Stockton Lake in Spring?

[TwainGang]

I'm in the process of looking for some new water to try for my annual spring crappie vacation. Our group of 5 usually go to Truman but this year we are thinking about trying another lake. How is Stockton for spring crappie fishing? I've actually never fished Stockton and heard it can get windy. How does it compare to Truman for crappie? If it is not good, any other lakes you can suggest that has cabin rentals close by?

[beagle man]

Lots of great fishing in the spring,all over. Wind can be a life taker,and that is no joke,but common sense and 15mph or less is no real problem. 20 or over a big glass boat is a good thing.turnback,big sac great in the spring.
Little sac and the arms off of it great as long as the wind is nit north or nw.
whe n it gets closer give another shout.i may know more

[mkeller]

Beautiful lake with nice crappie and you may want to give the walleye a try also. You may want to consider a guide for a day to learn the lake and up your odds for the trip, J.R. Oldham comes highly recommended. If you are looking for some great cabins look at cabins at Stockton lake, you won't be dissapointed with J.R. or the cabins.

[Dongotto]

Stockton is a great crappie lake. In the spring we can have high water that gets very clear on the main lake. Its not out of the norm to catch spawing fish in 8 to 20ft deep. Not a big problem just something to remember is back off and slow down. I agree with getting a hold of J.R as a very good option. If you don't want to go that route another good option is to stay around Bolivar and you can fish stockton or Pomme. Pomme can be very good also. Staying at Bolivar puts you about 15 minutes from the little sac arm of stockton and 20 minutes from Bolivar landing on pomme. Good luck.

[Downsea]

Get a nice size bottle of Crown, talk nice and CALL BEAGLE MAN! You'll be in like Flint! Guess that showed my age!

[Route U]

Mmmmm! Crown! Sounds like a bribe to me Beagle!

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[arkyfisherman]

Start Turnback early!!

[day dreamer]

Just give a shout out and im sure somebody from here would be more than happy to give out some more advise as the spring fishing gets closer.

[TwainGang]

Will do! Thanks for the help.

[TwainGang]

Beautiful lake with nice crappie and you may want to give the walleye a try also. You may want to consider a guide for a day to learn the lake and up your odds for the trip, J.R. Oldham comes highly recommended. If you are looking for some great cabins look at cabins at Stockton lake, you won't be dissapointed with J.R. or the cabins.

What resort does JR work out of? Is he connected with Happy O's resort? I didn't see any "Cabins at Stockton"- just happy O's, Orleans and Caplinger, Tenpoint, and Southwinds.
EDIT- looks like the Stockton State Park Marina might have what we are looking for- lodging wise.