Stockton Lake ???

[MO swamprat]

How do you guys fish these lakes that are clear and deep? Im over here in hte bootheel and 30 foot is deep over this way and stained is our clear. A friend and me are thankin bout taken a trip over and given it a try. Thanks for the help.

[Pole Bender]

This time year I do a lot of fishing over brush piles on channel swings, flats, and points. I like to use a 10 foot rod in one hand and a 6.6 in the other. I have been fishing in 25 to 30 foot of water catching them 14 feet down. We also dip trees, and slow troll. As the water warms and the spawn starts I will switch to a spinning rod and slip cork, I will sit back off a spawning bank and cast it toward the bank. This allows me to keep it in the zone longer.

When are you coming?

[MO swamprat]

the first of May.

[Pole Bender]

Check back with me as you get closer to your trip and I will give you current information on locations and patterns. If I happen to be there at the same time we can hook up and fish.