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Hi Craig,

Thanks again for your info. But I have a question about wiper and saugeye. I thought they are sterile since they are "man-made" hybrid. Some time ago, a wildlife officer was...

I have tried to troll at smithville before with cranks, and it seems like only white bass will hit them most of the time. Have you tried the Bandit crankbaits yet? I have heard a lot of good...

I always call them moss. They are like slimey strings of green stuff. I see them a lot around the rocks along the dam or rip raps in the shallow. But I don't think I have seen them if I ran...

Well, I guess I got my answer. Went to several places yesterday, and couldn't even got a bite. Try jigs, minnows, nothing. The water color isn't that bad, but definitely not clean. Hope you guys...

With all the rain we had yesterday, and maybe more today, do you think the crappie will bite better? Thinking about going out today or tomorrow. Went out last weekend, and only got a few shorts...

Thanks for the update. Sounds like you have a great day at Clinton. I used to fish Clinton when I lived in Lawrence, but now I have moved to KC, and the lake is still in my good memory. So I...

Cook, since you hit the lake so often, do you think this year is normal in terms of the size of the crappies? At least for me, it seems like you have to go thru a lot of dinks before you will see a...

I have only been there a couple times in the past several weeks, and there was not much to speak off. Caught a bunch of dinks, but keepers are very hard to find. This year is a very strange year,...

I have tried several times for white bass, and they are very hard to find. This year is so strange that there is no pattern whatsoever. Crappies are there, but have to weed out a lot of little ones...

Went out yesterday afternoon for a few hours, and I caught 4 keepers with lots of dinks. They were close to shore, and all the males have their nice dark colors. The bite was pretty good from...

I am using an aluminum prop. I was thinking about stainless prop, but people told me that it's better to let the prop to take the hit than the gears in the lower unit. It's cheaper to fix the prop...

Well, gentlemen, don't catch them all! I can't go during the week, but planning to go on Sunday. I agree with you that the coves south of W got hit hard every week, so heading north should be a...

Well guys, don't catch them all!!! Leave some for the rest of us. I wish I can take the day off and join you guys to catch some slabs.

Planning to go this weekend if the weather is decent. Let...

Went yesterday, and caught 20. 13 keepers, with a 13" fat mama! There are staging, and a few of them will move to shallow thru out the day. But they are not hot and heavy yet. I think next week...

I am trying to go this weekend, and if I have any luck, I will post my report here. With the nice warm days we have, the crappie should be on the banks very shortly if not already. I can't imagine...

Went yesterday, only caught a few. The wind shifted to NW yesterday, and it was blowing 25 mph+... I think we are still a few weeks off. I have only seen a few males changed their color, and the...

Also, Camp Branch is another good place to try. You can launch your boat there, and fish the coves on the east side of the bridge. There are quite a few coves that you can hide if the wind is bad. ...

ShortStorie... They were around 16 foot deep. Still pretty deep, but I guess that is due to the cold nights we have been getting for the past several days. I think once the temp. settled down, they...

Went to Smithville today, and the afternoon bit was much better. The temp. was kind of chilly in the morning, but the sun warms up the water nicely in the afternoon. Caught 9 keepers, with two...

Miller, don't feel bad at all.... the good thing is that we know there is a very good crappie population at Smithville, so don't need to doubt yourself or anything. I think the crappies are staging...

Well, went to Smithville on Sat. night to see if the walleyes were biting, and ended up with a goose egg. Lots of people were fishing along the dam, and there was only 1 fish caught during the...

Cook, thank you so much! I think I will give it a try this weekend. Hope the weather will be decent enough. I will give a report here no matter I got some or skunked!

So many fish, so little...

Thanks for the welcome! I live here in Kansas City, and I fish Smithville most of the time. Sometimes I will go to Hillsdale and other KS lakes.

Cook, you live on Smithville lake, that must be...

Hi everyone,

Just join the group, and want to say hi to everyone. What a great site, and lots of good info. I am sure I will learn a few things from here...

Thanks for the great info Jake. Hope you can keep stocking walleyes in Smithville so the population will keep going up. I didn't realize Smithville is a good walleye lake until reading the posts...