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Lake Of The Ozarks

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Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Spring (Current)
223 Fishing Reports
1606 Followers

Lake Of The Ozarks Overview

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Top Techniques Reported for Largemouth Bass + Spring

Hard JerkbaitsMedium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')Wacky RigsShakey HeadsUmbrella RigsSpinnerbaitsStructure JigsBladed JigsBuzzbaitsDrop Shot
  1. Hard Jerkbaits
    21
  2. Medium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')
    8
  3. Wacky Rigs
    7
  4. Shakey Heads
    6
  5. Umbrella Rigs
    6
Total Fishing Reports
223
Top Species Reported for Spring
  1. Largemouth Bass87 Reports
  2. Crappie7 Reports
  3. White Bass2 Reports
  4. Spotted Bass1 Report

Fishing Reports

223 Reports on Lake Of The Ozarks

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  • Matt Kauffung

    Gold Ambassador

    3/16/23

    • Species

      Spotted Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Pre-Spawn)

    • Technique

      Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)

    • Structure

      Baitfish

    • Forage

      Minnows

    Super tough bite. We were having a really hard time getting fish to commit to A-Rigs so we started fishing more finesse. One bait that really triggered those skiddish fish was a tiny white underspin. Threw it around massive bait balls in smaller main lake cuts in 20-30 ft of water. The underspin is a good choice when fish won’t commit to an A-Rig but are feeding on these huge bait balls in cold water:
  • Chase Loftus

    Bronze Ambassador

    3/16/23

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Pre-Spawn)

    • Technique

      Umbrella Rigs

    • Structure

      Brush Piles

    • Water Temperature

      49°

    We found a few rig fish practicing for a college derby at Lake of the Ozarks. We caught most of our bass on larger brush piles off of dock corners and secondary points. They didn't show up in the same fashion for the tourney, but we caught several bass over 5 during practice. I will try to post a more in depth video about what we did and our main takeaways from the event on my youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtpYNuW00uebSY4fQPw5z4A
  • Dale Weaver

    Gold Ambassador

    3/16/23

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Pre-Spawn)

    • Technique

      Drop Shot

    • Structure

      Docks

    • Forage

      Minnows

    • Water Temperature

      45°

    Fish were very few and far between. The best luck I had was drop shotting a biospawn plasma tail near and around docks/points. There was no real pattern to be found. I heard of some people killing it on slow sinking jerkbaits off of bush piles, some people were having luck throwing A-rigs off of wind blown points, some were throwing Carolina rigs so there was no true pattern to be found. In the main areas in the Gravois arm the water temp was 45-46° where as in the river sections of the Gravois it was 48-49°.
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