Thread: Missouri transplant

welcome to CDC great site, good advice, and lots of crazy opinions, my opinion is LOWRANCE. my jig color is black/char,any water, and brown/orange in dingy water, and pearl/silver and silver/char in clear water, well acc. any bright color combo. on bright days. and dark combos. on dark days. get you some slabbusters, you will be happy you did

Welcome to the board and to the State. Most of my favorite colors have been called out already.......... I do really like the lime/chartruese and orange/chartruese also...... my favorite jig head color is orange. I have also had some pretty good luck at times with the BG silver flake minnow, all silver flake, no other colors. Seems that I tend to go with white/chartruese and lime/chartruese more than others, but I use a lot of different combos. The blue ice is also a good one. Can't go wrong with black/chartruese, especially at Truman. These are my opinions.....everyone is different in thier favorites.

Like many others white and chart is my go to color for every style of bait. As far as electronics go I think hummingbird works a little better if you have the Ipilot but I'm not sure if thats the case? I've never had a fancy finder but want one and plan to have one soon. I seem to do okay with out them but I don't fish many new lakes either. Lake of the Ozarks is a good lake but I wouldn't be on it too much in the summer unless your way up the Osage arm. Your pretty close to Mark Twain and it's a good reservoir as is Truman. I used to live in Columbia when I was an undergrad and if you like going out to eat every now and again, check out The Jazz. It has great live jazz music ever night with awesome southern creole food. I also recommend Bangkok Gardens on Cherry st down town. Get the number 13 and it will change your life. Don't try the coconut curry though. Both places two can eat for 20 bucks no problem. If your ever around this area and you need a partner drop me a line I'm usually pretty handy around Lake O, Pomme, or the Pomme arm of Truman.

I just bought a Humminbird 596c HD DI unit after a lot of internet checking/reading reviews. Got it online from Hodges Marine ... they have had the best price ( $355 ) I've seen. Were very nice to work with/quick delivery. I also wanted to exchange the transom transducer for a trolling motor transducer ( at no cost ) and the Humminbird representative ( Rashonn ) was very helpful. Now that I have all the parts, all I have to do is get it installed! The instruction manual seems pretty easy to understand. You can look at it online in the Humminbird website.

Welcome Hocky.....hope your user name isn't one of your passions....we don't get much hockey here, lol. You've probably figured out that all colors are good as long as there is some chartreuse!

Not bad, tho, to come in and open TWO cans of worms with one post! Asking the best colors and best electronics will get you a thousand different opinions!

Good luck and glad to have you

Welcome from SE Mo.!!!

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! To Danny W., 'The Jazz' is one of our favorite places to eat. Great food, great prices! We are still scouting the entire MidMo area and we find something new every time we venture out. I am really looking forward to getting out in the new boat and so is my wife. She grew up on the Mississippi in Iowa and not afraid to say she is a river rat. When ever we get close to LOZ she kind of goes in to a trance. Anyway, thanks again!

It looks like I will be going with the Humminbird. I am a technology geek and I work in the computer industry. After doing some research it appears that Humminbird offers an application called Humminbird PC which allows you to manage way points and integrates them with Google Earth.