Table Rock Lake Fishing Report

THE CALL: Fish largemouth (with spotted bass as a bonus) on steep channel-swing banks and secondary points on the southeast, wind-blown shore this afternoon, 2:00–5:00 PM, with a suspending jerkbait — then slow to a football jig on the same bank if the jerkbait dies.

WHY IT WINS:

• Water temp: the lake page read 64°F on Oct 30, but that's 320 hours stale; your on-water 55°F is the freshest number and it fits mid-November Table Rock. That's late-fall, bait-migration water — shad and bluegill are pulling back toward the main channel and the fish are keyed on steep banks near deep water.
• The forecast puts the warmest air (59°F) and the most manageable wind (11–12 mph NNW, gusts easing after 5) right in the 2:00–5:00 PM window, and the major solunar period lands 2:15–4:45 PM inside it. The hourly ranking also flags 5:00 PM as the most manageable hour — wind drops to 9.6 mph by then.
• The NW wind stacks bait on the southeast shore; the northwest shore is sheltered. Fish the wind-blown side.
• Clear sky tonight means a hard cold front after dark (32°F by 6 AM) — the fish will feed ahead of it this afternoon. That's the whole reason to fish today instead of tomorrow morning.

START HERE: Steep channel-swing banks and the first secondary points off a major creek arm — the James River or Kings River arms both fit; check your map for the nearest one with wind on it. Work 8–15 ft, staying close to where the bank drops into the channel. Water is likely clear to slightly stained on the main lake; Table Rock runs clear in November.

THROW THIS: 4.5–5" suspending jerkbait in a shad pattern (ghost/blue-back or clear chartreuse), 8–10 ft diving, with a long pause — 2–3 twitches, 3–5 second pause. At 55°F the pause is the bite. Backup on the same bank: 3/4-oz football jig in green pumpkin/brown with a craw trailer, dragged slowly on the 12–18 ft break.

BEST WINDOW: Be on the water by 1:30 PM, fish hard 2:00–5:00 PM, and be off the exposed water by 5:30 — gusts hold near 21 mph into early evening and the temperature falls fast after sunset.

NEXT MOVE: If the jerkbait gets follows but no commits in the first 45 minutes, downsize to a 3.8" underspin or drop-shot a small shad-colored minnow on the same bank — that's the classic late-fall adjustment when fish are looking but sluggish. If the wind dies completely by 5, slide to the transition where the wind-blown bank meets the sheltered side and fish the jig slower.

One gap to note: no current catch reports or mapped spot data for this lake, so the starting zone is condition-based — verify bait on your graph before committing to a bank.