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Fishin' LOZ Wednesday as the storms rolled around . . . caught fish literally all day long, even in the harder rain . . . the catch ratio was about 50%! First cast of the day had a decent hybrid...

I agree w/ everything said. Sometimes ploppin' your jig off to one side, then diving your rod tip way down under the surface, then pullin' around the corner of the dock, so you can swim the jig...

Thanks, you guys, it was fun! Went out today, no wind to speak of . . . & caught two black crappie, one LM bass, and missed ten LOL 72604

Fished one of the small lakes here in NEMO, & wow! it was incredible. I was running my portable graph & came across a point, & it looked like a mountain standing in 25' of water. I went back over it,...

We will see after the front comes in tonight what they do tomorrow. Well, I will try something bigger I reckon, see what happens, thanks.

Fishing has been incredible the last week. Trolling a deep-diving crank about 12-17' on 4lb test around the ponds and small lakes. Everything except catfish, haven't gone for muskie yet . . . two 6-7...

Went over to a dock yesterday morning about 10:30 & caught about 100 crappie, about 1 in 6 or 7 a keeper. Any 1/16 oz jig seems to be working. They liked it pitched across the slip & were nailin' the...

good stuff, guys, I appreciate the advice

I've fished many lakes / ponds that are brimming w/ scrawny dinks. I know there are some hefty slabs mixed in, but I'd like to up my ratio; sometimes it's 100-to-1 or even worse. Also, with no length...

i like the Big M area, mouth of Roaring R. on around, that area on into the Kings arm is crappie paradise to me

There are musky in the Miss. R., esp. at the Ohio/Miss. confluence . . . as long as there are no dams to block access, I don't see why they couldn't be on the lower Osage. I have seen northern pike &...

crappie sure act funny late summer . . . grabbin' mayflies right off the top, wish i had a flyrod days like today. as it was, catchin' em on the fall between 3-10' off weedlines near a sharp break,...

Lake of the Ozarks June of this year67785

Lake of the Ozarks June of this year67784

Lake of the Ozarks crappie, caught April of this year67783

catch from a few days ago 67779

very nice!

What are your favorite colors / test in different situations? I like the 300 & 200 Bandits, too. I use 4-12 lb test depending, though I know one old feller who uses 2 lb test. Funny thing, you...

thanks for the tip! Bandits are the best crappie crank I know, 200 & 300 work for me. Did run into a guy years ago when I was working at Walmart sporting goods, he wanted a little norman crappie...

Thanks, bugman. I'll have to try that pond you mentioned. I moved to NE MO since I posed my question . . . getting all the panfish I can handle now. Conservation and city lakes galore LOL

I live on LOZ, Niangua Arm. I've been slaying the channel catfish & sunnies on cicadas, early in the morning along shady banks, 4 lb test & small gold hook. A buddy says he saw some kids the other...

Baby bass works well for me. I took my little cousin out two summers ago and he was killing them trolling behind his kayak with only about 25 feet or less of line out. I think the fish must have...

I know Fellows well, have fished it for over 20 years. The crappie and walleye fishing are at the best I've seen in all that time, and not just because I know the lake better now. This spring has...

Could you post a pic of what your slab slayer finished product looks like? Does it have a straight tail that is tapering / fluted? I would like to make my own, but I also want to see if I can make...

I catch these from time to time; I have a post somewhere where I was asking about them. I was told they are a mutation of a black crappie, so they should act the same, but from what I have seen, they...

Lime Squirmin' Squirt from BPS has been good to me

You guys are hilarious! I have wondered about the sonar myself . . . I have graphed fish before that were two feet under the boat and set right there and caught them. Probably could have looked over...

Thanks, everyone. I didn't realize they were a hybrid. I did catch a crappie once that looked half-black and half-white. It had bars on the upper half of the body and speckles on the back half....

Thanks for all your good advice!

Caught at McDaniel Lake, north of Springfield.