/fishing and https://www.sharetheoutdoors.com/2021/04/30/branson-fishing-lakes-rank-among-best-in-america/ for more information and pictures.

For more information contact Larry Whiteley lwhiteley2@gmail.com  or 417-830-9023.