JCT Tackle & Archery is your local fishing tackle and archery headquarters serving anglers across Table Rock Lake, Bull Shoals Lake, and Lake Taneycomo. Whether you're targeting bass, crappie, trout, catfish, or walleye, we carry the tackle, bait, rods, reels, and archery equipment to help you succeed on the water and in the field.
Weekly Fishing Report
Bass Crappie Catfish White Bass Walleye Striper
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Looking for the latest Table Rock Lake fishing report, Bull Shoals fishing report, or Lake Taneycomo fishing report? Here's what's producing fish this week across the Ozarks.
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​Bass Fishing Report – Table Rock Lake
& Bull Shoals Lake
Bass patterns are beginning to change as lake levels continue to fall. Many fish are moving out of the shallow water on points and transitioning to deeper structure.
If you're targeting bass in the cooler water, don't overlook the early morning topwater bite. Evergreen Clap Tail and Spook-style topwater baits are producing explosive strikes around rocky points and bluff ends.
As the day warms or the fish move deeper, your best pattern is fishing a 10–12 inch worm, especially the Berkley Power Worm in Plum Apple or Plum colors.
Focus your efforts around 24–30 feet of water, where the thermocline is currently setting up. Bass are relating to deeper points, ledges, and structure as oxygen levels and baitfish concentrate at that depth. Slowly working a large worm through these areas has been producing some of the better quality fish on both Bull Shoals Lake and Table Rock Lake.
Catfish
Catfish action continues to be strong.
For trotlines:
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Perch
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Goldfish
Rod & reel anglers are having success with:
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Frozen shrimp
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Magic Bait
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Liver
Walleye fishing continues to improve as fish move along rocky points, channel swings, and deeper ledges. Focus your efforts during low-light periods—early morning, late evening, or on cloudy days. As the sun gets higher, look for fish holding deeper along structure.
Top Baits This Week:
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🔥 Firetiger Berkley Flicker Shad
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✨ Chrome Spoons
A steady retrieve with the Flicker Shad or vertically jigging chrome spoons around deeper structure has been producing solid walleye. Concentrate on rocky transitions and submerged points where baitfish are present.
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Walleye anglers: If you're heading out before sunrise or staying until sunset, don't leave without a Firetiger Flicker Shad and a few chrome spoons. These two baits have been consistently producing quality fish this week.
White bass are still feeding on baitfish and can often be found schooling.
Recommended baits:
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Tater Shads
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Old Blue Tackle baits
Crappie are holding around brush piles, docks, and standing timber.
Top choices:
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Bobby Garland plastics
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T.A.T.U. Shads
Slow presentations around cover continue to produce the best results.
Stripers continue chasing schools of shad and are feeding aggressively.
Best baits:
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Big white swimbaits
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White Flukes on shad heads
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Chartreuse Flukes
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Big Eye Bucktail Jigs
Watch for schooling fish early in the morning or just before dark.