Thread: LOZ dock shooting tips

Originally Posted by TheRo0sTer

I thought fishing Truman was tough! Helix was lit up like this for 100 yards. I spider rigged and pulled cranks. Nothing!Attachment 382190

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I don't thinks those are crappie, as thick as it was I wonder if the thermocline was fooling the helix.
Seem like the crappie have been hanging around 10ft

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I'm going to head out and waste gas and get burned later today.

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Now, I am certainly no expert on pulling cranks. But, here are a couple of things I have learned.

Depth is everything. You can be off on color or speed, but if depth is right, you will catch something. For me, after the spawn, my cranking is solely with Bandit 300s. And, I have a pretty specific amount of line out. I do not use line counters and just cast out to the sides (like Mike Baker). If I cast too far, I find the bite REALLY slows down. There is a sweet spot. I cannot tell you how much line it is, I can just eyeball it. I recently fixed up some reels and they casted way further. It took a while for me to realize that I was apparently too deep and had to cast shorter - back to my usual distance. Then it was game on. I have also been in the boat with someone else that was letting out more line and the difference was night and day.

Speed is also important too. I see on your graph that you are going 1.2 mph. If you ask 10 people, you will get 15 answers, but I have to be 1.4 to 1.7 mph to catch fish. At 1.2, the bite really slows down. Faster and I seem to catch more white bass.

Color matters, but less. I find it is either a day they want bright and shiny or a day they want darker colors. Beyond that, their taste varies throughout the day. So, I start each day with a mix and then let the fish tell me what color pattern they want.

Also, I fish LOZ almost exclusively on the Big Niangua and main channel. So, it should be similar to your experience up where you are fishing. If I happen to fish on the same days that Mike Baker produces his videos, I find that I have the same results he did. So, I think LOZ fish follow the same general patterns.

Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Baitwaster

I don't thinks those are crappie, as thick as it was I wonder if the thermocline was fooling the helix.
Seem like the crappie have been hanging around 10ft

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I would think it was going nuts, but same depth, fish go away as we move.

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when we had place at 6 mile cove had four slips and at each outside post I had cedar. no fishing boat or cleaning station so it wasn't obvious so you can;t always eyeball and since you have time, hit all the docks in a cove at different depths till you find the pattern. heck had some great days on places where the cable holding docks in place dipped into water and crappie were holding to that, so uneverknow. but definitely hit the docks where you are staying and you could get down to where they are and have fun.