Truman Lake Latest Topicshttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/forum/45-truman-lake/Truman Lake Latest TopicsenCrappiehttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/80156-crappie/ Anybody catching any crappie down at Truman? I got a place over at Pomme and thought i might come down this week and head over to Truman and try for some crappie. Any info is greatly appreciated. 

]]>80156Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:25:38 +0000Trotline first timehttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/79670-trotline-first-time/ Hello all. My cousin and I are planning on fishing Truman in about a week. Get there Thursday, put out a trotline (first time for me) and then fish for whatever will bite. We'll come back and do it again on Friday. 

This will be the first trip in Pappaw's old boat to any lakes bigger than a pond (pics available in intro thread). We are thinking of using Taley Bend to put in and looking for a spot to anchor and tie up for the line. Any advice or hints on how not to look too stupid would be appreciated.

]]>79670Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:41:01 +0000Water levelhttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/79241-water-level/ Why is it I cannot find the current water information for Truman Lake?  I must be looking in the wrong place or something.

Thanks 

 

]]>79241Mon, 21 Apr 2025 12:24:19 +0000Truman Report and My PB Crappiehttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/78114-truman-report-and-my-pb-crappie/ Been fishing Truman the last few weekends. It's honestly been pretty brutal with the wind. We have been catching them, though. The cold fronts have them moving constantly it seems. Most of the keeper fish are in the mouths of creeks in 15-20 FOW, about 10 ft down. As soon as you get into the creek arms, it is dink city. Color doesn't seem to matter much, but monkey milk, orange/chartreuse, and bone have been good. We have been using 1/4-oz and 3/16-oz jig heads to get down quickly with the wind. Some fish crush the jig if you get it anywhere near them, others you have to knock them on the head and slowly pull it away. Hopefully we get some rain and warmer weather to move the keepers back up into the creeks. Water temp was 54 yesterday, with shallower areas showing 57. 

Got this one yesterday--biggest crappie ever landed at 15-inches and 2.2-lbs. Let her go so she could spawn. That was fun!

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]]>78114Sun, 07 Apr 2024 13:32:04 +0000Island Campinghttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/78980-island-camping/ Hey All,

I was talking to one of my friends who I often accompany to Truman in the summer. One idea we had for the summer was to take a kayak from an access point and paddle out to an island, probably KK island, maybe the larger one near Fairfield, and spend a night there camping, fishing and letting our inner child out in the vein of exploration. My question is if this is even legal, or if anybody has done it before... I know it's Corps Land, but I don't know all the regulations on stuff like that. Sounds like a blast to me...

Thanks

]]>78980Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:23:45 +0000Thursday Nite Light Show.https://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/78745-thursday-nite-light-show/ Here are some pics of the solar outburst flares over the lake by Long Shoal Park.  Nice show.  Too bad it seemed to kill the fishing for weekend.20241010_204456.jpg20241010_210449.jpg20241010_210203.jpg

]]>78745Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:06:22 +0000Last weeks fishing reporthttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/78704-last-weeks-fishing-report/ Fished for 4 days, Bass. Last week. 1st day 1 keeper and lots of shorts. 2nd day 8 keepers and lots of short fish. 3rd day lots of shorts and 1 keeper. day 4 - 5 keepers

and lots of shorts. Keepers on day 4 were 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 lbs. All on jigs and plastics. 

]]>78704Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:21:19 +0000Camping trip @ Truman State Park 4/24-27https://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/78208-camping-trip-truman-state-park-424-27/ Camped at Truman State Park. Got there Wednesday just before the floods. Caught crappie from the bank. Most were shorts 8-9 inches but did get a few keepers. Caught my first ever hybrid striped bass. Ended up catching 5 hybrids including a 5 lb and 6 lb. Family had a great time despite the rain. 

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]]>78208Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:02:09 +0000How is the Bass Fishinghttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/78555-how-is-the-bass-fishing/ Still trying to decide what lake I want to go to next week. So how is the fishing down there?

]]>78555Tue, 06 Aug 2024 19:54:31 +0000Fishing and lake levelhttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/78539-fishing-and-lake-level/ How is the bass fishing on Truman right now? What is the water level? 

I finish my 45 radiation treatments for the prostate up Thursday the 8th and look forward to going fishing for about 5 days the following week. Any lakes or advise would be appreciated. 

]]>78539Sun, 04 Aug 2024 12:10:05 +0000catfishing advicehttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/77995-catfishing-advice/ i need some advice. ive never been to truman, and would like to try to go and search for blue cats. any info that anyone is willing to share as to where and when to try would be greatly appreciated.

]]>77995Tue, 05 Mar 2024 20:47:32 +0000Son Saidhttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/77964-son-said/ My Son said Truman is about dried up.

oneshot 

]]>77964Mon, 26 Feb 2024 22:59:23 +0000Fishing In The Coldhttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/77585-fishing-in-the-cold/ My wife has decided she wants to go to our Cabin on Truman Lake in December. 

Fishing from the bank if there isn't ice what to fish for?

oneshot 

]]>77585Sun, 29 Oct 2023 23:28:56 +0000Truman Lake Trip Next Weekend.https://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/77498-truman-lake-trip-next-weekend/ Heading to Truman next weekend for annual fall trip to the area.  Any reports here?

