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Lake Of The Ozarks
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Species
White BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
55°
Schools of white bass following shad around and suspending around brushpiles with crappie. Can throw same crappie jigs at them or up your size a little to catch more and better size
Chase Loftus
Bronze Ambassador
3/16/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
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
Species
Spotted BassSeason
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:
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
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°.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
50°
Fished mainly the Niangua River section of the Lake. Caught several fish on shallow wind blown points with the Wiggle Wart. Then transitioned to clearer water and caught several on the a-rig on steeper banks. Water clarity ranged from stained to green. It was misting rain all day.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Water Temperature
46°
Very slow bite. Working a jerk bait really slow. Or occasionally got a reaction bite from a crank bait.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Shad
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
54°
Just twitching a jerkbait on some bluff transitions. Thought it was pretty neat that I was getting more bites on a Mavrik than a Megabass. They were sitting right on the bank sunning themselves. They'll pull up quick.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
49°
Fishing got really tough with the temperature drop overnight, as well as high winds during the day, it made it quite hard to fish the schools of fish we had located. After struggling all day, made a late adjustment and got some redemption by catching this big girl cruising on a point.
