June 20 - 2009

Good Morning!
Its blueberry time in the Missouri Ozarks! Persimmon Farms near Carr Lane, Mo. has an abundance of ripe berries. My wife Judy, is a conisur of blueberries, she loves them and makes all kinds of treats that will may your mouth water and your tummy feel warm and fuzzy! Me I like to eat them its the picking that gets in the way!

Fishing report - Lake level is at 916 +/- normal pool is 915. This number does not indicate the depth of the water. It is the feet above sea level. Tablerock Lake has some really deep parts, in excess of 150 feet, but none as deep as 900 feet. The water temperature is in the low eighty's and as of last night the bass have lock jaw. I fished until around 10 pm with nothing of any size wanting to cooperate. Bluegill are being caught along creek banks in 15-18 feet of water near trees on small gravel bottoms. Goggle-eye, or rock bass to some of you, can be found around larger rocks in 18-22 feet of water. Worms for the gills and minnows for the goggle-eye are best. A friend of mine told me that he had his daughters out a couple of nights ago and caught several nice catfish drifting live nightcrawlers over main lake points. Point 7 near Kimberling City would be a good place for that kind of action.

It was great to get out on the water, it usually gets real nice just before sunset and last night it was almost perfect. The wind had calmed down a little and to the north there were some really high thunderheads. We watched the lighting flash in the clouds. They were far enough away as not to cause a worry for us, it was quite a show. Thanks God.