To late for Truman spawn???

[mduncan62]

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[browndogmack]

Not sure about Truman, but I haven't seen much of a spawn here in south east Missouri.

[gonefishingee]

I'm going to be camping at Truman this weekend. Did I miss the spawn entirely? I hope not.

Thanks in advance.

Mike

Not sure anyone can answer that it has been a weard year.
I have still been catching male on the banks up both rivers.

[gonefishingee]

If you are brave go up river Grand to the areas where the lake gets wide I have been fishing that area in shallow water.
If you think it is to shallow fish it. I have had the best luck on structure rocks trees etc. Big fish go into those areas to feed.

For limit fishing try the bluff by t-6 on down to clear creek just be patient.
The fish seem to like a swimmed bait right now not a vertical this works best for me with long poles .
Put your bait past the structure hold your rod up so the bait travels slow across the fish strike zone.

Good luck

[hogster]

Gee is more than likely refering to the fact of it being a holliday weekend and the boat traffic will be heavy in that area of the lake.

[gonefishingee]

Yes when you get a couple mile past Bucksaw it get though.
There are a couple underwater railroad crossings up there that are scary.
As i tell everyone I follow other boats until i get the hang of it if no boats i ideal.

[Jigging15]

Caught females on the bank last Sat. in a company tourny. But most were caught in 12 ft. of water on points about 4 ft. down. Lots with eggs still .

[1morecast]

I think it's been a weird spawn this year. I usually do pretty good on the couple trips I make to Little Tebo . . . nothing this year but a few dinks and some little blue cats. I thought I'd give below the dam a try a few weeks ago, and it was incredible, best crappie fishing of my life. They were hitting anything out about 10 feet from the shore, depth unimportant. The east side seemed to be better . . . above the pier / catfishermen's roost over there, on down maybe 100 ft. I did great on jigs and spinners . . . several 12-inchers, one 14 in., all white crappie. They were hitting on every cast and I reeled in probably 50 or more, mostly keepers. Could've had a limit for sure but I was just having fun and released everything. Saw a guy get one in that was probably a 15-16 incher and must have gone 2 1/2 lbs or better. He was using a tube jig set shallow under a slip float. Even a few nice walleyes coming in. Of course the whites and hybrids were hitting too, they usually are down there. The water looked great, up and clear. The latest MDC report (if you can rely on that at all) says the bite is still fair, but I haven't been back yet. I usually collect some morel mushrooms up there in the spring, and those are acting weird too . . . I know it's the cool spring and the unpredictable rainfall to blame. In the past, when I found lots of mushrooms the crappie fishing from the shore was really good. Might just be coincidence, only time will tell. I'll try it again at Truman later this week I think. Hard to tear myself away from Stockton and my local waters here in Springfield, starting to pick up fish everywhere now. Spring's a hard time to choose where to fish, seems like you are going to get a few about anywhere you go. The question for me turns into where to go out this time . . . try something new, or go with what you know will pay off.