Looking forward to a Gov shutdown closing all CORPS ramps.

]]>77498Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:04:33 +0000Think about making a run to Trumanhttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/77275-think-about-making-a-run-to-truman/ My fishing friend and I are thinking about making a run to Truman 2 weeks from now during the week. How has the bass fishing been there lately?

Thanks

]]>77275Sat, 08 Jul 2023 12:02:50 +0000Visiting April 15th...advice?https://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/76895-visiting-april-15thadvice/ Never fished Truman. Have a buddy I haven't seen in 10 years who set up a trip for us, so very excited. He said we are gonna try for a little of everything.

Rather than the shotgun approach, I like to be overly prepared for what's "in season".  I know whites and crappie have been doin there thing in TR and Stockton, but is there anything else I should look into more? Maybe the hybrids or even paddlefish (NEVER paddlefished before)

 

Thanks for any tips 👍👍

]]>76895Fri, 14 Apr 2023 02:37:56 +00004-11 reporthttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/76876-4-11-report/ With the beautiful weather I figured I'd give it a go and see if anything was biting, especially the crappie.  I put in at Long Shoals and headed up the Grand.  After I went under the Long Shoals bridge I veered off to the left and went back into one of the bigger creek arms.  The water temps were 58 to 60 every where I went so I figured the crappie wouldn't be on the bank.  I started out throwing a white & chartreuse spinner bait and started working my way back into the creek arm.  Started picking up some bass on the chunk rock banks.  Nothing over 16 inches with most of them being in that 13 to 15 inch range.  I probably caught 15 to 20.  I came to a secondary point and I grabbed my crappie rod.  The boat was in 12 feet of water but it was a short cast to the bank.  I was throwing a 1/16th oz. white and chartreuse grub.  I caught a crappie.  Then another. Then another.  At one point I caught 5 crappie on 5 casts.  They were all in 3 to 5 feet of water, maybe a little shallower.  I ended up catching at least 15 to 20 crappie.  All but one were between 10 and 12 inches long.  The males were just starting to turn black.  A few of the one's I caught were females.  I also caught one decent sized white bass.  I was also surprised by the number of Kentucky bass I caught, 6 or 7.  The forecast for the rest of the week is for wind, and more wind.  I hope it dies down this weekend so I can take me son and grandson and we can do some catching, not just fishing.  

]]>76876Wed, 12 Apr 2023 02:02:35 +0000How is the lake fishing now?https://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/75926-how-is-the-lake-fishing-now/ Heading up next weekend and needing some reports.  Fall weather cooling things down around here.

First time on the lake, any info will be helpful.

]]>75926Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:54:58 +0000Got a Good Wifehttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/75903-got-a-good-wife/ She said with cooler weather she is going to take a vacation and we are going to the Cabin and do a bunch of fishing. 

I was thinking October Fest in Hermann.  Guess I'll have to stop get couple cases of Beer,  some Brats and Polka Music and pretend. 

Probably be cheaper. 

oneshot 

]]>75903Mon, 19 Sep 2022 20:18:21 +0000If It Isn't Broke Don't Fix Ithttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/75891-if-it-isnt-broke-dont-fix-it/ Had a HOA meeting up at our Cabin. 

Thought I would go Catfishing. Thought I would get the bait off the bottom so I put a Float on my leader and use regular Bait. Couple nibbles. So back to fishing the bottom with Stink Bait.

The Lake is down Big Time. 

oneshot 

]]>75891Sat, 17 Sep 2022 20:47:01 +0000Monday August 15https://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/75732-monday-august-15/ image000007.jpgFour of us limited on Hybrids by 9am on a guided trip from Cody's bait and tackle. We went out ourselves that evening and picked up two dozen crappie. We did not fish in the rain Tuesday. We picked up another two dozen crappie before we went home Wednesday.  We made memories.

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]]>75732Tue, 23 Aug 2022 23:46:14 +0000Well Is What It Ishttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/75644-well-is-what-it-is/ We went to our Cabin at Truman Lake to work on it.

Too hot for fishing. 

oneshot 

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]]>75644Sat, 06 Aug 2022 16:26:12 +0000Fishing near Fairfield Public Access Area?https://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/75502-fishing-near-fairfield-public-access-area/ My uncle & I are fishing Thursday & Friday & putting in at Fairfield. Any tips on getting into some fish in that general area? Uncle & his buddy are after cats & I'd love to get into some crappie or white bass. Wouldn't mind trolling a bit in the hopes of maybe a walleye, too. Any tips or advice on getting bit this time of year would be greatly appreciated.

]]>75502Mon, 11 Jul 2022 19:43:22 +0000Charley's Buffethttps://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/73297-charleys-buffet/ Has anyone eaten at Charleys Buffet out of Lincoln, MO at Truman Lake?

]]>73297Tue, 14 Sep 2021 22:44:51 +0000Talley Bend?https://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/75570-talley-bend/ Any tips or advice for fishing the Talley Bend area? Might try to get out with the missus one evening next week. Was thinking maybe cruising up to around Cedar Bluff, or maybe down a couple miles & explore that cove/inlet to the west.

Hot Spots map only talks about bass in that area. Anything else interesting there? We don't really care what we catch, just wanna get out & hopefully catch something tasty for supper.

 

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