FLW Boats on the lake

I got up yesterday and brewed some coffee, before I knew it there were boats screaming up the James River Arm of the Lake. I was running late so didnt get a chance to take any pictures. This morning I went out and was ready so here are some images of the first boats coming up into the James River arm of Tablerock Lake. Ive heard of 7 and 8 pound Bass caught on practice days and stick baits and crankbaits being used.

I did hear a roar of boats that werent coming up this side. I know that there may have been some of the earlier boats headed up the White River arm of Tablerock about 10 minutes earlier as I could hear the roar of engines far before the time I saw boats.

The weigh ins at the Convention Center are Fri and Sat so if you can get down there to check out the Kids Zone and all the neat stuff they have on display get out and do it. ITS FREE> Also you can meet the pros that didnt make it to the final days as they are there promoting their sponsorships.

Have a great day! Catch you later!    www.BransonTourismCenter.com 800-978-1999

TRL not what you think

TRL..... Tablerock Lures yeah ..not the MTV's Total Request Live hosted by Carson Daly. Its just me and getting started building the shopping site for Tablerocklures.com last night. I havent got it up yet as I sure have alot of work to do before it is. I think I should have the shell done so I can post it sometime this weekend. Thats my goal anyways, although I do go back to work Monday and that might mean it gets posted later in the week or next weekend.

Some people know but not many that my dad had a bait company and we made spinner baits, worms, Bass Jigs and a lure referred to as the Muskogee Mule. The Muskogee mule was a lure that resembled the Lil'George. It was an amazing lure for catching white bass(sandbass).

I am currently making cork Bass Flies like the old timers did when I was a kid in Branson. I went to church with one of the Ozark Mtn Fly masters Rev McAdams and spent alot of time around the Main Street Trout dock in downtown Branson. I got to see specimens of some of the flies that would entice the laziest backwater Bass you could imagine.

Most people arent aware but Taneycomo holds some of the most beautiful and agressive Largemouth Bass in the state of Missouri. We spent many many days in the summer in john boats or canoe's fishing Roark, Turkey and Bee Creeks. Many of the old timers and I mean old timers like Jim Owen used fly rods and cork flies. As a youngster I would go into the museum on the Main Street Boat Dock and oogle over the old flies and lures that were used by the late great Jim Owen. A friend of mines uncle lived in Rockaway and he was known as one of the other master fly men of the Ozarks. G'pa Meador had pictures of the fish, specimens of the flies and stories of all the hay day of the Whiteriver fishing that was the big attraction before the damns were built. at

I have found an old film that im sure some people will be bored to tears with if they watch it but it really is the root of the history that makes up the Branson Tourism Business. Here is a link to that film and I look forward to posting some of the old stories and new stories of fishing with handmade/homemade lures of the Ozark Mountains.

http://bransonvacatio.ning.com/video/jim-owen-float-trip

Happy fishing, Wet a line or catch you back here soon!