Fishing Reports
33000 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Bluegill
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
6th Sense Crush Squarebill 50X, blue gill
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
64°
Flippin pads for spawning Bass.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
62°
Most fish were off shore but found this one up shallow
Big Bite Baits Kamikaze Swimon Pearl / 4 1/4"
Out of Stock
Lew's Custom Casting Reel Right / 7.5:1
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
62°
Offshore wood was key as fish are staging for the spawn
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
53°
Bass were fired up for soft jerk baits and swim baits. Focused on weed lines adjacent to flats.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
66°
Look for big laydowns around steep drops near mouths of bays that lead to spawning areas. Let it sink and do t touch it for 4-8 seconds, then a painfully slow drag. If they are there, they are eating it!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
68°
Fish were pre spawn or just getting on beds. Target lay downs close to deep water. 3/16 oz tungsten and a 3/0 worm hook
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
62°
Found fish where the water clarity was good. Fish were patrolling Submerged vegetation edges. Caught 3 total. The 3.5 version of the powers stinger makes a great chatterbait trailer that’s not too big.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
67°
The smallmouth bass were crushing the Nessie while using a slow and steady retrieve. Unfortunately, it was late in the day before I figured out the bite, but it was exciting once I did.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
56°
Was fishing shallow roughly around 10 fow. Casted towards shore and the bite got good.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
65°
After huge storms rolled through overnight, the temp dropped BIG with the starting air temp around 45 and the high only around 60. Water temps dropped almost 5 or more degrees in some places. The water was also BROWN. Visibility was next to zero as you went up all the rivers. The lake was raising almost 1/2ft every day and they were running almost 40k! 1 3 pounder was lost next to a dock on a main lake point and 2 dinks got hungry enough to actually bite. A lot of fishing were being graphed at 15-20 ft seemingly staged up but not willing to move up
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
66°
Lake 657.2 and they were pulling a LOT of water. Flow was over 30k with big storms rolling in. All the fish were caught on main lake points from the 4 corners, down the big Niangua and up the Osage. The swimbait was running slow on a 3/16 oz head.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
68°
Lake was at 656.9 and there was a heavy rain the night before. 5 fish were caught on points using the 3xd, 1.5, and ozark flash 3/4oz spinnerbait. The wind was up around 10-15mph. NBAA had a tournament championship and one person said they lost a 4 pounder on a bank in between points down the Grand Glaize arm. Water temps ranged from 68 in the Glaize all the way up to 70 in the Gravois
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Pilings
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
59°
All fish came off rock piles or wood, slow rolling with hops. Cover water, anything north facing had up to 65 degree water and more fish
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
54°
Keeping it 2-3 ft from the top was key above there heads and rolling hard 12-13.5 crapppie in schools of 30-40 around holders
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
75°
We had a really solid day out there fishing main lake and secondary points on the lower end of Wheeler. We caught plenty of fish but no monsters. Our best 5 probably would’ve went 13-14lbs. We caught both large and smallmouth.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
50°
I was targeting shallow laydowns with access to deeper water. It took me a little bit to figure them out as they were being finicky at first with the jig and neko. Once I pulled out the chatterbait and started crawling it on the bottom, they came unglued and ended up catching 20+, moral of the story is just gotta keep switching in the spring until you find what they want!
