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- Jul 23, 2010
- Location
- Lebanon, MO
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By Compiled Darrell Taylor.
Posted Feb. 28, 2014 @ 6:00 am
When the Fishing Report was filed last week, ice covered most of the lake. Thursday, 2/20/14, the temperature climbed to nearly 70 with a 52 mph wind from the southwest and the ice literally melted in front of your eyes, opening most to the lake to weekend fishing. Now, this week has endured night temperatures below 32 degrees which could refreeze some coves, so this report relates to open water, where it is found.
The lake has reached its winter drawdown level of 654.0 so the lake should hold at this level until spring. Surface temperature at Bagnell Dam was 39 degrees; tributary temperatures were 32 to 35 degrees.
Anglers should use extreme caution around launch ramps, the shoreline, and boat docks. Take precautions to prevent accidental immersion and possible hypothermia.
BLACK BASS – One tournament reported last weekend, taking 12 pounds to win. Lower Osage: Poor, try jerkbaits around rocky points and channel swings, also try Bullseye jigs tipped with Berkley’s Havoc Craw Fatty. Glaize Arm: Poor, try shaky head jigs tipped with soft plastics around dock brush on points. Mid-Lake: Poor, try brown Crock-O-Gator jigs on points around dock brush. Niangua Arm: Poor, try Smithwick Rogues around rocky points. Gravois Arm: Poor, try jigs tipped with Berkley’s 4-inch Chigger Craw. Upper Osage: Poor, try jerkbaits toward the front of coves. Osage 60 MM: Poor, try jerkbaits, or small jigs dressed with watermelon colored plastics.
CATFISH – Lower Osage: Poor to fair on rod and reel baited with cut bait. Glaize Arm: Poor to fair, try coves with nightcrawlers or chicken livers. Mid-Lake: Poor to fair, try cut bait or beef hearts on the bottom with a rod and reel. Niangua Arm: Poor to fair on cut shad, try drifting coves. Gravois Arm: Poor to fair on rod and reel baited with dead minnows or cut shad. Upper Osage: Poor to fair, try shad sides or ‘perch’. Osage 60 MM: Poor to fair, fish are in 15 to 20 feet of water, try nightcrawlers, or cut bait. Truman Tailwater: Poor to fair on cut bait.
CRAPPIE – Lower Osage: Fair to good, try red-and-chartreuse jigs 20 to 25-feet deep under commercial boat docks. Glaize Arm: Fair to good, try minnows fished around boat docks. Mid-Lake: Fair to good under condominium docks, try minnows 8 to 12 feet deep. Niangua Arm: Fair to good, try jigs around big boat docks. Gravois Arm: Fair to good, try minnows or blue-and-white jigs around docks. Upper Osage: Fair to good, try red-and-chartreuse jigs 20 to 25-feet deep under commercial boat docks. Osage 60 MM: Fair to good, try red-and-chartreuse jigs 20 to 25-feet deep under commercial boat docks. WHITE AND HYBRID BASS – Try chicken liver and cut shad fished on the bottom in spring fed areas for hybrids and stripers.
Read more: http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20140228/Sports/140228764#ixzz2ue2TO0wd
By Compiled Darrell Taylor.
Posted Feb. 28, 2014 @ 6:00 am
When the Fishing Report was filed last week, ice covered most of the lake. Thursday, 2/20/14, the temperature climbed to nearly 70 with a 52 mph wind from the southwest and the ice literally melted in front of your eyes, opening most to the lake to weekend fishing. Now, this week has endured night temperatures below 32 degrees which could refreeze some coves, so this report relates to open water, where it is found.
The lake has reached its winter drawdown level of 654.0 so the lake should hold at this level until spring. Surface temperature at Bagnell Dam was 39 degrees; tributary temperatures were 32 to 35 degrees.
Anglers should use extreme caution around launch ramps, the shoreline, and boat docks. Take precautions to prevent accidental immersion and possible hypothermia.
BLACK BASS – One tournament reported last weekend, taking 12 pounds to win. Lower Osage: Poor, try jerkbaits around rocky points and channel swings, also try Bullseye jigs tipped with Berkley’s Havoc Craw Fatty. Glaize Arm: Poor, try shaky head jigs tipped with soft plastics around dock brush on points. Mid-Lake: Poor, try brown Crock-O-Gator jigs on points around dock brush. Niangua Arm: Poor, try Smithwick Rogues around rocky points. Gravois Arm: Poor, try jigs tipped with Berkley’s 4-inch Chigger Craw. Upper Osage: Poor, try jerkbaits toward the front of coves. Osage 60 MM: Poor, try jerkbaits, or small jigs dressed with watermelon colored plastics.
CATFISH – Lower Osage: Poor to fair on rod and reel baited with cut bait. Glaize Arm: Poor to fair, try coves with nightcrawlers or chicken livers. Mid-Lake: Poor to fair, try cut bait or beef hearts on the bottom with a rod and reel. Niangua Arm: Poor to fair on cut shad, try drifting coves. Gravois Arm: Poor to fair on rod and reel baited with dead minnows or cut shad. Upper Osage: Poor to fair, try shad sides or ‘perch’. Osage 60 MM: Poor to fair, fish are in 15 to 20 feet of water, try nightcrawlers, or cut bait. Truman Tailwater: Poor to fair on cut bait.
CRAPPIE – Lower Osage: Fair to good, try red-and-chartreuse jigs 20 to 25-feet deep under commercial boat docks. Glaize Arm: Fair to good, try minnows fished around boat docks. Mid-Lake: Fair to good under condominium docks, try minnows 8 to 12 feet deep. Niangua Arm: Fair to good, try jigs around big boat docks. Gravois Arm: Fair to good, try minnows or blue-and-white jigs around docks. Upper Osage: Fair to good, try red-and-chartreuse jigs 20 to 25-feet deep under commercial boat docks. Osage 60 MM: Fair to good, try red-and-chartreuse jigs 20 to 25-feet deep under commercial boat docks. WHITE AND HYBRID BASS – Try chicken liver and cut shad fished on the bottom in spring fed areas for hybrids and stripers.
Read more: http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20140228/Sports/140228764#ixzz2ue2TO0wd