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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
65°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
64°
Took 2nd place in a little club derby throwing a floating worm and chatter bait on spawning flats. Sight fishing was tough due to being overcast plus stained water but was able to pick up a 4.68 and 3.45. Plenty of males on beds but didn’t see many females yet.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
64°
Caught lots of bucks up between bank and docks on drop shot and flipping. Bigger females came in the 8-10ft range on brush still staging to spawn. Few females spotted on bed. Larger fish all came on the Ned
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crappie Sniping
Structure
Docks
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
60°
Found smaller males up on the banks in good numbers, larger females are still out deeper staging. Caught males casting to pea gravel banks. Females could be caught shooting docks under floats or could be found out roaming with FFS. Darker colors seemed to work the best for the mid lake area we were in.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
63°
Mainly fished the Niangua arms and up to Margaritaville Resort in the Osage Arm. Caught several fish that were staging to spawn around the sides and back corners of docks on topwater in the morning and wacky rig senkos as the day went on.
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5/4/24
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crappie Sniping
Structure
Brush Piles
Water Temperature
64°
Upper river, Lot of females have not spawned yet. Brush 4-16 ft. 1/8 oz jig seems to be the size on 4 or 6 lbs. test.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
62°
Mainly fished the lower end of the lake. Fish were coming up to spawn and was able to catch them skipping a wacky rig under the cables behind docks. The water was very clear so the bigger fish were on a little deeper beds.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
65°
Spawning fish were eating the senko blind casting, the roboworm on a drop shot will catch them off the beds. Post spawn fish on secondary points with the D Stroyer. Caught several keepers on shallow main lake points in the Glaize dragging a green pumpkin D Bomb.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
65°
In May, with a high pressured lake such as Lake of the Ozarks the Crock-O-Gator Swamp Bug Green Pumpkin Purple on a 1/4oz Pro Shaker Shakey heads is one of my favorite spring time baits. We had several keepers and several shorts but ended up being limited to a broken trim.
