Since we had 1 1/2 inches of rain Saturday evening the Bourbeuse looked like chocolate milk again. The Gasconade was in the same shape. So we went to the Osage since it probably had the best water color. The rain didn't reach that far. Even though it had been going up and down because of the water being let out of the dams we thought it was the best shot. The Missouri was still up and hard to fish at that stage. Only 1 other rig in parking lot at 7 am. Went down river to see if bass wanted to bite. Nope, nada, nothing. Well this isn't good. Couldn't find any whites either. Husband did catch a skipjack. Ok good bait to go along with crawlers. Started bait fishing. I caught a small,channel cat and husband caught a small flathead and a 3 lb channel cat. So decided to try bass again but on way to next spot we floated down the river dragging crawlers on bottom. Usually we can pick up a drum or a nice cat doing that. Nope. Not this time. I finally caught a dinky bass and a skipjack. Husband caught another skipjack and a couple dinky bass. I also caught 2 gars and a common carp. No drum, white bass, crappie or bluegill which was really strange. The water going up and down several feet each day had them all messed up. Only saw 1 other boat and 2 jets skis in 5 hours. We thought wow were is all the boats. When we got back to ramp we knew why. The lot was full and parking up the road. They were all going up river. What a mess. Steady stream of rigs coming in with no place to go or turn around. It was party time. We finally got our boat out but had to drive way up the road to pull over and secure stuff. That was interesting too. It is a narrow road for 2 vehicles to pass. Well with boats parked on the side and more coming I they had to pull over so I could squeeze through. There was nowhere for those rigs to go when they got down there. If some body pulled in there with a big fiberglass outfit they would have had a big problem. It was interesting. Vacation the first 2 weeks of July. Will go during the week. Lol
