11 - 29 - 2023. Fishing Report 2023 has been a year of little rain for Lake Of The Ozarks. It’s December and the lake is already low almost as low as it can get. Most of the crappie are out over deeper water but only about ten feed deep. Jerk bait will catch sone nice ones but you may have to keep moving to limit out. Docks and deep brush are slow. Bass will move to windy points as long as the wind is blowing. Again jerk baits A rig and some jig are working for me. I’ll try crank baits tomorrow to see if that’s working. Hope we get some rain this spring I don’t know why but the river below the dam sucks. I’m told MDC put a net above the dam and the bait fish mainly Shad can’t get to the river. The bass, crappie and cat fishing has been pour the last two years. We do have a big supply of Asian carp on the river. 🤮🤮🤮
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11 - 21 - 2023 Fishing Report Fishing is fair for big fish but slow on numbers. Bass are hitting jigs, rogues, A rigs. Windy points close to main lake or just inside the point. Crank baits fishing gas slowed down for me Crappie are out from docks and bobber or rogues have. Even working but you have to find the right cove. If you find Shad it will help Water is dropping both in temp and leaves. I think that’s why the deeper water is wee I’m catching fish. Merry Christmas and good fishing.
11 - 15 - 2023 Fishing Report. With so much going on right now I’ve not posted much. But here is what I have. Lake is fishing hard it’s a day to day on the bite. If you find them and get them to bite you have a good day. Lake is four feet low and the weather has been great but no rain. I plan on being on the river in a few days to see what’s going there. If it’s slow I’ll head to lake to see if bass and crappie will bite. Good Fishing.
10 - 19 - 2023 Fishing Report We got started around 7:30 and headed to an old dock that I have fish before. Just three cast and two fish in the boat then a few minutes later a third one. Then things slowed down so we jumped around to get a limit the weather and water were great. I have a plan for next trip so we’ll see how that go's.
9 - 6 - 2023. Fishing Report Getting out early in mornings before the heat get high is a must. Cooler nights help bring water temps down witch helps the fish go shallow. We were fishing brush in fifteen feet water this week. The bite was good early with good numbers and some keepers. Next week the highs will be in mid 70’s so thing will start to change. I’m looking forward to cooler weather. Crappie are still around twenty feet deep in brush and docks. They should go to points if we get wind and lower water temps. I like a flat sided crank bait that runs close to ten feet deep. You may catch white bass with the crappie.
8 - 11 - 2023. Fishing Report It’s been a couple weeks from my last post but it’s been slow fishing for big fish. Dog days of summer is here for me. I’m catching numbers of bass but big fish have been hard to come by. Their not running water so that doesn’t help the big on main lake. I think a shallow bite is there but most people can’t get to them. Crappie are biting but they are back under the docks and hard to reach for people. The good news is water temp is dropping with all the rain. It’s still an early bite from day lite till the shade is gone.
7 - 27 - 2023 Fishing Report It the end of July and believe it or not the lake is full of water and in the mid 80’s . Fishing has been good for numbers with a few good bass at times shaky heads, jigs and drop shot have worked we have to get out early to get the bite but that sumner fishing Crappie are in 20 to 35’ deep brush and docks they too feed early but you can catch them if you can get to them I’m doing four hour trip and by the end fishing slows way down so people are ready to find a cooler place to be